diff --git a/drivers/net/ice/base/ice_bitops.h b/drivers/net/ice/base/ice_bitops.h
index 39548967cc..b786bf7a18 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ice/base/ice_bitops.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ice/base/ice_bitops.h
@@ -449,4 +449,49 @@ ice_cmp_bitmap(ice_bitmap_t *bmp1, ice_bitmap_t *bmp2, u16 size)
 	return true;
 }
 
+/**
+ * ice_bitmap_from_array32 - copies u32 array source into bitmap destination
+ * @dst: the destination bitmap
+ * @src: the source u32 array
+ * @size: size of the bitmap (in bits)
+ *
+ * This function copies the src bitmap stored in an u32 array into the dst
+ * bitmap stored as an ice_bitmap_t.
+ */
+static inline void
+ice_bitmap_from_array32(ice_bitmap_t *dst, u32 *src, u16 size)
+{
+	u32 remaining_bits, i;
+
+#define BITS_PER_U32	(sizeof(u32) * BITS_PER_BYTE)
+	/* clear bitmap so we only have to set when iterating */
+	ice_zero_bitmap(dst, size);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < (u32)(size / BITS_PER_U32); i++) {
+		u32 bit_offset = i * BITS_PER_U32;
+		u32 entry = src[i];
+		u32 j;
+
+		for (j = 0; j < BITS_PER_U32; j++) {
+			if (entry & BIT(j))
+				ice_set_bit((u16)(j + bit_offset), dst);
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* still need to check the leftover bits (i.e. if size isn't evenly
+	 * divisible by BITS_PER_U32
+	 **/
+	remaining_bits = size % BITS_PER_U32;
+	if (remaining_bits) {
+		u32 bit_offset = i * BITS_PER_U32;
+		u32 entry = src[i];
+		u32 j;
+
+		for (j = 0; j < remaining_bits; j++) {
+			if (entry & BIT(j))
+				ice_set_bit((u16)(j + bit_offset), dst);
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 #endif /* _ICE_BITOPS_H_ */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ice/base/ice_flex_pipe.c b/drivers/net/ice/base/ice_flex_pipe.c
index 6c7f83899d..e511b50a00 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ice/base/ice_flex_pipe.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ice/base/ice_flex_pipe.c
@@ -807,6 +807,28 @@ ice_aq_download_pkg(struct ice_hw *hw, struct ice_buf_hdr *pkg_buf,
 	return status;
 }
 
