diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_pf.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_pf.c
index 00f7a29e734f..8b9b6ba5b92b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_pf.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_pf.c
@@ -150,19 +150,26 @@ static s32 fm10k_init_hw_pf(struct fm10k_hw *hw)
 				FM10K_TPH_RXCTRL_HDR_WROEN);
 	}
 
-	/* set max hold interval to align with 1.024 usec in all modes */
+	/* set max hold interval to align with 1.024 usec in all modes and
+	 * store ITR scale
+	 */
 	switch (hw->bus.speed) {
 	case fm10k_bus_speed_2500:
 		dma_ctrl = FM10K_DMA_CTRL_MAX_HOLD_1US_GEN1;
+		hw->mac.itr_scale = FM10K_TDLEN_ITR_SCALE_GEN1;
 		break;
 	case fm10k_bus_speed_5000:
 		dma_ctrl = FM10K_DMA_CTRL_MAX_HOLD_1US_GEN2;
+		hw->mac.itr_scale = FM10K_TDLEN_ITR_SCALE_GEN2;
 		break;
 	case fm10k_bus_speed_8000:
 		dma_ctrl = FM10K_DMA_CTRL_MAX_HOLD_1US_GEN3;
+		hw->mac.itr_scale = FM10K_TDLEN_ITR_SCALE_GEN3;
 		break;
 	default:
 		dma_ctrl = 0;
+		/* just in case, assume Gen3 ITR scale */
+		hw->mac.itr_scale = FM10K_TDLEN_ITR_SCALE_GEN3;
 		break;
 	}
 
@@ -903,6 +910,13 @@ static s32 fm10k_iov_assign_default_mac_vlan_pf(struct fm10k_hw *hw,
 	fm10k_write_reg(hw, FM10K_TDBAL(vf_q_idx), tdbal);
 	fm10k_write_reg(hw, FM10K_TDBAH(vf_q_idx), tdbah);
 
+	/* Provide the VF the ITR scale, using software-defined fields in TDLEN
+	 * to pass the information during VF initialization. See definition of
+	 * FM10K_TDLEN_ITR_SCALE_SHIFT for more details.
+	 */
+	fm10k_write_reg(hw, FM10K_TDLEN(vf_q_idx), hw->mac.itr_scale <<
+						   FM10K_TDLEN_ITR_SCALE_SHIFT);
+
 err_out:
 	/* configure Queue control register */
 	txqctl = ((u32)vf_vid << FM10K_TXQCTL_VID_SHIFT) &
@@ -1035,6 +1049,12 @@ static s32 fm10k_iov_reset_resources_pf(struct fm10k_hw *hw,
 	for (i = queues_per_pool; i--;) {
 		fm10k_write_reg(hw, FM10K_TDBAL(vf_q_idx + i), tdbal);
 		fm10k_write_reg(hw, FM10K_TDBAH(vf_q_idx + i), tdbah);
+		/* See definition of FM10K_TDLEN_ITR_SCALE_SHIFT for an
+		 * explanation of how TDLEN is used.
+		 */
+		fm10k_write_reg(hw, FM10K_TDLEN(vf_q_idx + i),
+				hw->mac.itr_scale <<
+				FM10K_TDLEN_ITR_SCALE_SHIFT);
 		fm10k_write_reg(hw, FM10K_TQMAP(qmap_idx + i), vf_q_idx + i);
 		fm10k_write_reg(hw, FM10K_RQMAP(qmap_idx + i), vf_q_idx + i);
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_type.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_type.h
index 35afd711d144..02727250ce1f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_type.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_type.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* Intel Ethernet Switch Host Interface Driver
- * Copyright(c) 2013 - 2014 Intel Corporation.
+ * Copyright(c) 2013 - 2015 Intel Corporation.
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
  * under the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License,
@@ -272,6 +272,20 @@ struct fm10k_hw;
 #define FM10K_TDBAL(_n)		((0x40 * (_n)) + 0x8000)
 #define FM10K_TDBAH(_n)		((0x40 * (_n)) + 0x8001)
 #define FM10K_TDLEN(_n)		((0x40 * (_n)) + 0x8002)
+/* When fist initialized, VFs need to know the Interrupt Throttle Rate (ITR)
+ * scale which is based on the PCIe speed but the speed information in the PCI
+ * configuration space may not be accurate. The PF already knows the ITR scale
+ * but there is no defined method to pass that information from the PF to the
+ * VF. This is accomplished during VF initialization by temporarily co-opting
+ * the yet-to-be-used TDLEN register to have the PF store the ITR shift for
+ * the VF to retrieve before the VF needs to use the TDLEN register for its
+ * intended purpose, i.e. before the Tx resources are allocated.
+ */
+#define FM10K_TDLEN_ITR_SCALE_SHIFT		9
+#define FM10K_TDLEN_ITR_SCALE_MASK		0x00000E00
+#define FM10K_TDLEN_ITR_SCALE_GEN1		2
+#define FM10K_TDLEN_ITR_SCALE_GEN2		1
+#define FM10K_TDLEN_ITR_SCALE_GEN3		0
 #define FM10K_TPH_TXCTRL(_n)	((0x40 * (_n)) + 0x8003)
 #define FM10K_TPH_TXCTRL_DESC_TPHEN		0x00000020
 #define FM10K_TPH_TXCTRL_DESC_RROEN		0x00000200
@@ -560,6 +574,7 @@ struct fm10k_mac_info {
 	bool get_host_state;
 	bool tx_ready;
 	u32 dglort_map;
+	u8 itr_scale;
 };
 
