diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
index d0359b569afe..669ea945d3cd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
@@ -432,8 +432,6 @@ static netdev_tx_t bnxt_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 
 	txbd = &txr->tx_desc_ring[TX_RING(prod)][TX_IDX(prod)];
 
-	txbd->tx_bd_opaque = prod;
-
 	tx_buf = &txr->tx_buf_ring[prod];
 	tx_buf->skb = skb;
 	tx_buf->nr_frags = last_frag;
@@ -519,7 +517,9 @@ static netdev_tx_t bnxt_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 
 		txbd->tx_bd_len_flags_type = tx_push->tx_bd_len_flags_type;
 		txbd->tx_bd_haddr = txr->data_mapping;
+		txbd->tx_bd_opaque = SET_TX_OPAQUE(bp, prod, 2);
 		prod = NEXT_TX(prod);
+		tx_push->tx_bd_opaque = txbd->tx_bd_opaque;
 		txbd = &txr->tx_desc_ring[TX_RING(prod)][TX_IDX(prod)];
 		memcpy(txbd, tx_push1, sizeof(*txbd));
 		prod = NEXT_TX(prod);
@@ -562,6 +562,7 @@ normal_tx:
 		((last_frag + 2) << TX_BD_FLAGS_BD_CNT_SHIFT);
 
 	txbd->tx_bd_haddr = cpu_to_le64(mapping);
+	txbd->tx_bd_opaque = SET_TX_OPAQUE(bp, prod, 2 + last_frag);
 
 	prod = NEXT_TX(prod);
 	txbd1 = (struct tx_bd_ext *)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.h
index e702dbc3e6b1..c7895e7d78d5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.h
@@ -61,6 +61,13 @@ struct tx_bd {
 	__le64 tx_bd_haddr;
 } __packed;
 
+#define TX_OPAQUE_IDX_MASK	0x0000ffff
+#define TX_OPAQUE_BDS_MASK	0x00ff0000
+#define TX_OPAQUE_BDS_SHIFT	16
+
+#define SET_TX_OPAQUE(bp, idx, bds)					\
+	(((bds) << TX_OPAQUE_BDS_SHIFT) | ((idx) & (bp)->tx_ring_mask))
+
 struct tx_bd_ext {
 	__le32 tx_bd_hsize_lflags;
 	#define TX_BD_FLAGS_TCP_UDP_CHKSUM			(1 << 0)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_xdp.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_xdp.c
index 96f5ca778c67..3e5144aafb0c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_xdp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_xdp.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ struct bnxt_sw_tx_bd *bnxt_xmit_bd(struct bnxt *bp,
 		((num_frags + 1) << TX_BD_FLAGS_BD_CNT_SHIFT) |
 		bnxt_lhint_arr[len >> 9];
 	txbd->tx_bd_len_flags_type = cpu_to_le32(flags);
-	txbd->tx_bd_opaque = prod;
+	txbd->tx_bd_opaque = SET_TX_OPAQUE(bp, prod, 1 + num_frags);
 	txbd->tx_bd_haddr = cpu_to_le64(mapping);
 
 	/* now let us fill up the frags into the next buffers */