diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_pf.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_pf.c
index fe8ea4e531b7..9551b422622a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_pf.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_pf.c
@@ -1454,8 +1454,9 @@ static int otx2_init_hw_resources(struct otx2_nic *pf)
 	if (err)
 		goto err_free_npa_lf;
 
-	/* Enable backpressure */
-	otx2_nix_config_bp(pf, true);
+	/* Enable backpressure for CGX mapped PF/VFs */
+	if (!is_otx2_lbkvf(pf->pdev))
+		otx2_nix_config_bp(pf, true);
 
 	/* Init Auras and pools used by NIX RQ, for free buffer ptrs */
 	err = otx2_rq_aura_pool_init(pf);