diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
index f92bea4faa01..ce36ee5a250f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
@@ -8617,6 +8617,9 @@ static int bnxt_init_chip(struct bnxt *bp, bool irq_re_init)
 	vnic->uc_filter_count = 1;
 
 	vnic->rx_mask = 0;
+	if (test_bit(BNXT_STATE_HALF_OPEN, &bp->state))
+		goto skip_rx_mask;
+
 	if (bp->dev->flags & IFF_BROADCAST)
 		vnic->rx_mask |= CFA_L2_SET_RX_MASK_REQ_MASK_BCAST;
 
@@ -8637,6 +8640,7 @@ static int bnxt_init_chip(struct bnxt *bp, bool irq_re_init)
 	if (rc)
 		goto err_out;
 
+skip_rx_mask:
 	rc = bnxt_hwrm_set_coal(bp);
 	if (rc)
 		netdev_warn(bp->dev, "HWRM set coalescing failure rc: %x\n",
@@ -10302,8 +10306,10 @@ int bnxt_half_open_nic(struct bnxt *bp)
 		netdev_err(bp->dev, "bnxt_alloc_mem err: %x\n", rc);
 		goto half_open_err;
 	}
+	set_bit(BNXT_STATE_HALF_OPEN, &bp->state);
 	rc = bnxt_init_nic(bp, true);
 	if (rc) {
+		clear_bit(BNXT_STATE_HALF_OPEN, &bp->state);
 		netdev_err(bp->dev, "bnxt_init_nic err: %x\n", rc);
 		goto half_open_err;
 	}
@@ -10324,6 +10330,7 @@ void bnxt_half_close_nic(struct bnxt *bp)
 	bnxt_hwrm_resource_free(bp, false, true);
 	bnxt_free_skbs(bp);
 	bnxt_free_mem(bp, true);
+	clear_bit(BNXT_STATE_HALF_OPEN, &bp->state);
 }
 
 static void bnxt_reenable_sriov(struct bnxt *bp)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.h
index 0a5137c1f6d4..ca6fdf03e586 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.h
@@ -1840,6 +1840,7 @@ struct bnxt {
 #define BNXT_STATE_DRV_REGISTERED	7
 #define BNXT_STATE_PCI_CHANNEL_IO_FROZEN	8
 #define BNXT_STATE_NAPI_DISABLED	9
+#define BNXT_STATE_HALF_OPEN		15	/* For offline ethtool tests */
 
 #define BNXT_NO_FW_ACCESS(bp)					\
 	(test_bit(BNXT_STATE_FW_FATAL_COND, &(bp)->state) ||	\
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ethtool.c
index da3ee22e8a16..af7de9ee66cf 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_ethtool.c
@@ -3409,7 +3409,7 @@ static int bnxt_run_loopback(struct bnxt *bp)
 	if (!skb)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	data = skb_put(skb, pkt_size);
-	eth_broadcast_addr(data);
+	ether_addr_copy(&data[i], bp->dev->dev_addr);
 	i += ETH_ALEN;
 	ether_addr_copy(&data[i], bp->dev->dev_addr);
 	i += ETH_ALEN;