diff --git a/drivers/net/vxge/vxge-config.c b/drivers/net/vxge/vxge-config.c
index 26cde573af430cfa3e66de4fccf5a324f73e333a..58d2551c78ed064aa1ba72bd384482df3d56f46b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxge/vxge-config.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxge/vxge-config.c
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ __vxge_hw_verify_pci_e_info(struct __vxge_hw_device *hldev)
 	return VXGE_HW_OK;
 }
 
-static enum vxge_hw_status
+enum vxge_hw_status
 __vxge_hw_device_is_privilaged(struct __vxge_hw_device *hldev)
 {
 	if ((hldev->host_type == VXGE_HW_NO_MR_NO_SR_NORMAL_FUNCTION ||
@@ -676,10 +676,12 @@ enum vxge_hw_status __vxge_hw_device_initialize(struct __vxge_hw_device *hldev)
 {
 	enum vxge_hw_status status = VXGE_HW_OK;
 
-	/* Validate the pci-e link width and speed */
-	status = __vxge_hw_verify_pci_e_info(hldev);
-	if (status != VXGE_HW_OK)
-		goto exit;
+	if (VXGE_HW_OK == __vxge_hw_device_is_privilaged(hldev)) {
+		/* Validate the pci-e link width and speed */
+		status = __vxge_hw_verify_pci_e_info(hldev);
+		if (status != VXGE_HW_OK)
+			goto exit;
+	}
 
 	vxge_hw_wrr_rebalance(hldev);
 exit:
diff --git a/drivers/net/vxge/vxge-main.c b/drivers/net/vxge/vxge-main.c
index 6c838b3e063a6fc6905e1eb6b429d0472b12a2e9..6034497536a4d1d163c0259dce001cf55c2ca53d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxge/vxge-main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxge/vxge-main.c
@@ -4203,6 +4203,16 @@ vxge_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *pre)
 		max_vpath_supported++;
 	}
 
+	/* Enable SRIOV mode, if firmware has SRIOV support and if it is a PF */
+	if ((VXGE_HW_FUNCTION_MODE_SRIOV ==
+		ll_config.device_hw_info.function_mode) &&
+		(max_config_dev > 1) && (pdev->is_physfn)) {
+			ret = pci_enable_sriov(pdev, max_config_dev - 1);
+			if (ret)
+				vxge_debug_ll_config(VXGE_ERR,
+					"Failed to enable SRIOV: %d \n", ret);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * Configure vpaths and get driver configured number of vpaths
 	 * which is less than or equal to the maximum vpaths per function.
@@ -4366,6 +4376,7 @@ _exit6:
 
 	vxge_device_unregister(hldev);
 _exit5:
+	pci_disable_sriov(pdev);
 	vxge_hw_device_terminate(hldev);
 _exit4:
 	iounmap(attr.bar1);
@@ -4429,6 +4440,8 @@ vxge_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 	iounmap(vdev->bar0);
 	iounmap(vdev->bar1);
 
+	pci_disable_sriov(pdev);
+
 	/* we are safe to free it now */
 	free_netdev(dev);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/vxge/vxge-version.h b/drivers/net/vxge/vxge-version.h
index 7da02c545ed575799fb62edd76fabc7314997c27..82786ffb7dd95c0378c154721342642c2790f374 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxge/vxge-version.h
+++ b/drivers/net/vxge/vxge-version.h
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 #define VXGE_VERSION_MAJOR	"2"
 #define VXGE_VERSION_MINOR	"0"
-#define VXGE_VERSION_FIX	"1"
-#define VXGE_VERSION_BUILD	"17129"
+#define VXGE_VERSION_FIX	"4"
+#define VXGE_VERSION_BUILD	"17795"
 #define VXGE_VERSION_FOR	"k"
 #endif