diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ethtool.c
index 44b715c4e19e..cc89e5eabcb9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ethtool.c
@@ -2514,6 +2514,7 @@ static int bnxt_flash_firmware_from_file(struct net_device *dev,
 #define MSG_INTERNAL_ERR "PKG install error : Internal error"
 #define MSG_NO_PKG_UPDATE_AREA_ERR "PKG update area not created in nvram"
 #define MSG_NO_SPACE_ERR "PKG insufficient update area in nvram"
+#define MSG_RESIZE_UPDATE_ERR "Resize UPDATE entry error"
 #define MSG_ANTI_ROLLBACK_ERR "HWRM_NVM_INSTALL_UPDATE failure due to Anti-rollback detected"
 #define MSG_GENERIC_FAILURE_ERR "HWRM_NVM_INSTALL_UPDATE failure"
 
@@ -2564,6 +2565,32 @@ static int nvm_update_err_to_stderr(struct net_device *dev, u8 result,
 #define BNXT_NVM_MORE_FLAG	(cpu_to_le16(NVM_MODIFY_REQ_FLAGS_BATCH_MODE))
 #define BNXT_NVM_LAST_FLAG	(cpu_to_le16(NVM_MODIFY_REQ_FLAGS_BATCH_LAST))
 
+static int bnxt_resize_update_entry(struct net_device *dev, size_t fw_size,
+				    struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
+{
+	u32 item_len;
+	int rc;
+
+	rc = bnxt_find_nvram_item(dev, BNX_DIR_TYPE_UPDATE,
+				  BNX_DIR_ORDINAL_FIRST, BNX_DIR_EXT_NONE, NULL,
+				  &item_len, NULL);
+	if (rc) {
+		BNXT_NVM_ERR_MSG(dev, extack, MSG_NO_PKG_UPDATE_AREA_ERR);
+		return rc;
+	}
+
+	if (fw_size > item_len) {
+		rc = bnxt_flash_nvram(dev, BNX_DIR_TYPE_UPDATE,
+				      BNX_DIR_ORDINAL_FIRST, 0, 1,
+				      round_up(fw_size, 4096), NULL, 0);
+		if (rc) {
+			BNXT_NVM_ERR_MSG(dev, extack, MSG_RESIZE_UPDATE_ERR);
+			return rc;
+		}
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int bnxt_flash_package_from_fw_obj(struct net_device *dev, const struct firmware *fw,
 				   u32 install_type, struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
 {
@@ -2580,6 +2607,11 @@ int bnxt_flash_package_from_fw_obj(struct net_device *dev, const struct firmware
 	u16 index;
 	int rc;
 
+	/* resize before flashing larger image than available space */
+	rc = bnxt_resize_update_entry(dev, fw->size, extack);
+	if (rc)
+		return rc;
+
 	bnxt_hwrm_fw_set_time(bp);
 
 	rc = hwrm_req_init(bp, modify, HWRM_NVM_MODIFY);