diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice.h
index 763add09559c..bf4ecd9a517c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice.h
@@ -480,6 +480,7 @@ enum ice_pf_flags {
 	ICE_FLAG_NO_MEDIA,
 	ICE_FLAG_FW_LLDP_AGENT,
 	ICE_FLAG_MOD_POWER_UNSUPPORTED,
+	ICE_FLAG_PHY_FW_LOAD_FAILED,
 	ICE_FLAG_ETHTOOL_CTXT,		/* set when ethtool holds RTNL lock */
 	ICE_FLAG_LEGACY_RX,
 	ICE_FLAG_VF_TRUE_PROMISC_ENA,
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_adminq_cmd.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_adminq_cmd.h
index a5425f0dce3f..4eef3488d86f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_adminq_cmd.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_adminq_cmd.h
@@ -1185,6 +1185,7 @@ struct ice_aqc_get_link_status_data {
 #define ICE_AQ_LINK_TOPO_UNSUPP_MEDIA	BIT(7)
 	u8 link_cfg_err;
 #define ICE_AQ_LINK_MODULE_POWER_UNSUPPORTED	BIT(5)
+#define ICE_AQ_LINK_EXTERNAL_PHY_LOAD_FAILURE	BIT(6)
 #define ICE_AQ_LINK_INVAL_MAX_POWER_LIMIT	BIT(7)
 	u8 link_info;
 #define ICE_AQ_LINK_UP			BIT(0)	/* Link Status */
@@ -1268,6 +1269,7 @@ struct ice_aqc_set_event_mask {
 #define ICE_AQ_LINK_EVENT_AN_COMPLETED		BIT(7)
 #define ICE_AQ_LINK_EVENT_MODULE_QUAL_FAIL	BIT(8)
 #define ICE_AQ_LINK_EVENT_PORT_TX_SUSPENDED	BIT(9)
+#define ICE_AQ_LINK_EVENT_PHY_FW_LOAD_FAIL	BIT(12)
 	u8	reserved1[6];
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c
index 2ebbbe1edd82..66112addfb9a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c
@@ -936,6 +936,29 @@ static void ice_set_dflt_mib(struct ice_pf *pf)
 	kfree(lldpmib);
 }
 
+/**
+ * ice_check_phy_fw_load - check if PHY FW load failed
+ * @pf: pointer to PF struct
+ * @link_cfg_err: bitmap from the link info structure
+ *
+ * check if external PHY FW load failed and print an error message if it did
+ */
+static void ice_check_phy_fw_load(struct ice_pf *pf, u8 link_cfg_err)
+{
+	if (!(link_cfg_err & ICE_AQ_LINK_EXTERNAL_PHY_LOAD_FAILURE)) {
+		clear_bit(ICE_FLAG_PHY_FW_LOAD_FAILED, pf->flags);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (test_bit(ICE_FLAG_PHY_FW_LOAD_FAILED, pf->flags))
+		return;
+
+	if (link_cfg_err & ICE_AQ_LINK_EXTERNAL_PHY_LOAD_FAILURE) {
+		dev_err(ice_pf_to_dev(pf), "Device failed to load the FW for the external PHY. Please download and install the latest NVM for your device and try again\n");
+		set_bit(ICE_FLAG_PHY_FW_LOAD_FAILED, pf->flags);
+	}
+}
+
 /**
  * ice_check_module_power
  * @pf: pointer to PF struct
@@ -968,6 +991,20 @@ static void ice_check_module_power(struct ice_pf *pf, u8 link_cfg_err)
 	}
 }
 
+/**
+ * ice_check_link_cfg_err - check if link configuration failed
+ * @pf: pointer to the PF struct
+ * @link_cfg_err: bitmap from the link info structure
+ *
+ * print if any link configuration failure happens due to the value in the
+ * link_cfg_err parameter in the link info structure
+ */
+static void ice_check_link_cfg_err(struct ice_pf *pf, u8 link_cfg_err)
+{
+	ice_check_module_power(pf, link_cfg_err);
+	ice_check_phy_fw_load(pf, link_cfg_err);
+}
+
 /**
  * ice_link_event - process the link event
  * @pf: PF that the link event is associated with
@@ -1003,7 +1040,7 @@ ice_link_event(struct ice_pf *pf, struct ice_port_info *pi, bool link_up,
 			pi->lport, ice_stat_str(status),
 			ice_aq_str(pi->hw->adminq.sq_last_status));
 
-	ice_check_module_power(pf, pi->phy.link_info.link_cfg_err);
+	ice_check_link_cfg_err(pf, pi->phy.link_info.link_cfg_err);
 
 	/* Check if the link state is up after updating link info, and treat
 	 * this event as an UP event since the link is actually UP now.
@@ -1081,7 +1118,8 @@ static int ice_init_link_events(struct ice_port_info *pi)
 	u16 mask;
 
 	mask = ~((u16)(ICE_AQ_LINK_EVENT_UPDOWN | ICE_AQ_LINK_EVENT_MEDIA_NA |
-		       ICE_AQ_LINK_EVENT_MODULE_QUAL_FAIL));
+		       ICE_AQ_LINK_EVENT_MODULE_QUAL_FAIL |
+		       ICE_AQ_LINK_EVENT_PHY_FW_LOAD_FAIL));
 
 	if (ice_aq_set_event_mask(pi->hw, pi->lport, mask, NULL)) {
 		dev_dbg(ice_hw_to_dev(pi->hw), "Failed to set link event mask for port %d\n",
@@ -2152,7 +2190,7 @@ static void ice_check_media_subtask(struct ice_pf *pf)
 	if (err)
 		return;
 
-	ice_check_module_power(pf, pi->phy.link_info.link_cfg_err);
+	ice_check_link_cfg_err(pf, pi->phy.link_info.link_cfg_err);
 
 	if (pi->phy.link_info.link_info & ICE_AQ_MEDIA_AVAILABLE) {
 		if (!test_bit(ICE_PHY_INIT_COMPLETE, pf->state))
@@ -4600,7 +4638,8 @@ ice_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id __always_unused *ent)
 
 	ice_init_link_dflt_override(pf->hw.port_info);
 
-	ice_check_module_power(pf, pf->hw.port_info->phy.link_info.link_cfg_err);
+	ice_check_link_cfg_err(pf,
+			       pf->hw.port_info->phy.link_info.link_cfg_err);
 
 	/* if media available, initialize PHY settings */
 	if (pf->hw.port_info->phy.link_info.link_info &
@@ -8402,7 +8441,7 @@ int ice_open_internal(struct net_device *netdev)
 		return -EIO;
 	}
 
-	ice_check_module_power(pf, pi->phy.link_info.link_cfg_err);
+	ice_check_link_cfg_err(pf, pi->phy.link_info.link_cfg_err);
 
 	/* Set PHY if there is media, otherwise, turn off PHY */
 	if (pi->phy.link_info.link_info & ICE_AQ_MEDIA_AVAILABLE) {