 struct fm10k_swapi_table_info {
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_vf.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_vf.c
index d512575c33f3..2af697df5abc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_vf.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_vf.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 static s32 fm10k_stop_hw_vf(struct fm10k_hw *hw)
 {
 	u8 *perm_addr = hw->mac.perm_addr;
-	u32 bal = 0, bah = 0;
+	u32 bal = 0, bah = 0, tdlen;
 	s32 err;
 	u16 i;
 
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ static s32 fm10k_stop_hw_vf(struct fm10k_hw *hw)
 		       ((u32)perm_addr[2]);
 	}
 
+	/* restore default itr_scale for next VF initialization */
+	tdlen = hw->mac.itr_scale << FM10K_TDLEN_ITR_SCALE_SHIFT;
+
 	/* The queues have already been disabled so we just need to
 	 * update their base address registers
 	 */
@@ -56,6 +59,12 @@ static s32 fm10k_stop_hw_vf(struct fm10k_hw *hw)
 		fm10k_write_reg(hw, FM10K_TDBAH(i), bah);
 		fm10k_write_reg(hw, FM10K_RDBAL(i), bal);
 		fm10k_write_reg(hw, FM10K_RDBAH(i), bah);
+		/* Restore ITR scale in software-defined mechanism in TDLEN
+		 * for next VF initialization. See definition of
+		 * FM10K_TDLEN_ITR_SCALE_SHIFT for more details on the use of
+		 * TDLEN here.
+		 */
+		fm10k_write_reg(hw, FM10K_TDLEN(i), tdlen);
 	}
 
 	return 0;
@@ -131,9 +140,16 @@ static s32 fm10k_init_hw_vf(struct fm10k_hw *hw)
 	/* record maximum queue count */
 	hw->mac.max_queues = i;
 
-	/* fetch default VLAN */
+	/* fetch default VLAN and ITR scale */
 	hw->mac.default_vid = (fm10k_read_reg(hw, FM10K_TXQCTL(0)) &
 			       FM10K_TXQCTL_VID_MASK) >> FM10K_TXQCTL_VID_SHIFT;
+	/* Read the ITR scale from TDLEN. See the definition of
+	 * FM10K_TDLEN_ITR_SCALE_SHIFT for more information about how TDLEN is
+	 * used here.
+	 */
+	hw->mac.itr_scale = (fm10k_read_reg(hw, FM10K_TDLEN(0)) &
+			     FM10K_TDLEN_ITR_SCALE_MASK) >>
+			    FM10K_TDLEN_ITR_SCALE_SHIFT;
 
 	return 0;