diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
index ff1507f3e226..80c441298e16 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
@@ -1239,13 +1239,17 @@ static int bnxt_async_event_process(struct bnxt *bp,
 	switch (event_id) {
 	case HWRM_ASYNC_EVENT_CMPL_EVENT_ID_LINK_STATUS_CHANGE:
 		set_bit(BNXT_LINK_CHNG_SP_EVENT, &bp->sp_event);
-		schedule_work(&bp->sp_task);
+		break;
+	case HWRM_ASYNC_EVENT_CMPL_EVENT_ID_PF_DRVR_UNLOAD:
+		set_bit(BNXT_HWRM_PF_UNLOAD_SP_EVENT, &bp->sp_event);
 		break;
 	default:
 		netdev_err(bp->dev, "unhandled ASYNC event (id 0x%x)\n",
 			   event_id);
-		break;
+		goto async_event_process_exit;
 	}
+	schedule_work(&bp->sp_task);
+async_event_process_exit:
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -5559,6 +5563,8 @@ static void bnxt_cfg_ntp_filters(struct bnxt *bp)
 			}
 		}
 	}
+	if (test_and_clear_bit(BNXT_HWRM_PF_UNLOAD_SP_EVENT, &bp->sp_event))
+		netdev_info(bp->dev, "Receive PF driver unload event!");
 }
 
 #else
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.h
index 2be51b332652..cc798d5a3527 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.h
@@ -986,6 +986,7 @@ struct bnxt {
 #define BNXT_VXLAN_DEL_PORT_SP_EVENT	5
 #define BNXT_RESET_TASK_SP_EVENT	6
 #define BNXT_RST_RING_SP_EVENT		7
+#define BNXT_HWRM_PF_UNLOAD_SP_EVENT	8
 
 	struct bnxt_pf_info	pf;
 #ifdef CONFIG_BNXT_SRIOV
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_sriov.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_sriov.c
index 0b4ca35cee9b..9f6b4cc6bd0e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_sriov.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_sriov.c
@@ -522,6 +522,46 @@ err_out1:
 	return rc;
 }
 
+static int bnxt_hwrm_fwd_async_event_cmpl(struct bnxt *bp,
+					  struct bnxt_vf_info *vf,
+					  u16 event_id)
+{
+	int rc = 0;
+	struct hwrm_fwd_async_event_cmpl_input req = {0};
+	struct hwrm_fwd_async_event_cmpl_output *resp = bp->hwrm_cmd_resp_addr;
+	struct hwrm_async_event_cmpl *async_cmpl;
+
+	bnxt_hwrm_cmd_hdr_init(bp, &req, HWRM_FWD_ASYNC_EVENT_CMPL, -1, -1);
+	if (vf)
+		req.encap_async_event_target_id = cpu_to_le16(vf->fw_fid);
+	else
+		/* broadcast this async event to all VFs */
+		req.encap_async_event_target_id = cpu_to_le16(0xffff);
+	async_cmpl = (struct hwrm_async_event_cmpl *)req.encap_async_event_cmpl;
+	async_cmpl->type =
+		cpu_to_le16(HWRM_ASYNC_EVENT_CMPL_TYPE_HWRM_ASYNC_EVENT);
+	async_cmpl->event_id = cpu_to_le16(event_id);
+
+	mutex_lock(&bp->hwrm_cmd_lock);
+	rc = _hwrm_send_message(bp, &req, sizeof(req), HWRM_CMD_TIMEOUT);
+
+	if (rc) {
+		netdev_err(bp->dev, "hwrm_fwd_async_event_cmpl failed. rc:%d\n",
+			   rc);
+		goto fwd_async_event_cmpl_exit;
+	}
+
+	if (resp->error_code) {
+		netdev_err(bp->dev, "hwrm_fwd_async_event_cmpl error %d\n",
+			   resp->error_code);
+		rc = -1;
+	}
+
+fwd_async_event_cmpl_exit:
+	mutex_unlock(&bp->hwrm_cmd_lock);
+	return rc;
+}
+
 void bnxt_sriov_disable(struct bnxt *bp)
 {
 	u16 num_vfs = pci_num_vf(bp->pdev);
@@ -530,6 +570,9 @@ void bnxt_sriov_disable(struct bnxt *bp)
 		return;
 
 	if (pci_vfs_assigned(bp->pdev)) {
+		bnxt_hwrm_fwd_async_event_cmpl(
+			bp, NULL,
+			HWRM_ASYNC_EVENT_CMPL_EVENT_ID_PF_DRVR_UNLOAD);
 		netdev_warn(bp->dev, "Unable to free %d VFs because some are assigned to VMs.\n",
 			    num_vfs);
 	} else {