diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/main.c
index 503ec23e84cc..358f7230da58 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/main.c
@@ -105,6 +105,11 @@ module_param(enable_64b_cqe_eqe, bool, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(enable_64b_cqe_eqe,
 		 "Enable 64 byte CQEs/EQEs when the FW supports this (default: True)");
 
+static bool enable_4k_uar;
+module_param(enable_4k_uar, bool, 0444);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(enable_4k_uar,
+		 "Enable using 4K UAR. Should not be enabled if have VFs which do not support 4K UARs (default: false)");
+
 #define PF_CONTEXT_BEHAVIOUR_MASK	(MLX4_FUNC_CAP_64B_EQE_CQE | \
 					 MLX4_FUNC_CAP_EQE_CQE_STRIDE | \
 					 MLX4_FUNC_CAP_DMFS_A0_STATIC)
@@ -423,7 +428,11 @@ static int mlx4_dev_cap(struct mlx4_dev *dev, struct mlx4_dev_cap *dev_cap)
 		/* Virtual PCI function needs to determine UAR page size from
 		 * firmware. Only master PCI function can set the uar page size
 		 */
-		dev->uar_page_shift = DEFAULT_UAR_PAGE_SHIFT;
+		if (enable_4k_uar)
+			dev->uar_page_shift = DEFAULT_UAR_PAGE_SHIFT;
+		else
+			dev->uar_page_shift = PAGE_SHIFT;
+
 		mlx4_set_num_reserved_uars(dev, dev_cap);
 	}
 
@@ -2233,11 +2242,14 @@ static int mlx4_init_hca(struct mlx4_dev *dev)
 
 		dev->caps.max_fmr_maps = (1 << (32 - ilog2(dev->caps.num_mpts))) - 1;
 
-		/* Always set UAR page size 4KB, set log_uar_sz accordingly */
-		init_hca.log_uar_sz = ilog2(dev->caps.num_uars) +
-				      PAGE_SHIFT -
-				      DEFAULT_UAR_PAGE_SHIFT;
-		init_hca.uar_page_sz = DEFAULT_UAR_PAGE_SHIFT - 12;
+		if (enable_4k_uar) {
+			init_hca.log_uar_sz = ilog2(dev->caps.num_uars) +
+						    PAGE_SHIFT - DEFAULT_UAR_PAGE_SHIFT;
+			init_hca.uar_page_sz = DEFAULT_UAR_PAGE_SHIFT - 12;
+		} else {
+			init_hca.log_uar_sz = ilog2(dev->caps.num_uars);
+			init_hca.uar_page_sz = PAGE_SHIFT - 12;
+		}
 
 		init_hca.mw_enabled = 0;
 		if (dev->caps.flags & MLX4_DEV_CAP_FLAG_MEM_WINDOW ||