diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rpm.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rpm.c
index af21e2030cff28..4728ba34b0e34c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rpm.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rpm.c
@@ -373,6 +373,11 @@ void rpm_lmac_pause_frm_config(void *rpmd, int lmac_id, bool enable)
 	cfg |= RPMX_MTI_MAC100X_COMMAND_CONFIG_TX_P_DISABLE;
 	rpm_write(rpm, lmac_id, RPMX_MTI_MAC100X_COMMAND_CONFIG, cfg);
 
+	/* Disable forward pause to driver */
+	cfg = rpm_read(rpm, lmac_id, RPMX_MTI_MAC100X_COMMAND_CONFIG);
+	cfg &= ~RPMX_MTI_MAC100X_COMMAND_CONFIG_PAUSE_FWD;
+	rpm_write(rpm, lmac_id, RPMX_MTI_MAC100X_COMMAND_CONFIG, cfg);
+
 	/* Enable channel mask for all LMACS */
 	if (is_dev_rpm2(rpm))
 		rpm_write(rpm, lmac_id, RPM2_CMR_CHAN_MSK_OR, 0xffff);
@@ -616,12 +621,10 @@ int rpm_lmac_pfc_config(void *rpmd, int lmac_id, u8 tx_pause, u8 rx_pause, u16 p
 
 	if (rx_pause) {
 		cfg &= ~(RPMX_MTI_MAC100X_COMMAND_CONFIG_RX_P_DISABLE |
-				RPMX_MTI_MAC100X_COMMAND_CONFIG_PAUSE_IGNORE |
-				RPMX_MTI_MAC100X_COMMAND_CONFIG_PAUSE_FWD);
+			 RPMX_MTI_MAC100X_COMMAND_CONFIG_PAUSE_IGNORE);
 	} else {
 		cfg |= (RPMX_MTI_MAC100X_COMMAND_CONFIG_RX_P_DISABLE |
-				RPMX_MTI_MAC100X_COMMAND_CONFIG_PAUSE_IGNORE |
-				RPMX_MTI_MAC100X_COMMAND_CONFIG_PAUSE_FWD);
+			RPMX_MTI_MAC100X_COMMAND_CONFIG_PAUSE_IGNORE);
 	}
 
 	if (tx_pause) {