diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4vf/sge.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4vf/sge.c
index cd5b7896cb67a..fdd078d7d82c6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4vf/sge.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4vf/sge.c
@@ -93,12 +93,6 @@ enum {
 	TX_QCHECK_PERIOD = (HZ / 2),
 	MAX_TIMER_TX_RECLAIM = 100,
 
-	/*
-	 * An FL with <= FL_STARVE_THRES buffers is starving and a periodic
-	 * timer will attempt to refill it.
-	 */
-	FL_STARVE_THRES = 4,
-
 	/*
 	 * Suspend an Ethernet TX queue with fewer available descriptors than
 	 * this.  We always want to have room for a maximum sized packet:
@@ -2490,6 +2484,16 @@ int t4vf_sge_init(struct adapter *adapter)
 		s->fl_align = max(ingpadboundary, ingpackboundary);
 	}
 
+	/* A FL with <= fl_starve_thres buffers is starving and a periodic
+	 * timer will attempt to refill it.  This needs to be larger than the
+	 * SGE's Egress Congestion Threshold.  If it isn't, then we can get
+	 * stuck waiting for new packets while the SGE is waiting for us to
+	 * give it more Free List entries.  (Note that the SGE's Egress
+	 * Congestion Threshold is in units of 2 Free List pointers.)
+	 */
+	s->fl_starve_thres
+		= EGRTHRESHOLD_GET(sge_params->sge_congestion_control)*2 + 1;
+
 	/*
 	 * Set up tasklet timers.
 	 */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4vf/t4vf_common.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4vf/t4vf_common.h
index b5c301d9565e8..4b6a6d14d86d9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4vf/t4vf_common.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4vf/t4vf_common.h
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ struct sge_params {
 	u32 sge_user_mode_limits;	/* limits for BAR2 user mode accesses */
 	u32 sge_fl_buffer_size[16];	/* free list buffer sizes */
 	u32 sge_ingress_rx_threshold;	/* RX counter interrupt threshold[4] */
+	u32 sge_congestion_control;     /* congestion thresholds, etc. */
 	u32 sge_timer_value_0_and_1;	/* interrupt coalescing timer values */
 	u32 sge_timer_value_2_and_3;
 	u32 sge_timer_value_4_and_5;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4vf/t4vf_hw.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4vf/t4vf_hw.c
index dc30d28528509..1e896b923234f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4vf/t4vf_hw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4vf/t4vf_hw.c
@@ -493,10 +493,13 @@ int t4vf_get_sge_params(struct adapter *adapter)
 
 	params[0] = (FW_PARAMS_MNEM(FW_PARAMS_MNEM_REG) |
 		     FW_PARAMS_PARAM_XYZ(SGE_INGRESS_RX_THRESHOLD));
-	v = t4vf_query_params(adapter, 1, params, vals);
+	params[1] = (FW_PARAMS_MNEM(FW_PARAMS_MNEM_REG) |
+		     FW_PARAMS_PARAM_XYZ(SGE_CONM_CTRL));
+	v = t4vf_query_params(adapter, 2, params, vals);
 	if (v)
 		return v;
 	sge_params->sge_ingress_rx_threshold = vals[0];
+	sge_params->sge_congestion_control = vals[1];
 
 	return 0;
 }