diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfp_net.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfp_net.h
index a101ff30a1aee..0c3e7e2f856d3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfp_net.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfp_net.h
@@ -541,6 +541,7 @@ struct nfp_net_dp {
  * @id:			vNIC id within the PF (0 for VFs)
  * @fw_ver:		Firmware version
  * @cap:                Capabilities advertised by the Firmware
+ * @cap_w1:             Extended capabilities word advertised by the Firmware
  * @max_mtu:            Maximum support MTU advertised by the Firmware
  * @rss_hfunc:		RSS selected hash function
  * @rss_cfg:            RSS configuration
@@ -617,6 +618,7 @@ struct nfp_net {
 	u32 id;
 
 	u32 cap;
+	u32 cap_w1;
 	u32 max_mtu;
 
 	u8 rss_hfunc;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfp_net_common.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfp_net_common.c
index 5620faa63c7e0..3b3cad449f7a4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfp_net_common.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfp_net_common.c
@@ -2452,6 +2452,7 @@ static int nfp_net_read_caps(struct nfp_net *nn)
 {
 	/* Get some of the read-only fields from the BAR */
 	nn->cap = nn_readl(nn, NFP_NET_CFG_CAP);
+	nn->cap_w1 = nn_readq(nn, NFP_NET_CFG_CAP_WORD1);
 	nn->max_mtu = nn_readl(nn, NFP_NET_CFG_MAX_MTU);
 
 	/* ABI 4.x and ctrl vNIC always use chained metadata, in other cases
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfp_net_ctrl.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfp_net_ctrl.h
index 6714d5e8fdab2..bc94d2cf10429 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfp_net_ctrl.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfp_net_ctrl.h
@@ -257,10 +257,18 @@
 #define   NFP_NET_CFG_BPF_CFG_MASK	7ULL
 #define   NFP_NET_CFG_BPF_ADDR_MASK	(~NFP_NET_CFG_BPF_CFG_MASK)
 
-/* 40B reserved for future use (0x0098 - 0x00c0)
+/* 3 words reserved for extended ctrl words (0x0098 - 0x00a4)
+ * 3 words reserved for extended cap words (0x00a4 - 0x00b0)
+ * Currently only one word is used, can be extended in future.
  */
-#define NFP_NET_CFG_RESERVED		0x0098
-#define NFP_NET_CFG_RESERVED_SZ		0x0028
+#define NFP_NET_CFG_CTRL_WORD1		0x0098
+#define   NFP_NET_CFG_CTRL_PKT_TYPE	  (0x1 << 0) /* Pkttype offload */
+
+#define NFP_NET_CFG_CAP_WORD1		0x00a4
+
+/* 16B reserved for future use (0x00b0 - 0x00c0) */
+#define NFP_NET_CFG_RESERVED		0x00b0
+#define NFP_NET_CFG_RESERVED_SZ		0x0010
 
 /* RSS configuration (0x0100 - 0x01ac):
  * Used only when NFP_NET_CFG_CTRL_RSS is enabled