diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/e1000_defines.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/e1000_defines.h
index 1799355..4522198 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/e1000_defines.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/e1000_defines.h
@@ -628,6 +628,11 @@
 #define E1000_I210_FIFO_SEL_TX_LEGACY	E1000_I210_FIFO_SEL_TX_QAV(0)
 #define E1000_I210_FIFO_SEL_BMC2OS_TX	0x06
 #define E1000_I210_FIFO_SEL_BMC2OS_RX	0x01
+#define E1000_I210_FLASH_SECTOR_SIZE	0x1000 /* 4KB FLASH sector unit size */
+/* Secure FLASH mode requires removing MSb */
+#define E1000_I210_FW_PTR_MASK		0x7FFF
+/* Firmware code revision field word offset*/
+#define E1000_I210_FW_VER_OFFSET	328
 #define E1000_EECD_FLUPD_I210		0x00800000 /* Update FLASH */
 #define E1000_EECD_FLUDONE_I210		0x04000000 /* Update FLASH done*/
 #define E1000_FLUDONE_ATTEMPTS		20000
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/e1000_i210.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/e1000_i210.c
index 4aebf35..0c03933 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/e1000_i210.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/e1000_i210.c
@@ -335,57 +335,101 @@
 }
 
 /**
- *  igb_read_nvm_i211 - Read NVM wrapper function for I211
+ *  igb_read_invm_word_i210 - Reads OTP
+ *  @hw: pointer to the HW structure
+ *  @address: the word address (aka eeprom offset) to read
+ *  @data: pointer to the data read
+ *
+ *  Reads 16-bit words from the OTP. Return error when the word is not
+ *  stored in OTP.
+ **/
+static s32 igb_read_invm_word_i210(struct e1000_hw *hw, u8 address, u16 *data)
+{
+	s32 status = -E1000_ERR_INVM_VALUE_NOT_FOUND;
+	u32 invm_dword;
+	u16 i;
+	u8 record_type, word_address;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < E1000_INVM_SIZE; i++) {
+		invm_dword = rd32(E1000_INVM_DATA_REG(i));
+		/* Get record type */
+		record_type = INVM_DWORD_TO_RECORD_TYPE(invm_dword);
+		if (record_type == E1000_INVM_UNINITIALIZED_STRUCTURE)
+			break;
+		if (record_type == E1000_INVM_CSR_AUTOLOAD_STRUCTURE)
+			i += E1000_INVM_CSR_AUTOLOAD_DATA_SIZE_IN_DWORDS;
+		if (record_type == E1000_INVM_RSA_KEY_SHA256_STRUCTURE)
+			i += E1000_INVM_RSA_KEY_SHA256_DATA_SIZE_IN_DWORDS;
+		if (record_type == E1000_INVM_WORD_AUTOLOAD_STRUCTURE) {
+			word_address = INVM_DWORD_TO_WORD_ADDRESS(invm_dword);
+			if (word_address == address) {
+				*data = INVM_DWORD_TO_WORD_DATA(invm_dword);
+				hw_dbg("Read INVM Word 0x%02x = %x",
+					  address, *data);
+				status = E1000_SUCCESS;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	if (status != E1000_SUCCESS)
+		hw_dbg("Requested word 0x%02x not found in OTP\n", address);
+	return status;
+}
+
+/**
+ * igb_read_invm_i210 - Read invm wrapper function for I210/I211
  *  @hw: pointer to the HW structure
  *  @words: number of words to read
  *  @data: pointer to the data read
  *
  *  Wrapper function to return data formerly found in the NVM.
  **/
-s32 igb_read_nvm_i211(struct e1000_hw *hw, u16 offset, u16 words,
-			       u16 *data)
+static s32 igb_read_invm_i210(struct e1000_hw *hw, u16 offset,
+				u16 words __always_unused, u16 *data)
 {
 	s32 ret_val = E1000_SUCCESS;
 
