diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu.c
index e9021a813889..2033f42c3226 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu.c
@@ -1564,10 +1564,11 @@ static int rvu_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
 
 	err = rvu_register_interrupts(rvu);
 	if (err)
-		goto err_mbox;
+		goto err_cgx;
 
 	return 0;
-
+err_cgx:
+	rvu_cgx_wq_destroy(rvu);
 err_mbox:
 	rvu_mbox_destroy(rvu);
 err_hwsetup:
@@ -1589,6 +1590,7 @@ static void rvu_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 	struct rvu *rvu = pci_get_drvdata(pdev);
 
 	rvu_unregister_interrupts(rvu);
+	rvu_cgx_wq_destroy(rvu);
 	rvu_mbox_destroy(rvu);
 	rvu_reset_all_blocks(rvu);
 	rvu_free_hw_resources(rvu);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu.h
index 385f597c1fe3..d169fa9eb45e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu.h
@@ -110,6 +110,10 @@ struct rvu {
 						  * every cgx lmac port
 						  */
 	void			**cgx_idmap; /* cgx id to cgx data map table */
+	struct			work_struct cgx_evh_work;
+	struct			workqueue_struct *cgx_evh_wq;
+	spinlock_t		cgx_evq_lock; /* cgx event queue lock */
+	struct list_head	cgx_evq_head; /* cgx event queue head */
 };
 
 static inline void rvu_write64(struct rvu *rvu, u64 block, u64 offset, u64 val)
@@ -150,4 +154,5 @@ int rvu_poll_reg(struct rvu *rvu, u64 block, u64 offset, u64 mask, bool zero);
 
 /* CGX APIs */
 int rvu_cgx_probe(struct rvu *rvu);
+void rvu_cgx_wq_destroy(struct rvu *rvu);
 #endif /* RVU_H */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_cgx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_cgx.c
index bf8150727e24..5ecc22308b22 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_cgx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_cgx.c
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@
 #include "rvu.h"
 #include "cgx.h"
 
+struct cgx_evq_entry {
+	struct list_head evq_node;
+	struct cgx_link_event link_event;
+};
+
 static inline u8 cgxlmac_id_to_bmap(u8 cgx_id, u8 lmac_id)
 {
 	return ((cgx_id & 0xF) << 4) | (lmac_id & 0xF);
@@ -72,9 +77,95 @@ static int rvu_map_cgx_lmac_pf(struct rvu *rvu)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/* This is called from interrupt context and is expected to be atomic */
+static int cgx_lmac_postevent(struct cgx_link_event *event, void *data)
+{
+	struct cgx_evq_entry *qentry;
+	struct rvu *rvu = data;
+
+	/* post event to the event queue */
+	qentry = kmalloc(sizeof(*qentry), GFP_ATOMIC);
+	if (!qentry)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	qentry->link_event = *event;
+	spin_lock(&rvu->cgx_evq_lock);
+	list_add_tail(&qentry->evq_node, &rvu->cgx_evq_head);
+	spin_unlock(&rvu->cgx_evq_lock);
+
+	/* start worker to process the events */
+	queue_work(rvu->cgx_evh_wq, &rvu->cgx_evh_work);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void cgx_evhandler_task(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct rvu *rvu = container_of(work, struct rvu, cgx_evh_work);
+	struct cgx_evq_entry *qentry;
+	struct cgx_link_event *event;
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	do {
+		/* Dequeue an event */
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&rvu->cgx_evq_lock, flags);
+		qentry = list_first_entry_or_null(&rvu->cgx_evq_head,
+						  struct cgx_evq_entry,
+						  evq_node);
+		if (qentry)
+			list_del(&qentry->evq_node);
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rvu->cgx_evq_lock, flags);
+		if (!qentry)
+			break; /* nothing more to process */
+
+		event = &qentry->link_event;
+
+		/* Do nothing for now */
+		kfree(qentry);
+	} while (1);
+}
+
+static void cgx_lmac_event_handler_init(struct rvu *rvu)
+{
+	struct cgx_event_cb cb;
+	int cgx, lmac, err;
+	void *cgxd;
+
+	spin_lock_init(&rvu->cgx_evq_lock);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&rvu->cgx_evq_head);
+	INIT_WORK(&rvu->cgx_evh_work, cgx_evhandler_task);
+	rvu->cgx_evh_wq = alloc_workqueue("rvu_evh_wq", 0, 0);
+	if (!rvu->cgx_evh_wq) {
+		dev_err(rvu->dev, "alloc workqueue failed");
+		return;
+	}
+
+	cb.notify_link_chg = cgx_lmac_postevent; /* link change call back */
+	cb.data = rvu;
+
+	for (cgx = 0; cgx < rvu->cgx_cnt; cgx++) {
+		cgxd = rvu_cgx_pdata(cgx, rvu);
+		for (lmac = 0; lmac < cgx_get_lmac_cnt(cgxd); lmac++) {
+			err = cgx_lmac_evh_register(&cb, cgxd, lmac);
+			if (err)
+				dev_err(rvu->dev,
+					"%d:%d handler register failed\n",
+					cgx, lmac);
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+void rvu_cgx_wq_destroy(struct rvu *rvu)
+{
+	if (rvu->cgx_evh_wq) {
+		flush_workqueue(rvu->cgx_evh_wq);
+		destroy_workqueue(rvu->cgx_evh_wq);
+		rvu->cgx_evh_wq = NULL;
+	}
+}
+
 int rvu_cgx_probe(struct rvu *rvu)
 {
-	int i;
+	int i, err;
 
 	/* find available cgx ports */
 	rvu->cgx_cnt = cgx_get_cgx_cnt();
@@ -93,5 +184,11 @@ int rvu_cgx_probe(struct rvu *rvu)
 		rvu->cgx_idmap[i] = cgx_get_pdata(i);
 
 	/* Map CGX LMAC interfaces to RVU PFs */
-	return rvu_map_cgx_lmac_pf(rvu);
+	err = rvu_map_cgx_lmac_pf(rvu);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	/* Register for CGX events */
+	cgx_lmac_event_handler_init(rvu);
+	return 0;
 }