diff --git a/drivers/net/octeontx2/otx2_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/octeontx2/otx2_ethdev.c
index 4a60f9f74..361a3d993 100644
--- a/drivers/net/octeontx2/otx2_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/octeontx2/otx2_ethdev.c
@@ -1944,6 +1944,7 @@ static const struct eth_dev_ops otx2_eth_dev_ops = {
 	.dev_set_link_up          = otx2_nix_dev_set_link_up,
 	.dev_set_link_down        = otx2_nix_dev_set_link_down,
 	.dev_supported_ptypes_get = otx2_nix_supported_ptypes_get,
+	.dev_supported_ptypes_set = otx2_nix_supported_ptypes_set,
 	.dev_reset                = otx2_nix_dev_reset,
 	.stats_get                = otx2_nix_dev_stats_get,
 	.stats_reset              = otx2_nix_dev_stats_reset,
diff --git a/drivers/net/octeontx2/otx2_ethdev.h b/drivers/net/octeontx2/otx2_ethdev.h
index 33fa0c60b..a5bf89090 100644
--- a/drivers/net/octeontx2/otx2_ethdev.h
+++ b/drivers/net/octeontx2/otx2_ethdev.h
@@ -506,6 +506,8 @@ void *otx2_nix_fastpath_lookup_mem_get(void);

 /* PTYPES */
 const uint32_t *otx2_nix_supported_ptypes_get(struct rte_eth_dev *dev);
+int otx2_nix_supported_ptypes_set(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev,
+				  uint32_t ptype_mask);

 /* Mac address handling */
 int otx2_nix_mac_addr_set(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev,
diff --git a/drivers/net/octeontx2/otx2_ethdev_devargs.c b/drivers/net/octeontx2/otx2_ethdev_devargs.c
index 7dc6e92be..9ad00c6f4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/octeontx2/otx2_ethdev_devargs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/octeontx2/otx2_ethdev_devargs.c
@@ -63,21 +63,6 @@ parse_reta_size(const char *key, const char *value, void *extra_args)
 	return 0;
 }

-static int
-parse_ptype_flag(const char *key, const char *value, void *extra_args)
-{
-	RTE_SET_USED(key);
-	uint32_t val;
-
-	val = atoi(value);
-	if (val)
-		val = 0; /* Disable NIX_RX_OFFLOAD_PTYPE_F */
-
-	*(uint16_t *)extra_args = val;
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static int
 parse_flag(const char *key, const char *value, void *extra_args)
 {
@@ -105,7 +90,6 @@ parse_sqb_count(const char *key, const char *value, void *extra_args)
 }

 #define OTX2_RSS_RETA_SIZE "reta_size"
-#define OTX2_PTYPE_DISABLE "ptype_disable"
 #define OTX2_SCL_ENABLE "scalar_enable"
 #define OTX2_MAX_SQB_COUNT "max_sqb_count"
 #define OTX2_FLOW_PREALLOC_SIZE "flow_prealloc_size"
@@ -114,7 +98,6 @@ parse_sqb_count(const char *key, const char *value, void *extra_args)
 int
 otx2_ethdev_parse_devargs(struct rte_devargs *devargs, struct otx2_eth_dev *dev)
 {
-	uint16_t offload_flag = NIX_RX_OFFLOAD_PTYPE_F;
 	uint16_t rss_size = NIX_RSS_RETA_SIZE;
 	uint16_t sqb_count = NIX_MAX_SQB;
 	uint16_t flow_prealloc_size = 8;
@@ -129,8 +112,6 @@ otx2_ethdev_parse_devargs(struct rte_devargs *devargs, struct otx2_eth_dev *dev)
 	if (kvlist == NULL)
 		goto exit;

-	rte_kvargs_process(kvlist, OTX2_PTYPE_DISABLE,
-			   &parse_ptype_flag, &offload_flag);
 	rte_kvargs_process(kvlist, OTX2_RSS_RETA_SIZE,
 			   &parse_reta_size, &rss_size);
 	rte_kvargs_process(kvlist, OTX2_SCL_ENABLE,
@@ -144,7 +125,6 @@ otx2_ethdev_parse_devargs(struct rte_devargs *devargs, struct otx2_eth_dev *dev)
 	rte_kvargs_free(kvlist);

 null_devargs:
-	dev->rx_offload_flags = offload_flag;
 	dev->scalar_ena = scalar_enable;
 	dev->max_sqb_count = sqb_count;
 	dev->rss_info.rss_size = rss_size;
@@ -158,7 +138,6 @@ otx2_ethdev_parse_devargs(struct rte_devargs *devargs, struct otx2_eth_dev *dev)

 RTE_PMD_REGISTER_PARAM_STRING(net_octeontx2,
 			      OTX2_RSS_RETA_SIZE "=<64|128|256>"
-			      OTX2_PTYPE_DISABLE "=1"
 			      OTX2_SCL_ENABLE "=1"
 			      OTX2_MAX_SQB_COUNT "=<8-512>"
 			      OTX2_FLOW_PREALLOC_SIZE "=<1-32>"
diff --git a/drivers/net/octeontx2/otx2_lookup.c b/drivers/net/octeontx2/otx2_lookup.c
index 3071278fc..8e15b59a0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/octeontx2/otx2_lookup.c
+++ b/drivers/net/octeontx2/otx2_lookup.c
@@ -62,6 +62,21 @@ otx2_nix_supported_ptypes_get(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev)
 		return NULL;
 }

+int
+otx2_nix_supported_ptypes_set(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev, uint32_t ptype_mask)
+{
+	struct otx2_eth_dev *dev = otx2_eth_pmd_priv(eth_dev);
+
+	if (ptype_mask)
+		dev->rx_offload_flags |= NIX_RX_OFFLOAD_PTYPE_F;
+	else
+		dev->rx_offload_flags &= ~NIX_RX_OFFLOAD_PTYPE_F;
+
+	otx2_eth_set_rx_function(eth_dev);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * +------------------ +------------------ +
  * |  | IL4 | IL3| IL2 | TU | L4 | L3 | L2 |
