diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
index b918bc2..04aaacb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
@@ -574,6 +574,15 @@ static int reset_tx_pools(struct ibmvnic_adapter *adapter)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void release_vpd_data(struct ibmvnic_adapter *adapter)
+{
+	if (!adapter->vpd)
+		return;
+
+	kfree(adapter->vpd->buff);
+	kfree(adapter->vpd);
+}
+
 static void release_tx_pools(struct ibmvnic_adapter *adapter)
 {
 	struct ibmvnic_tx_pool *tx_pool;
@@ -754,6 +763,8 @@ static void release_resources(struct ibmvnic_adapter *adapter)
 {
 	int i;
 
+	release_vpd_data(adapter);
+
 	release_tx_pools(adapter);
 	release_rx_pools(adapter);
 
@@ -834,6 +845,57 @@ static int set_real_num_queues(struct net_device *netdev)
 	return rc;
 }
 
+static int ibmvnic_get_vpd(struct ibmvnic_adapter *adapter)
+{
+	struct device *dev = &adapter->vdev->dev;
+	union ibmvnic_crq crq;
+	dma_addr_t dma_addr;
+	int len = 0;
+
+	if (adapter->vpd->buff)
+		len = adapter->vpd->len;
+
+	reinit_completion(&adapter->fw_done);
+	crq.get_vpd_size.first = IBMVNIC_CRQ_CMD;
+	crq.get_vpd_size.cmd = GET_VPD_SIZE;
+	ibmvnic_send_crq(adapter, &crq);
+	wait_for_completion(&adapter->fw_done);
+
+	if (!adapter->vpd->len)
+		return -ENODATA;
+
+	if (!adapter->vpd->buff)
+		adapter->vpd->buff = kzalloc(adapter->vpd->len, GFP_KERNEL);
+	else if (adapter->vpd->len != len)
+		adapter->vpd->buff =
+			krealloc(adapter->vpd->buff,
+				 adapter->vpd->len, GFP_KERNEL);
+
+	if (!adapter->vpd->buff) {
+		dev_err(dev, "Could allocate VPD buffer\n");
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	adapter->vpd->dma_addr =
+		dma_map_single(dev, adapter->vpd->buff, adapter->vpd->len,
+			       DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
+	if (dma_mapping_error(dev, dma_addr)) {
+		dev_err(dev, "Could not map VPD buffer\n");
+		kfree(adapter->vpd->buff);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	reinit_completion(&adapter->fw_done);
+	crq.get_vpd.first = IBMVNIC_CRQ_CMD;
+	crq.get_vpd.cmd = GET_VPD;
+	crq.get_vpd.ioba = cpu_to_be32(adapter->vpd->dma_addr);
+	crq.get_vpd.len = cpu_to_be32((u32)adapter->vpd->len);
+	ibmvnic_send_crq(adapter, &crq);
+	wait_for_completion(&adapter->fw_done);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int init_resources(struct ibmvnic_adapter *adapter)
 {
 	struct net_device *netdev = adapter->netdev;
@@ -851,6 +913,10 @@ static int init_resources(struct ibmvnic_adapter *adapter)
 	if (rc)
 		return rc;
 
+	adapter->vpd = kzalloc(sizeof(*adapter->vpd), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!adapter->vpd)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	adapter->map_id = 1;
 	adapter->napi = kcalloc(adapter->req_rx_queues,
 				sizeof(struct napi_struct), GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -924,7 +990,7 @@ static int __ibmvnic_open(struct net_device *netdev)
 static int ibmvnic_open(struct net_device *netdev)
 {
 	struct ibmvnic_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(netdev);
-	int rc;
+	int rc, vpd;
 
 	mutex_lock(&adapter->reset_lock);
 