+/**
+ * ice_aq_upload_section
+ * @hw: pointer to the hardware structure
+ * @pkg_buf: the package buffer which will receive the section
+ * @buf_size: the size of the package buffer
+ * @cd: pointer to command details structure or NULL
+ *
+ * Upload Section (0x0C41)
+ */
+enum ice_status
+ice_aq_upload_section(struct ice_hw *hw, struct ice_buf_hdr *pkg_buf,
+		      u16 buf_size, struct ice_sq_cd *cd)
+{
+	struct ice_aq_desc desc;
+
+	ice_debug(hw, ICE_DBG_TRACE, "%s\n", __func__);
+	ice_fill_dflt_direct_cmd_desc(&desc, ice_aqc_opc_upload_section);
+	desc.flags |= CPU_TO_LE16(ICE_AQ_FLAG_RD);
+
+	return ice_aq_send_cmd(hw, &desc, pkg_buf, buf_size, cd);
+}
+
 /**
  * ice_aq_update_pkg
  * @hw: pointer to the hardware structure
@@ -1800,7 +1822,7 @@ void ice_init_prof_result_bm(struct ice_hw *hw)
  *
  * Frees a package buffer
  */
-static void ice_pkg_buf_free(struct ice_hw *hw, struct ice_buf_build *bld)
+void ice_pkg_buf_free(struct ice_hw *hw, struct ice_buf_build *bld)
 {
 	ice_free(hw, bld);
 }
@@ -1899,6 +1921,43 @@ ice_pkg_buf_alloc_section(struct ice_buf_build *bld, u32 type, u16 size)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+/**
+ * ice_pkg_buf_alloc_single_section
+ * @hw: pointer to the HW structure
+ * @type: the section type value
+ * @size: the size of the section to reserve (in bytes)
+ * @section: returns pointer to the section
+ *
+ * Allocates a package buffer with a single section.
+ * Note: all package contents must be in Little Endian form.
+ */
+struct ice_buf_build *
+ice_pkg_buf_alloc_single_section(struct ice_hw *hw, u32 type, u16 size,
+				 void **section)
+{
+	struct ice_buf_build *buf;
+
+	if (!section)
+		return NULL;
+
+	buf = ice_pkg_buf_alloc(hw);
+	if (!buf)
+		return NULL;
+
+	if (ice_pkg_buf_reserve_section(buf, 1))
+		goto ice_pkg_buf_alloc_single_section_err;
+
+	*section = ice_pkg_buf_alloc_section(buf, type, size);
+	if (!*section)
+		goto ice_pkg_buf_alloc_single_section_err;
+
+	return buf;
+
+ice_pkg_buf_alloc_single_section_err:
+	ice_pkg_buf_free(hw, buf);
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 /**
  * ice_pkg_buf_get_active_sections
  * @bld: pointer to pkg build (allocated by ice_pkg_buf_alloc())
@@ -1926,7 +1985,7 @@ static u16 ice_pkg_buf_get_active_sections(struct ice_buf_build *bld)
  *
  * Return a pointer to the buffer's header
  */
-static struct ice_buf *ice_pkg_buf(struct ice_buf_build *bld)
+struct ice_buf *ice_pkg_buf(struct ice_buf_build *bld)
 {
 	if (!bld)
 		return NULL;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ice/base/ice_flex_pipe.h b/drivers/net/ice/base/ice_flex_pipe.h
index 214c7a2837..d4679cc940 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ice/base/ice_flex_pipe.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ice/base/ice_flex_pipe.h
@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@ ice_init_prof_result_bm(struct ice_hw *hw);
 enum ice_status
 ice_get_sw_fv_list(struct ice_hw *hw, u8 *prot_ids, u16 ids_cnt,
 		   ice_bitmap_t *bm, struct LIST_HEAD_TYPE *fv_list);
+enum ice_status
+ice_pkg_buf_unreserve_section(struct ice_buf_build *bld, u16 count);
+u16 ice_pkg_buf_get_free_space(struct ice_buf_build *bld);
+enum ice_status
+ice_aq_upload_section(struct ice_hw *hw, struct ice_buf_hdr *pkg_buf,
+		      u16 buf_size, struct ice_sq_cd *cd);
 bool
 ice_get_open_tunnel_port(struct ice_hw *hw, enum ice_tunnel_type type,
 			 u16 *port);
@@ -75,6 +81,11 @@ void ice_clear_hw_tbls(struct ice_hw *hw);
 void ice_free_hw_tbls(struct ice_hw *hw);
 enum ice_status
 ice_rem_prof(struct ice_hw *hw, enum ice_block blk, u64 id);
+struct ice_buf_build *
+ice_pkg_buf_alloc_single_section(struct ice_hw *hw, u32 type, u16 size,
+				 void **section);
+struct ice_buf *ice_pkg_buf(struct ice_buf_build *bld);
+void ice_pkg_buf_free(struct ice_hw *hw, struct ice_buf_build *bld);
 
 enum ice_status
 ice_set_key(u8 *key, u16 size, u8 *val, u8 *upd, u8 *dc, u8 *nm, u16 off,
diff --git a/drivers/net/ice/base/ice_flex_type.h b/drivers/net/ice/base/ice_flex_type.h
index 7d0204fa50..08db7f2c9a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ice/base/ice_flex_type.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ice/base/ice_flex_type.h
@@ -787,4 +787,30 @@ enum ice_prof_type {
 	ICE_PROF_TUN_ALL = 0xE,
 	ICE_PROF_ALL = 0xFF,
 };
+
+/* Number of bits/bytes contained in meta init entry. Note, this should be a
+ * multiple of 32 bits.
+ */
+#define ICE_META_INIT_BITS	192
+#define ICE_META_INIT_DW_CNT	(ICE_META_INIT_BITS / (sizeof(__le32) * \
+				 BITS_PER_BYTE))
+
+/* The meta init Flag field starts at this bit */
+#define ICE_META_FLAGS_ST		123
+
+/* The entry and bit to check for Double VLAN Mode (DVM) support */
+#define ICE_META_VLAN_MODE_ENTRY	0
+#define ICE_META_FLAG_VLAN_MODE		60
+#define ICE_META_VLAN_MODE_BIT		(ICE_META_FLAGS_ST + \
+					 ICE_META_FLAG_VLAN_MODE)
+
+struct ice_meta_init_entry {
+	__le32 bm[ICE_META_INIT_DW_CNT];
+};
+
+struct ice_meta_init_section {
+	__le16 count;
+	__le16 offset;
+	struct ice_meta_init_entry entry[1];
+};
 #endif /* _ICE_FLEX_TYPE_H_ */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ice/base/ice_vlan_mode.c b/drivers/net/ice/base/ice_vlan_mode.c
index 603de74e25..363354ff3f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ice/base/ice_vlan_mode.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ice/base/ice_vlan_mode.c
@@ -5,6 +5,81 @@
 #include "ice_vlan_mode.h"
 #include "ice_common.h"
 
