diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-mac.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-mac.c
index 521f036d1c00..c4a49bf10156 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-mac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-mac.c
@@ -11,6 +11,28 @@
 #define phylink_to_dpaa2_mac(config) \
 	container_of((config), struct dpaa2_mac, phylink_config)
 
+#define DPMAC_PROTOCOL_CHANGE_VER_MAJOR		4
+#define DPMAC_PROTOCOL_CHANGE_VER_MINOR		8
+
+#define DPAA2_MAC_FEATURE_PROTOCOL_CHANGE	BIT(0)
+
+static int dpaa2_mac_cmp_ver(struct dpaa2_mac *mac,
+			     u16 ver_major, u16 ver_minor)
+{
+	if (mac->ver_major == ver_major)
+		return mac->ver_minor - ver_minor;
+	return mac->ver_major - ver_major;
+}
+
+static void dpaa2_mac_detect_features(struct dpaa2_mac *mac)
+{
+	mac->features = 0;
+
+	if (dpaa2_mac_cmp_ver(mac, DPMAC_PROTOCOL_CHANGE_VER_MAJOR,
+			      DPMAC_PROTOCOL_CHANGE_VER_MINOR) >= 0)
+		mac->features |= DPAA2_MAC_FEATURE_PROTOCOL_CHANGE;
+}
+
 static int phy_mode(enum dpmac_eth_if eth_if, phy_interface_t *if_mode)
 {
 	*if_mode = PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_NA;
@@ -359,6 +381,14 @@ int dpaa2_mac_open(struct dpaa2_mac *mac)
 		goto err_close_dpmac;
 	}
 
+	err = dpmac_get_api_version(mac->mc_io, 0, &mac->ver_major, &mac->ver_minor);
+	if (err) {
+		netdev_err(net_dev, "dpmac_get_api_version() = %d\n", err);
+		goto err_close_dpmac;
+	}
+
+	dpaa2_mac_detect_features(mac);
+
 	/* Find the device node representing the MAC device and link the device
 	 * behind the associated netdev to it.
 	 */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-mac.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-mac.h
index 1331a8477fe4..d2e51d21c80c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-mac.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-mac.h
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ struct dpaa2_mac {
 	struct net_device *net_dev;
 	struct fsl_mc_io *mc_io;
 	struct dpmac_attr attr;
+	u16 ver_major, ver_minor;
+	unsigned long features;
 
 	struct phylink_config phylink_config;
 	struct phylink *phylink;