diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/fw.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/fw.c
index d2f594fadfbf..4251f81a0275 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/fw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/fw.c
@@ -143,7 +143,8 @@ static void dump_dev_cap_flags2(struct mlx4_dev *dev, u64 flags)
 		[14] = "Ethernet protocol control support",
 		[15] = "Ethernet Backplane autoneg support",
 		[16] = "CONFIG DEV support",
-		[17] = "Asymmetric EQs support"
+		[17] = "Asymmetric EQs support",
+		[18] = "More than 80 VFs support"
 	};
 	int i;
 
@@ -860,6 +861,8 @@ int mlx4_QUERY_DEV_CAP(struct mlx4_dev *dev, struct mlx4_dev_cap *dev_cap)
 		dev_cap->flags2 |= MLX4_DEV_CAP_FLAG2_VLAN_CONTROL;
 	if (field32 & (1 << 20))
 		dev_cap->flags2 |= MLX4_DEV_CAP_FLAG2_FSM;
+	if (field32 & (1 << 21))
+		dev_cap->flags2 |= MLX4_DEV_CAP_FLAG2_80_VFS;
 
 	if (dev->flags & MLX4_FLAG_OLD_PORT_CMDS) {
 		for (i = 1; i <= dev_cap->num_ports; ++i) {
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/main.c
index ebb279060a25..3044f9e623cb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/main.c
@@ -2373,6 +2373,24 @@ disable_sriov:
 	return dev_flags & ~MLX4_FLAG_MASTER;
 }
 
+enum {
+	MLX4_DEV_CAP_CHECK_NUM_VFS_ABOVE_64 = -1,
+};
+
+static int mlx4_check_dev_cap(struct mlx4_dev *dev, struct mlx4_dev_cap *dev_cap,
+			      int *nvfs)
+{
+	int requested_vfs = nvfs[0] + nvfs[1] + nvfs[2];
+	/* Checking for 64 VFs as a limitation of CX2 */
+	if (!(dev_cap->flags2 & MLX4_DEV_CAP_FLAG2_80_VFS) &&
+	    requested_vfs >= 64) {
+		mlx4_err(dev, "Requested %d VFs, but FW does not support more than 64\n",
+			 requested_vfs);
+		return MLX4_DEV_CAP_CHECK_NUM_VFS_ABOVE_64;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int mlx4_load_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, int pci_dev_data,
 			 int total_vfs, int *nvfs, struct mlx4_priv *priv)
 {
@@ -2484,6 +2502,9 @@ slave_start:
 				goto err_fw;
 			}
 
+			if (mlx4_check_dev_cap(dev, dev_cap, nvfs))
+				goto err_fw;
+
 			if (!(dev_cap->flags2 & MLX4_DEV_CAP_FLAG2_SYS_EQS)) {
 				u64 dev_flags = mlx4_enable_sriov(dev, pdev, total_vfs,
 								  existing_vfs);
@@ -2512,6 +2533,9 @@ slave_start:
 				mlx4_err(dev, "QUERY_DEV_CAP command failed, aborting.\n");
 				goto err_fw;
 			}
+
+			if (mlx4_check_dev_cap(dev, dev_cap, nvfs))
+				goto err_fw;
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/include/linux/mlx4/device.h b/include/linux/mlx4/device.h
index 1c560eb870ad..cf09e65c2901 100644
--- a/include/linux/mlx4/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/mlx4/device.h
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ enum {
 
 enum {
 	MLX4_MAX_NUM_PF		= 16,
-	MLX4_MAX_NUM_VF		= 64,
+	MLX4_MAX_NUM_VF		= 126,
 	MLX4_MAX_NUM_VF_P_PORT  = 64,
 	MLX4_MFUNC_MAX		= 80,
 	MLX4_MAX_EQ_NUM		= 1024,
@@ -190,7 +190,8 @@ enum {
 	MLX4_DEV_CAP_FLAG2_ETH_PROT_CTRL        = 1LL <<  14,
 	MLX4_DEV_CAP_FLAG2_ETH_BACKPL_AN_REP	= 1LL <<  15,
 	MLX4_DEV_CAP_FLAG2_CONFIG_DEV		= 1LL <<  16,
-	MLX4_DEV_CAP_FLAG2_SYS_EQS		= 1LL <<  17
+	MLX4_DEV_CAP_FLAG2_SYS_EQS		= 1LL <<  17,
+	MLX4_DEV_CAP_FLAG2_80_VFS		= 1LL <<  18
 };
 
 enum {