+/**
+ * ice_pkg_supports_dvm - determine if DDP supports Double VLAN mode (DVM)
+ * @hw: pointer to the HW struct
+ * @dvm: output variable to determine if DDP supports DVM(true) or SVM(false)
+ */
+static enum ice_status
+ice_pkg_get_supported_vlan_mode(struct ice_hw *hw, bool *dvm)
+{
+	u16 meta_init_size = sizeof(struct ice_meta_init_section);
+	struct ice_meta_init_section *sect;
+	struct ice_buf_build *bld;
+	enum ice_status status;
+
+	/* if anything fails, we assume there is no DVM support */
+	*dvm = false;
+
+	bld = ice_pkg_buf_alloc_single_section(hw,
+					       ICE_SID_RXPARSER_METADATA_INIT,
+					       meta_init_size, (void **)&sect);
+	if (!bld)
+		return ICE_ERR_NO_MEMORY;
+
+	/* only need to read a single section */
+	sect->count = CPU_TO_LE16(1);
+	sect->offset = CPU_TO_LE16(ICE_META_VLAN_MODE_ENTRY);
+
+	status = ice_aq_upload_section(hw,
+				       (struct ice_buf_hdr *)ice_pkg_buf(bld),
+				       ICE_PKG_BUF_SIZE, NULL);
+	if (!status) {
+		ice_declare_bitmap(entry, ICE_META_INIT_BITS);
+		u32 arr[ICE_META_INIT_DW_CNT];
+		u16 i;
+
+		/* convert to host bitmap format */
+		for (i = 0; i < ICE_META_INIT_DW_CNT; i++)
+			arr[i] = LE32_TO_CPU(sect->entry[0].bm[i]);
+
+		ice_bitmap_from_array32(entry, arr, (u16)ICE_META_INIT_BITS);
+
+		/* check if DVM is supported */
+		*dvm = ice_is_bit_set(entry, ICE_META_VLAN_MODE_BIT);
+	}
+
+	ice_pkg_buf_free(hw, bld);
+
+	return status;
+}
+
+/**
+ * ice_is_dvm_supported - check if double VLAN mode is supported based on DDP
+ * @hw: pointer to the hardware structure
+ *
+ * Returns true if DVM is supported and false if only SVM is supported. This
+ * function should only be called while the global config lock is held and after
+ * the package has been successfully downloaded.
+ */
+static bool ice_is_dvm_supported(struct ice_hw *hw)
+{
+	enum ice_status status;
+	bool pkg_supports_dvm;
+
+	status = ice_pkg_get_supported_vlan_mode(hw, &pkg_supports_dvm);
+	if (status) {
+		ice_debug(hw, ICE_DBG_PKG, "Failed to get supported VLAN mode, err %d\n",
+			  status);
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	if (!pkg_supports_dvm)
+		return false;
+
+	return true;
+}
+
 /**
  * ice_set_svm - set single VLAN mode
  * @hw: pointer to the HW structure
@@ -34,6 +109,9 @@ enum ice_status ice_set_vlan_mode(struct ice_hw *hw)
 {
 	enum ice_status status = ICE_ERR_NOT_IMPL;
 
+	if (!ice_is_dvm_supported(hw))
+		return ICE_SUCCESS;
+
 	if (hw->vlan_mode_ops.set_dvm)
 		status = hw->vlan_mode_ops.set_dvm(hw);
 
