diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fw.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fw.c
index a19790dee7b2..c375edfe528c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fw.c
@@ -245,6 +245,13 @@ int mlx5_query_hca_caps(struct mlx5_core_dev *dev)
 			return err;
 	}
 
+	if (MLX5_CAP_GEN_64(dev, general_obj_types) &
+		MLX5_GENERAL_OBJ_TYPES_CAP_VIRTIO_NET_Q) {
+		err = mlx5_core_get_caps(dev, MLX5_CAP_VDPA_EMULATION);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
+	}
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/mlx5/device.h b/include/linux/mlx5/device.h
index cc1c230f10ee..1a1c53f0262d 100644
--- a/include/linux/mlx5/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/mlx5/device.h
@@ -1105,6 +1105,7 @@ enum mlx5_cap_type {
 	MLX5_CAP_DEV_MEM,
 	MLX5_CAP_RESERVED_16,
 	MLX5_CAP_TLS,
+	MLX5_CAP_VDPA_EMULATION = 0x13,
 	MLX5_CAP_DEV_EVENT = 0x14,
 	/* NUM OF CAP Types */
 	MLX5_CAP_NUM
@@ -1297,6 +1298,14 @@ enum mlx5_qcam_feature_groups {
 #define MLX5_CAP_DEV_EVENT(mdev, cap)\
 	MLX5_ADDR_OF(device_event_cap, (mdev)->caps.hca_cur[MLX5_CAP_DEV_EVENT], cap)
 
+#define MLX5_CAP_DEV_VDPA_EMULATION(mdev, cap)\
+	MLX5_GET(device_virtio_emulation_cap, \
+		(mdev)->caps.hca_cur[MLX5_CAP_VDPA_EMULATION], cap)
+
+#define MLX5_CAP64_DEV_VDPA_EMULATION(mdev, cap)\
+	MLX5_GET64(device_virtio_emulation_cap, \
+		(mdev)->caps.hca_cur[MLX5_CAP_VDPA_EMULATION], cap)
+
 enum {
 	MLX5_CMD_STAT_OK			= 0x0,
 	MLX5_CMD_STAT_INT_ERR			= 0x1,