diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eq.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eq.c
index ac1565c0c8afc..4326aa42bf2da 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eq.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eq.c
@@ -1187,7 +1187,6 @@ static int get_num_eqs(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
 {
 	struct mlx5_eq_table *eq_table = dev->priv.eq_table;
 	int max_dev_eqs;
-	int max_eqs_sf;
 	int num_eqs;
 
 	/* If ethernet is disabled we use just a single completion vector to
@@ -1202,7 +1201,11 @@ static int get_num_eqs(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
 	num_eqs = min_t(int, mlx5_irq_table_get_num_comp(eq_table->irq_table),
 			max_dev_eqs - MLX5_MAX_ASYNC_EQS);
 	if (mlx5_core_is_sf(dev)) {
-		max_eqs_sf = min_t(int, MLX5_COMP_EQS_PER_SF,
+		int max_eqs_sf = MLX5_CAP_GEN_2(dev, sf_eq_usage) ?
+				 MLX5_CAP_GEN_2(dev, max_num_eqs_24b) :
+				 MLX5_COMP_EQS_PER_SF;
+
+		max_eqs_sf = min_t(int, max_eqs_sf,
 				   mlx5_irq_table_get_sfs_vec(eq_table->irq_table));
 		num_eqs = min_t(int, num_eqs, max_eqs_sf);
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch.h
index 88745dc6aed5b..578466d69f219 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch.h
@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@ struct mlx5_vport {
 
 	u16 vport;
 	bool                    enabled;
+	bool max_eqs_set;
 	enum mlx5_eswitch_vport_event enabled_events;
 	int index;
 	struct mlx5_devlink_port *dl_port;
@@ -579,6 +580,8 @@ int mlx5_devlink_port_fn_max_io_eqs_get(struct devlink_port *port,
 int mlx5_devlink_port_fn_max_io_eqs_set(struct devlink_port *port,
 					u32 max_io_eqs,
 					struct netlink_ext_ack *extack);
+int mlx5_devlink_port_fn_max_io_eqs_set_sf_default(struct devlink_port *port,
+						   struct netlink_ext_ack *extack);
 
 void *mlx5_eswitch_get_uplink_priv(struct mlx5_eswitch *esw, u8 rep_type);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c
index 72949cb85244d..768199d2255a1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch_offloads.c
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@
 #define MLX5_ESW_FT_OFFLOADS_DROP_RULE (1)
 
 #define MLX5_ESW_MAX_CTRL_EQS 4
+#define MLX5_ESW_DEFAULT_SF_COMP_EQS 8
 
 static struct esw_vport_tbl_namespace mlx5_esw_vport_tbl_mirror_ns = {
 	.max_fte = MLX5_ESW_VPORT_TBL_SIZE,
@@ -4676,13 +4677,25 @@ mlx5_devlink_port_fn_max_io_eqs_set(struct devlink_port *port, u32 max_io_eqs,
 	hca_caps = MLX5_ADDR_OF(query_hca_cap_out, query_ctx, capability);
 	MLX5_SET(cmd_hca_cap_2, hca_caps, max_num_eqs_24b, max_eqs);
 
+	if (mlx5_esw_is_sf_vport(esw, vport_num))
+		MLX5_SET(cmd_hca_cap_2, hca_caps, sf_eq_usage, 1);
+
 	err = mlx5_vport_set_other_func_cap(esw->dev, hca_caps, vport_num,
 					    MLX5_SET_HCA_CAP_OP_MOD_GENERAL_DEVICE2);
 	if (err)
 		NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Failed setting HCA caps");
-
+	vport->max_eqs_set = true;
 out:
 	mutex_unlock(&esw->state_lock);
 	kfree(query_ctx);
 	return err;
 }
+
+int
+mlx5_devlink_port_fn_max_io_eqs_set_sf_default(struct devlink_port *port,
+					       struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
+{
+	return mlx5_devlink_port_fn_max_io_eqs_set(port,
+						   MLX5_ESW_DEFAULT_SF_COMP_EQS,
+						   extack);
+}
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/pci_irq.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/pci_irq.c
index 401d390696802..86208b86eea8a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/pci_irq.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/pci_irq.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #define MLX5_SFS_PER_CTRL_IRQ 64
+#define MLX5_MAX_MSIX_PER_SF 256
 #define MLX5_IRQ_CTRL_SF_MAX 8
 /* min num of vectors for SFs to be enabled */
 #define MLX5_IRQ_VEC_COMP_BASE_SF 2
@@ -589,8 +590,6 @@ static void irq_pool_free(struct mlx5_irq_pool *pool)
 static int irq_pools_init(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, int sf_vec, int pcif_vec)
 {
 	struct mlx5_irq_table *table = dev->priv.irq_table;
-	int num_sf_ctrl_by_msix;
-	int num_sf_ctrl_by_sfs;
 	int num_sf_ctrl;
 	int err;
 
