diff --git a/drivers/scsi/bnx2fc/bnx2fc.h b/drivers/scsi/bnx2fc/bnx2fc.h
index 6012317c1f2f..d38dcc7f1047 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/bnx2fc/bnx2fc.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/bnx2fc/bnx2fc.h
@@ -244,9 +244,11 @@ struct bnx2fc_rport {
 	struct fc_rport_priv *rdata;
 	void __iomem *ctx_base;
 #define DPM_TRIGER_TYPE		0x40
+	u32 io_timeout;
 	u32 fcoe_conn_id;
 	u32 context_id;
 	u32 sid;
+	int dev_type;
 
 	unsigned long flags;
 #define BNX2FC_FLAG_SESSION_READY	0x1
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/bnx2fc/bnx2fc_hwi.c b/drivers/scsi/bnx2fc/bnx2fc_hwi.c
index ee1674b794b1..fa263b5902e1 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/bnx2fc/bnx2fc_hwi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/bnx2fc/bnx2fc_hwi.c
@@ -279,6 +279,18 @@ int bnx2fc_send_session_ofld_req(struct fcoe_port *port,
 	ofld_req3.flags |= (((rdata->sp_features & FC_SP_FT_SEQC) ? 1 : 0) <<
 			     FCOE_KWQE_CONN_OFFLOAD3_B_CONT_INCR_SEQ_CNT_SHIFT);
 
+	/*
+	 * Info from PRLI response, this info is used for sequence level error
+	 * recovery support
+	 */
+	if (tgt->dev_type == TYPE_TAPE) {
+		ofld_req3.flags |= 1 <<
+				    FCOE_KWQE_CONN_OFFLOAD3_B_CONF_REQ_SHIFT;
+		ofld_req3.flags |= (((rdata->flags & FC_RP_FLAGS_REC_SUPPORTED)
+				    ? 1 : 0) <<
+				    FCOE_KWQE_CONN_OFFLOAD3_B_REC_VALID_SHIFT);
+	}
+
 	/* vlan flag */
 	ofld_req3.flags |= (interface->vlan_enabled <<
 			    FCOE_KWQE_CONN_OFFLOAD3_B_VLAN_FLAG_SHIFT);
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/bnx2fc/bnx2fc_io.c b/drivers/scsi/bnx2fc/bnx2fc_io.c
index e711ea3dd900..72940b8625bd 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/bnx2fc/bnx2fc_io.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/bnx2fc/bnx2fc_io.c
@@ -1862,7 +1862,8 @@ static int bnx2fc_post_io_req(struct bnx2fc_rport *tgt,
 	}
 
 	/* Time IO req */
-	bnx2fc_cmd_timer_set(io_req, BNX2FC_IO_TIMEOUT);
+	if (tgt->io_timeout)
+		bnx2fc_cmd_timer_set(io_req, BNX2FC_IO_TIMEOUT);
 	/* Obtain free SQ entry */
 	bnx2fc_add_2_sq(tgt, xid);
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/bnx2fc/bnx2fc_tgt.c b/drivers/scsi/bnx2fc/bnx2fc_tgt.c
index 263c2678ff62..7eff269d4c41 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/bnx2fc/bnx2fc_tgt.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/bnx2fc/bnx2fc_tgt.c
@@ -353,6 +353,14 @@ static int bnx2fc_init_tgt(struct bnx2fc_rport *tgt,
 	tgt->rq_cons_idx = 0;
 	atomic_set(&tgt->num_active_ios, 0);
 
+	if (rdata->flags & FC_RP_FLAGS_RETRY) {
+		tgt->dev_type = TYPE_TAPE;
+		tgt->io_timeout = 0; /* use default ULP timeout */
+	} else {
+		tgt->dev_type = TYPE_DISK;
+		tgt->io_timeout = BNX2FC_IO_TIMEOUT;
+	}
+
 	/* initialize sq doorbell */
 	sq_db->header.header = B577XX_DOORBELL_HDR_DB_TYPE;
 	sq_db->header.header |= B577XX_FCOE_CONNECTION_TYPE <<