diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/ib_verbs.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/ib_verbs.c
index f32c7e8..e97bee3 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/ib_verbs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/ib_verbs.c
@@ -1183,6 +1183,7 @@ static int bnxt_re_init_qp_attr(struct bnxt_re_qp *qp, struct bnxt_re_pd *pd,
 		goto out;
 	}
 	qplqp->type = (u8)qptype;
+	qplqp->wqe_mode = rdev->chip_ctx->modes.wqe_mode;
 
 	if (init_attr->qp_type == IB_QPT_RC) {
 		qplqp->max_rd_atomic = dev_attr->max_qp_rd_atom;
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/main.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/main.c
index b12fbc8..dad0df8 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/main.c
@@ -82,6 +82,15 @@
 static void bnxt_re_dealloc_driver(struct ib_device *ib_dev);
 static void bnxt_re_stop_irq(void *handle);
 
+static void bnxt_re_set_drv_mode(struct bnxt_re_dev *rdev, u8 mode)
+{
+	struct bnxt_qplib_chip_ctx *cctx;
+
+	cctx = rdev->chip_ctx;
+	cctx->modes.wqe_mode = bnxt_qplib_is_chip_gen_p5(rdev->chip_ctx) ?
+			       mode : BNXT_QPLIB_WQE_MODE_STATIC;
+}
+
 static void bnxt_re_destroy_chip_ctx(struct bnxt_re_dev *rdev)
 {
 	struct bnxt_qplib_chip_ctx *chip_ctx;
@@ -97,7 +106,7 @@ static void bnxt_re_destroy_chip_ctx(struct bnxt_re_dev *rdev)
 	kfree(chip_ctx);
 }
 
-static int bnxt_re_setup_chip_ctx(struct bnxt_re_dev *rdev)
+static int bnxt_re_setup_chip_ctx(struct bnxt_re_dev *rdev, u8 wqe_mode)
 {
 	struct bnxt_qplib_chip_ctx *chip_ctx;
 	struct bnxt_en_dev *en_dev;
@@ -117,6 +126,7 @@ static int bnxt_re_setup_chip_ctx(struct bnxt_re_dev *rdev)
 	rdev->qplib_res.cctx = rdev->chip_ctx;
 	rdev->rcfw.res = &rdev->qplib_res;
 
+	bnxt_re_set_drv_mode(rdev, wqe_mode);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1386,7 +1396,7 @@ static void bnxt_re_worker(struct work_struct *work)
 	schedule_delayed_work(&rdev->worker, msecs_to_jiffies(30000));
 }
 
-static int bnxt_re_dev_init(struct bnxt_re_dev *rdev)
+static int bnxt_re_dev_init(struct bnxt_re_dev *rdev, u8 wqe_mode)
 {
 	struct bnxt_qplib_creq_ctx *creq;
 	struct bnxt_re_ring_attr rattr;
@@ -1406,7 +1416,7 @@ static int bnxt_re_dev_init(struct bnxt_re_dev *rdev)
 	}
 	set_bit(BNXT_RE_FLAG_NETDEV_REGISTERED, &rdev->flags);
 
-	rc = bnxt_re_setup_chip_ctx(rdev);
+	rc = bnxt_re_setup_chip_ctx(rdev, wqe_mode);
 	if (rc) {
 		ibdev_err(&rdev->ibdev, "Failed to get chip context\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -1585,7 +1595,7 @@ static void bnxt_re_remove_device(struct bnxt_re_dev *rdev)
 }
 
 static int bnxt_re_add_device(struct bnxt_re_dev **rdev,
-			      struct net_device *netdev)
+			      struct net_device *netdev, u8 wqe_mode)
 {
 	int rc;
 
@@ -1599,7 +1609,7 @@ static int bnxt_re_add_device(struct bnxt_re_dev **rdev,
 	}
 
 	pci_dev_get((*rdev)->en_dev->pdev);
-	rc = bnxt_re_dev_init(*rdev);
+	rc = bnxt_re_dev_init(*rdev, wqe_mode);
 	if (rc) {
 		pci_dev_put((*rdev)->en_dev->pdev);
 		bnxt_re_dev_unreg(*rdev);
@@ -1711,7 +1721,8 @@ static int bnxt_re_netdev_event(struct notifier_block *notifier,
 	case NETDEV_REGISTER:
 		if (rdev)
 			break;
-		rc = bnxt_re_add_device(&rdev, real_dev);
+		rc = bnxt_re_add_device(&rdev, real_dev,
+					BNXT_QPLIB_WQE_MODE_STATIC);
 		if (!rc)
 			sch_work = true;
 		release = false;
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/qplib_fp.h b/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/qplib_fp.h
index 568ca39..6146f7d 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/qplib_fp.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/qplib_fp.h
@@ -224,9 +224,10 @@ struct bnxt_qplib_qp {
 	u32				id;
 	u8				type;
 	u8				sig_type;
-	u32				modify_flags;
+	u8				wqe_mode;
 	u8				state;
 	u8				cur_qp_state;
+	u64				modify_flags;
 	u32				max_inline_data;
 	u32				mtu;
 	u8				path_mtu;
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/qplib_res.h b/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/qplib_res.h
index c29cbd3..03a0f29 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/qplib_res.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/qplib_res.h
@@ -41,6 +41,28 @@
 
 extern const struct bnxt_qplib_gid bnxt_qplib_gid_zero;
 
+#define CHIP_NUM_57508		0x1750
+#define CHIP_NUM_57504		0x1751
+#define CHIP_NUM_57502		0x1752
+
+enum bnxt_qplib_wqe_mode {
+	BNXT_QPLIB_WQE_MODE_STATIC	= 0x00,
+	BNXT_QPLIB_WQE_MODE_VARIABLE	= 0x01,
+	BNXT_QPLIB_WQE_MODE_INVALID	= 0x02
+};
+
+struct bnxt_qplib_drv_modes {
+	u8	wqe_mode;
+	/* Other modes to follow here */
+};
+
+struct bnxt_qplib_chip_ctx {
+	u16	chip_num;
+	u8	chip_rev;
+	u8	chip_metal;
+	struct bnxt_qplib_drv_modes modes;
+};
+
 #define PTR_CNT_PER_PG		(PAGE_SIZE / sizeof(void *))
 #define PTR_MAX_IDX_PER_PG	(PTR_CNT_PER_PG - 1)
 #define PTR_PG(x)		(((x) & ~PTR_MAX_IDX_PER_PG) / PTR_CNT_PER_PG)
@@ -230,16 +252,6 @@ struct bnxt_qplib_ctx {
 	u64				hwrm_intf_ver;
 };
 
-struct bnxt_qplib_chip_ctx {
-	u16	chip_num;
-	u8	chip_rev;
-	u8	chip_metal;
-};
-
-#define CHIP_NUM_57508		0x1750
-#define CHIP_NUM_57504		0x1751
-#define CHIP_NUM_57502		0x1752
-
 struct bnxt_qplib_res {
 	struct pci_dev			*pdev;
 	struct bnxt_qplib_chip_ctx	*cctx;