 	/* Only the MAC addr is required to be present in the iNVM */
 	switch (offset) {
 	case NVM_MAC_ADDR:
-		ret_val = igb_read_invm_i211(hw, offset, &data[0]);
-		ret_val |= igb_read_invm_i211(hw, offset+1, &data[1]);
-		ret_val |= igb_read_invm_i211(hw, offset+2, &data[2]);
+		ret_val = igb_read_invm_word_i210(hw, (u8)offset, &data[0]);
+		ret_val |= igb_read_invm_word_i210(hw, (u8)offset+1,
+						     &data[1]);
+		ret_val |= igb_read_invm_word_i210(hw, (u8)offset+2,
+						     &data[2]);
 		if (ret_val != E1000_SUCCESS)
 			hw_dbg("MAC Addr not found in iNVM\n");
 		break;
 	case NVM_INIT_CTRL_2:
-		ret_val = igb_read_invm_i211(hw, (u8)offset, data);
+		ret_val = igb_read_invm_word_i210(hw, (u8)offset, data);
 		if (ret_val != E1000_SUCCESS) {
 			*data = NVM_INIT_CTRL_2_DEFAULT_I211;
 			ret_val = E1000_SUCCESS;
 		}
 		break;
 	case NVM_INIT_CTRL_4:
-		ret_val = igb_read_invm_i211(hw, (u8)offset, data);
+		ret_val = igb_read_invm_word_i210(hw, (u8)offset, data);
 		if (ret_val != E1000_SUCCESS) {
 			*data = NVM_INIT_CTRL_4_DEFAULT_I211;
 			ret_val = E1000_SUCCESS;
 		}
 		break;
 	case NVM_LED_1_CFG:
-		ret_val = igb_read_invm_i211(hw, (u8)offset, data);
+		ret_val = igb_read_invm_word_i210(hw, (u8)offset, data);
 		if (ret_val != E1000_SUCCESS) {
 			*data = NVM_LED_1_CFG_DEFAULT_I211;
 			ret_val = E1000_SUCCESS;
 		}
 		break;
 	case NVM_LED_0_2_CFG:
-		igb_read_invm_i211(hw, offset, data);
+		ret_val = igb_read_invm_word_i210(hw, (u8)offset, data);
 		if (ret_val != E1000_SUCCESS) {
 			*data = NVM_LED_0_2_CFG_DEFAULT_I211;
 			ret_val = E1000_SUCCESS;
 		}
 		break;
 	case NVM_ID_LED_SETTINGS:
-		ret_val = igb_read_invm_i211(hw, (u8)offset, data);
+		ret_val = igb_read_invm_word_i210(hw, (u8)offset, data);
 		if (ret_val != E1000_SUCCESS) {
 			*data = ID_LED_RESERVED_FFFF;
 			ret_val = E1000_SUCCESS;
@@ -411,48 +455,6 @@
 }
 
