diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_def.h b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_def.h
index 97f66b142ff2..8858bb1ea1b2 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_def.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_def.h
@@ -3966,6 +3966,9 @@ struct qla_hw_data {
 	uint16_t	fw_subminor_version;
 	uint16_t	fw_attributes;
 	uint16_t	fw_attributes_h;
+#define FW_ATTR_H_NVME		BIT_10
+#define FW_ATTR_H_NVME_UPDATED  BIT_14
+
 	uint16_t	fw_attributes_ext[2];
 	uint32_t	fw_memory_size;
 	uint32_t	fw_transfer_size;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_mbx.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_mbx.c
index 191b6b7c8747..f753aa495753 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_mbx.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_mbx.c
@@ -1109,7 +1109,9 @@ qla2x00_get_fw_version(scsi_qla_host_t *vha)
 		 * FW supports nvme and driver load parameter requested nvme.
 		 * BIT 26 of fw_attributes indicates NVMe support.
 		 */
-		if ((ha->fw_attributes_h & 0x400) && ql2xnvmeenable) {
+		if ((ha->fw_attributes_h &
+		    (FW_ATTR_H_NVME | FW_ATTR_H_NVME_UPDATED)) &&
+			ql2xnvmeenable) {
 			vha->flags.nvme_enabled = 1;
 			ql_log(ql_log_info, vha, 0xd302,
 			    "%s: FC-NVMe is Enabled (0x%x)\n",