diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
index 0911eb3b8007..a7e5ebe2d68a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
@@ -12086,7 +12086,10 @@ static int bnxt_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 				goto init_err_pci_clean;
 			}
 		}
-		bnxt_init_tc(bp);
+		rc = bnxt_init_tc(bp);
+		if (rc)
+			netdev_err(dev, "Failed to initialize TC flower offload, err = %d.\n",
+				   rc);
 	}
 
 	bnxt_dl_register(bp);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_tc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_tc.c
index e82e5cf64d61..5e4429b14b8c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_tc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_tc.c
@@ -2000,11 +2000,8 @@ int bnxt_init_tc(struct bnxt *bp)
 	struct bnxt_tc_info *tc_info;
 	int rc;
 
-	if (bp->hwrm_spec_code < 0x10803) {
-		netdev_warn(bp->dev,
-			    "Firmware does not support TC flower offload.\n");
-		return -ENOTSUPP;
-	}
+	if (bp->hwrm_spec_code < 0x10803)
+		return 0;
 
 	tc_info = kzalloc(sizeof(*tc_info), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!tc_info)