 /**
- *  igb_read_invm_i211 - Reads OTP
- *  @hw: pointer to the HW structure
- *  @address: the word address (aka eeprom offset) to read
- *  @data: pointer to the data read
- *
- *  Reads 16-bit words from the OTP. Return error when the word is not
- *  stored in OTP.
- **/
-s32 igb_read_invm_i211(struct e1000_hw *hw, u16 address, u16 *data)
-{
-	s32 status = -E1000_ERR_INVM_VALUE_NOT_FOUND;
-	u32 invm_dword;
-	u16 i;
-	u8 record_type, word_address;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < E1000_INVM_SIZE; i++) {
-		invm_dword = rd32(E1000_INVM_DATA_REG(i));
-		/* Get record type */
-		record_type = INVM_DWORD_TO_RECORD_TYPE(invm_dword);
-		if (record_type == E1000_INVM_UNINITIALIZED_STRUCTURE)
-			break;
-		if (record_type == E1000_INVM_CSR_AUTOLOAD_STRUCTURE)
-			i += E1000_INVM_CSR_AUTOLOAD_DATA_SIZE_IN_DWORDS;
-		if (record_type == E1000_INVM_RSA_KEY_SHA256_STRUCTURE)
-			i += E1000_INVM_RSA_KEY_SHA256_DATA_SIZE_IN_DWORDS;
-		if (record_type == E1000_INVM_WORD_AUTOLOAD_STRUCTURE) {
-			word_address = INVM_DWORD_TO_WORD_ADDRESS(invm_dword);
-			if (word_address == (u8)address) {
-				*data = INVM_DWORD_TO_WORD_DATA(invm_dword);
-				hw_dbg("Read INVM Word 0x%02x = %x",
-					  address, *data);
-				status = E1000_SUCCESS;
-				break;
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	if (status != E1000_SUCCESS)
-		hw_dbg("Requested word 0x%02x not found in OTP\n", address);
-	return status;
-}
-
-/**
  *  igb_read_invm_version - Reads iNVM version and image type
  *  @hw: pointer to the HW structure
  *  @invm_ver: version structure for the version read
@@ -826,7 +828,7 @@
 		nvm->ops.update   = igb_update_nvm_checksum_i210;
 	} else {
 		hw->nvm.type = e1000_nvm_invm;
-		nvm->ops.read     = igb_read_nvm_i211;
+		nvm->ops.read     = igb_read_invm_i210;
 		nvm->ops.write    = NULL;
 		nvm->ops.validate = NULL;
 		nvm->ops.update   = NULL;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/e1000_i210.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/e1000_i210.h
index a2a1f70..dde3c4b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/e1000_i210.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/e1000_i210.h
@@ -35,14 +35,11 @@
 			      u16 words, u16 *data);
 extern s32 igb_read_nvm_srrd_i210(struct e1000_hw *hw, u16 offset,
 			     u16 words, u16 *data);
-extern s32 igb_read_invm_i211(struct e1000_hw *hw, u16 address, u16 *data);
 extern s32 igb_acquire_swfw_sync_i210(struct e1000_hw *hw, u16 mask);
 extern void igb_release_swfw_sync_i210(struct e1000_hw *hw, u16 mask);
 extern s32 igb_acquire_nvm_i210(struct e1000_hw *hw);
 extern void igb_release_nvm_i210(struct e1000_hw *hw);
 extern s32 igb_valid_led_default_i210(struct e1000_hw *hw, u16 *data);
-extern s32 igb_read_nvm_i211(struct e1000_hw *hw, u16 offset, u16 words,
-			       u16 *data);
 extern s32 igb_read_invm_version(struct e1000_hw *hw,
 				 struct e1000_fw_version *invm_ver);
 extern s32 igb_read_xmdio_reg(struct e1000_hw *hw, u16 addr, u8 dev_addr,
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
index 1a0137d..387864d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
@@ -2166,15 +2166,28 @@
 	 */
 	hw->mac.ops.reset_hw(hw);
 
-	/* make sure the NVM is good , i211 parts have special NVM that
-	 * doesn't contain a checksum
+	/* make sure the NVM is good , i211/i210 parts can have special NVM
+	 * that doesn't contain a checksum
 	 */
-	if (hw->mac.type != e1000_i211) {
+	switch (hw->mac.type) {
+	case e1000_i210:
+	case e1000_i211:
+		if (igb_get_flash_presence_i210(hw)) {
+			if (hw->nvm.ops.validate(hw) < 0) {
+				dev_err(&pdev->dev,
+					"The NVM Checksum Is Not Valid\n");
+				err = -EIO;
+				goto err_eeprom;
+			}
+		}
+		break;
+	default:
 		if (hw->nvm.ops.validate(hw) < 0) {
 			dev_err(&pdev->dev, "The NVM Checksum Is Not Valid\n");
 			err = -EIO;
 			goto err_eeprom;
 		}
+		break;
 	}
 
 	/* copy the MAC address out of the NVM */