@@ -608,10 +607,8 @@ static int irq_pools_init(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, int sf_vec, int pcif_vec)
 	}
 
 	/* init sf_ctrl_pool */
-	num_sf_ctrl_by_msix = DIV_ROUND_UP(sf_vec, MLX5_COMP_EQS_PER_SF);
-	num_sf_ctrl_by_sfs = DIV_ROUND_UP(mlx5_sf_max_functions(dev),
-					  MLX5_SFS_PER_CTRL_IRQ);
-	num_sf_ctrl = min_t(int, num_sf_ctrl_by_msix, num_sf_ctrl_by_sfs);
+	num_sf_ctrl = DIV_ROUND_UP(mlx5_sf_max_functions(dev),
+				   MLX5_SFS_PER_CTRL_IRQ);
 	num_sf_ctrl = min_t(int, MLX5_IRQ_CTRL_SF_MAX, num_sf_ctrl);
 	table->sf_ctrl_pool = irq_pool_alloc(dev, pcif_vec, num_sf_ctrl,
 					     "mlx5_sf_ctrl",
@@ -726,8 +723,7 @@ int mlx5_irq_table_create(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
 
 	total_vec = pcif_vec;
 	if (mlx5_sf_max_functions(dev))
-		total_vec += MLX5_IRQ_CTRL_SF_MAX +
-			MLX5_COMP_EQS_PER_SF * mlx5_sf_max_functions(dev);
+		total_vec += MLX5_MAX_MSIX_PER_SF * mlx5_sf_max_functions(dev);
 	total_vec = min_t(int, total_vec, pci_msix_vec_count(dev->pdev));
 	pcif_vec = min_t(int, pcif_vec, pci_msix_vec_count(dev->pdev));
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/sf/devlink.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/sf/devlink.c
index 6c11e075cab0b..a96be98be032f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/sf/devlink.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/sf/devlink.c
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ int mlx5_devlink_sf_port_fn_state_get(struct devlink_port *dl_port,
 static int mlx5_sf_activate(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, struct mlx5_sf *sf,
 			    struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
 {
+	struct mlx5_vport *vport;
 	int err;
 
 	if (mlx5_sf_is_active(sf))
@@ -170,6 +171,13 @@ static int mlx5_sf_activate(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev, struct mlx5_sf *sf,
 		return -EBUSY;
 	}
 
+	vport = mlx5_devlink_port_vport_get(&sf->dl_port.dl_port);
+	if (!vport->max_eqs_set && MLX5_CAP_GEN_2(dev, max_num_eqs_24b)) {
+		err = mlx5_devlink_port_fn_max_io_eqs_set_sf_default(&sf->dl_port.dl_port,
+								     extack);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
+	}
 	err = mlx5_cmd_sf_enable_hca(dev, sf->hw_fn_id);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
@@ -318,7 +326,11 @@ int mlx5_devlink_sf_port_new(struct devlink *devlink,
 
 static void mlx5_sf_dealloc(struct mlx5_sf_table *table, struct mlx5_sf *sf)
 {
+	struct mlx5_vport *vport;
+
 	mutex_lock(&table->sf_state_lock);
+	vport = mlx5_devlink_port_vport_get(&sf->dl_port.dl_port);
+	vport->max_eqs_set = false;
 
 	mlx5_sf_function_id_erase(table, sf);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/mlx5/mlx5_ifc.h b/include/linux/mlx5/mlx5_ifc.h
index fdad0071d599e..360d42f041b0e 100644
--- a/include/linux/mlx5/mlx5_ifc.h
+++ b/include/linux/mlx5/mlx5_ifc.h
@@ -1994,7 +1994,9 @@ struct mlx5_ifc_cmd_hca_cap_2_bits {
 	u8	   migration_tracking_state[0x1];
 	u8	   reserved_at_ca[0x6];
 	u8	   migration_in_chunks[0x1];
-	u8	   reserved_at_d1[0xf];
+	u8	   reserved_at_d1[0x1];
+	u8	   sf_eq_usage[0x1];
+	u8	   reserved_at_d3[0xd];
 
 	u8	   cross_vhca_object_to_object_supported[0x20];