diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_common.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_common.c
index b37db8a163620..f630e57130251 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_common.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_common.c
@@ -269,6 +269,7 @@ int otx2_config_pause_frm(struct otx2_nic *pfvf)
 int otx2_set_flowkey_cfg(struct otx2_nic *pfvf)
 {
 	struct otx2_rss_info *rss = &pfvf->hw.rss_info;
+	struct nix_rss_flowkey_cfg_rsp *rsp;
 	struct nix_rss_flowkey_cfg *req;
 	int err;
 
@@ -283,6 +284,16 @@ int otx2_set_flowkey_cfg(struct otx2_nic *pfvf)
 	req->group = DEFAULT_RSS_CONTEXT_GROUP;
 
 	err = otx2_sync_mbox_msg(&pfvf->mbox);
+	if (err)
+		goto fail;
+
+	rsp = (struct nix_rss_flowkey_cfg_rsp *)
+			otx2_mbox_get_rsp(&pfvf->mbox.mbox, 0, &req->hdr);
+	if (IS_ERR(rsp))
+		goto fail;
+
+	pfvf->hw.flowkey_alg_idx = rsp->alg_idx;
+fail:
 	mutex_unlock(&pfvf->mbox.lock);
 	return err;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_common.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_common.h
index c4147b64e059a..1a97b76a12e13 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_common.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_common.h
@@ -199,6 +199,9 @@ struct otx2_hw {
 	u8			lso_udpv4_idx;
 	u8			lso_udpv6_idx;
 
+	/* RSS */
+	u8			flowkey_alg_idx;
+
 	/* MSI-X */
 	u8			cint_cnt; /* CQ interrupt count */
 	u16			npa_msixoff; /* Offset of NPA vectors */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_flows.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_flows.c
index 55802b56e3b92..e949001a6e55e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_flows.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_flows.c
@@ -907,6 +907,7 @@ static int otx2_add_flow_msg(struct otx2_nic *pfvf, struct otx2_flow *flow)
 		if (flow->flow_spec.flow_type & FLOW_RSS) {
 			req->op = NIX_RX_ACTIONOP_RSS;
 			req->index = flow->rss_ctx_id;
+			req->flow_key_alg = pfvf->hw.flowkey_alg_idx;
 		} else {
 			req->op = NIX_RX_ACTIONOP_UCAST;
 			req->index = ethtool_get_flow_spec_ring(ring_cookie);