diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/mbox.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/mbox.h
index 66ab320b845..1ce22782260 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/mbox.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/mbox.h
@@ -222,6 +222,8 @@ M(NPC_MCAM_READ_BASE_RULE, 0x6011, npc_read_base_steer_rule,            \
 M(NPC_MCAM_GET_STATS, 0x6012, npc_mcam_entry_stats,                     \
 				   npc_mcam_get_stats_req,              \
 				   npc_mcam_get_stats_rsp)              \
+M(NPC_SET_PKIND,	   0x6013, npc_set_pkind,                        \
+				   npc_set_pkind, msg_rsp)               \
 /* NIX mbox IDs (range 0x8000 - 0xFFFF) */				\
 M(NIX_LF_ALLOC,		0x8000, nix_lf_alloc,				\
 				 nix_lf_alloc_req, nix_lf_alloc_rsp)	\
@@ -475,6 +477,18 @@ struct cgx_fw_data {
 	struct cgx_lmac_fwdata_s fwdata;
 };
 
+struct npc_set_pkind {
+	struct mbox_msghdr hdr;
+#define OTX2_PRIV_FLAGS_DEFAULT  BIT_ULL(0)
+#define OTX2_PRIV_FLAGS_EDSA     BIT_ULL(1)
+#define OTX2_PRIV_FLAGS_HIGIG    BIT_ULL(2)
+#define OTX2_PRIV_FLAGS_CUSTOM   BIT_ULL(63)
+	u64 mode;
+#define PKIND_TX		BIT_ULL(0)
+#define PKIND_RX		BIT_ULL(1)
+	u8 dir;
+	u8 pkind; /* valid only in case custom flag */
+};
 struct cgx_set_link_mode_args {
 	u32 speed;
 	u8 duplex;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/npc.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/npc.h
index 1e012e78726..e60f1fa2d55 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/npc.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/npc.h
@@ -146,7 +146,11 @@ enum npc_kpu_lh_ltype {
  * Ethernet interfaces, LBK interfaces, etc.
  */
 enum npc_pkind_type {
-	NPC_TX_DEF_PKIND = 63ULL,	/* NIX-TX PKIND */
+	NPC_TX_HIGIG_PKIND = 60ULL,
+	NPC_RX_HIGIG_PKIND,
+	NPC_RX_EDSA_PKIND,
+	NPC_TX_DEF_PKIND,
+
 };
 
 /* list of known and supported fields in packet header and
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu.h
index baaba01bd8c..2b31ecd3d21 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu.h
@@ -616,6 +616,8 @@ void rvu_cgx_enadis_rx_bp(struct rvu *rvu, int pf, bool enable);
 int rvu_cgx_start_stop_io(struct rvu *rvu, u16 pcifunc, bool start);
 int rvu_cgx_nix_cuml_stats(struct rvu *rvu, void *cgxd, int lmac_id, int index,
 			   int rxtxflag, u64 *stat);
+bool is_cgx_config_permitted(struct rvu *rvu, u16 pcifunc);
+
 /* NPA APIs */
 int rvu_npa_init(struct rvu *rvu);
 void rvu_npa_freemem(struct rvu *rvu);
@@ -682,6 +684,8 @@ void npc_read_mcam_entry(struct rvu *rvu, struct npc_mcam *mcam,
 			 u8 *intf, u8 *ena);
 bool is_mac_feature_supported(struct rvu *rvu, int pf, int feature);
 u32  rvu_cgx_get_fifolen(struct rvu *rvu);
+int rvu_npc_set_parse_mode(struct rvu *rvu, u16 pcifunc, u64 mode, u8 dir,
+			   u64 pkind);
 
 int npc_get_nixlf_mcam_index(struct npc_mcam *mcam, u16 pcifunc, int nixlf,
 			     int type);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_cgx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_cgx.c
index b78e48d18f6..992e53e56c3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_cgx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_cgx.c
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ int rvu_cgx_exit(struct rvu *rvu)
  * VF's of mapped PF and other PFs are not allowed. This fn() checks
  * whether a PFFUNC is permitted to do the config or not.
  */
-static bool is_cgx_config_permitted(struct rvu *rvu, u16 pcifunc)
+bool is_cgx_config_permitted(struct rvu *rvu, u16 pcifunc)
 {
 	if ((pcifunc & RVU_PFVF_FUNC_MASK) ||
 	    !is_pf_cgxmapped(rvu, rvu_get_pf(pcifunc)))
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_nix.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_nix.c
index a8710412134..42cc443e6e8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_nix.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_nix.c
@@ -1284,6 +1284,10 @@ int rvu_mbox_handler_nix_lf_free(struct rvu *rvu, struct nix_lf_free_req *req,
 		return NIX_AF_ERR_LF_RESET;
 	}
 
+	/* reset HW config done for Switch headers */
+	rvu_npc_set_parse_mode(rvu, pcifunc, OTX2_PRIV_FLAGS_DEFAULT,
+			       (PKIND_TX | PKIND_RX), 0);
+
 	nix_ctx_free(rvu, pfvf);
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_npc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_npc.c
index 16d7797b7a1..802668e1f90 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_npc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_npc.c
@@ -2845,3 +2845,57 @@ int rvu_mbox_handler_npc_mcam_entry_stats(struct rvu *rvu,
 
 	return 0;
 }
+
+int rvu_npc_set_parse_mode(struct rvu *rvu, u16 pcifunc, u64 mode, u8 dir,
+			   u64 pkind)
+{
+	int pf = rvu_get_pf(pcifunc);
+	int blkaddr, nixlf, rc;
+	u64 rxpkind, txpkind;
+	u8 cgx_id, lmac_id;
+
+	/* use default pkind to disable edsa/higig */
+	rxpkind = rvu_npc_get_pkind(rvu, pf);
+	txpkind = NPC_TX_DEF_PKIND;
+
+	if (mode & OTX2_PRIV_FLAGS_EDSA) {
+		rxpkind = NPC_RX_EDSA_PKIND;
+	} else if (mode & OTX2_PRIV_FLAGS_HIGIG) {
+		rxpkind = NPC_RX_HIGIG_PKIND;
+		txpkind = NPC_TX_HIGIG_PKIND;
+	} else if (mode & OTX2_PRIV_FLAGS_CUSTOM) {
+		rxpkind = pkind;
+		txpkind = pkind;
+	}
+
+	if (dir & PKIND_RX) {
+		/* rx pkind set req valid only for cgx mapped PFs */
+		if (!is_cgx_config_permitted(rvu, pcifunc))
+			return 0;
+		rvu_get_cgx_lmac_id(rvu->pf2cgxlmac_map[pf], &cgx_id, &lmac_id);
+
+		rc = cgx_set_pkind(rvu_cgx_pdata(cgx_id, rvu),
+				   lmac_id, rxpkind);
+		if (rc)
+			return rc;
+	}
+
+	if (dir & PKIND_TX) {
+		/* Tx pkind set request valid if PCIFUNC has NIXLF attached */
+		rc = nix_get_nixlf(rvu, pcifunc, &nixlf, &blkaddr);
+		if (rc)
+			return rc;
+
+		rvu_write64(rvu, blkaddr, NIX_AF_LFX_TX_PARSE_CFG(nixlf),
+			    txpkind);
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int rvu_mbox_handler_npc_set_pkind(struct rvu *rvu,
+				   struct npc_set_pkind *req,
+				   struct msg_rsp *rsp)
+{
+	return rvu_npc_set_parse_mode(rvu, req->hdr.pcifunc, req->mode,
+				      req->dir, req->pkind);
+}