@@ -951,6 +1017,12 @@ static int ibmvnic_open(struct net_device *netdev)
 
 	rc = __ibmvnic_open(netdev);
 	netif_carrier_on(netdev);
+
+	/* Vital Product Data (VPD) */
+	vpd = ibmvnic_get_vpd(adapter);
+	if (vpd)
+		netdev_err(netdev, "failed to initialize Vital Product Data (VPD)\n");
+
 	mutex_unlock(&adapter->reset_lock);
 
 	return rc;
@@ -1879,11 +1951,15 @@ static int ibmvnic_get_link_ksettings(struct net_device *netdev,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void ibmvnic_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *dev,
+static void ibmvnic_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *netdev,
 				struct ethtool_drvinfo *info)
 {
+	struct ibmvnic_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(netdev);
+
 	strlcpy(info->driver, ibmvnic_driver_name, sizeof(info->driver));
 	strlcpy(info->version, IBMVNIC_DRIVER_VERSION, sizeof(info->version));
+	strlcpy(info->fw_version, adapter->fw_version,
+		sizeof(info->fw_version));
 }
 
 static u32 ibmvnic_get_msglevel(struct net_device *netdev)
@@ -3140,6 +3216,73 @@ static void send_cap_queries(struct ibmvnic_adapter *adapter)
 	ibmvnic_send_crq(adapter, &crq);
 }
 
+static void handle_vpd_size_rsp(union ibmvnic_crq *crq,
+				struct ibmvnic_adapter *adapter)
+{
+	struct device *dev = &adapter->vdev->dev;
+
+	if (crq->get_vpd_size_rsp.rc.code) {
+		dev_err(dev, "Error retrieving VPD size, rc=%x\n",
+			crq->get_vpd_size_rsp.rc.code);
+		complete(&adapter->fw_done);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	adapter->vpd->len = be64_to_cpu(crq->get_vpd_size_rsp.len);
+	complete(&adapter->fw_done);
+}
+
+static void handle_vpd_rsp(union ibmvnic_crq *crq,
+			   struct ibmvnic_adapter *adapter)
+{
+	struct device *dev = &adapter->vdev->dev;
+	unsigned char *substr = NULL, *ptr = NULL;
+	u8 fw_level_len = 0;
+
+	memset(adapter->fw_version, 0, 32);
+
+	dma_unmap_single(dev, adapter->vpd->dma_addr, adapter->vpd->len,
+			 DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
+
+	if (crq->get_vpd_rsp.rc.code) {
+		dev_err(dev, "Error retrieving VPD from device, rc=%x\n",
+			crq->get_vpd_rsp.rc.code);
+		goto complete;
+	}
+
+	/* get the position of the firmware version info
+	 * located after the ASCII 'RM' substring in the buffer
+	 */
+	substr = strnstr(adapter->vpd->buff, "RM", adapter->vpd->len);
+	if (!substr) {
+		dev_info(dev, "No FW level provided by VPD\n");
+		goto complete;
+	}
+
+	/* get length of firmware level ASCII substring */
+	if ((substr + 2) < (adapter->vpd->buff + adapter->vpd->len)) {
+		fw_level_len = *(substr + 2);
+	} else {
+		dev_info(dev, "Length of FW substr extrapolated VDP buff\n");
+		goto complete;
+	}
+
+	/* copy firmware version string from vpd into adapter */
+	if ((substr + 3 + fw_level_len) <
+	    (adapter->vpd->buff + adapter->vpd->len)) {
+		ptr = strncpy((char *)adapter->fw_version,
+			      substr + 3, fw_level_len);
+
+		if (!ptr)
+			dev_err(dev, "Failed to isolate FW level string\n");
+	} else {
+		dev_info(dev, "FW substr extrapolated VPD buff\n");
+	}
+
+complete:
+	complete(&adapter->fw_done);
+}
+
 static void handle_query_ip_offload_rsp(struct ibmvnic_adapter *adapter)
 {
 	struct device *dev = &adapter->vdev->dev;
@@ -3871,6 +4014,12 @@ static void ibmvnic_handle_crq(union ibmvnic_crq *crq,
 		netdev_dbg(netdev, "Got Collect firmware trace Response\n");
 		complete(&adapter->fw_done);
 		break;
+	case GET_VPD_SIZE_RSP:
+		handle_vpd_size_rsp(crq, adapter);
+		break;
+	case GET_VPD_RSP:
+		handle_vpd_rsp(crq, adapter);
+		break;
 	default:
 		netdev_err(netdev, "Got an invalid cmd type 0x%02x\n",
 			   gen_crq->cmd);