diff --git a/drivers/net/dpaa/dpaa_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/dpaa/dpaa_ethdev.c
index db166f5..9ea8510 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dpaa/dpaa_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dpaa/dpaa_ethdev.c
@@ -47,15 +47,15 @@
 
 /* Supported Rx offloads */
 static uint64_t dev_rx_offloads_sup =
-		DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_JUMBO_FRAME;
+		DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_JUMBO_FRAME |
+		DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_SCATTER;
 
 /* Rx offloads which cannot be disabled */
 static uint64_t dev_rx_offloads_nodis =
 		DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_IPV4_CKSUM |
 		DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_UDP_CKSUM |
 		DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_TCP_CKSUM |
-		DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_OUTER_IPV4_CKSUM |
-		DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_SCATTER;
+		DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_OUTER_IPV4_CKSUM;
 
 /* Supported Tx offloads */
 static uint64_t dev_tx_offloads_sup;
@@ -147,11 +147,30 @@ dpaa_mtu_set(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t mtu)
 	struct dpaa_if *dpaa_intf = dev->data->dev_private;
 	uint32_t frame_size = mtu + ETHER_HDR_LEN + ETHER_CRC_LEN
 				+ VLAN_TAG_SIZE;
+	uint32_t buffsz = dev->data->min_rx_buf_size - RTE_PKTMBUF_HEADROOM;
 
 	PMD_INIT_FUNC_TRACE();
 
 	if (mtu < ETHER_MIN_MTU || frame_size > DPAA_MAX_RX_PKT_LEN)
 		return -EINVAL;
+	/*
+	 * Refuse mtu that requires the support of scattered packets
+	 * when this feature has not been enabled before.
+	 */
+	if (dev->data->min_rx_buf_size &&
+		!dev->data->scattered_rx && frame_size > buffsz) {
+		DPAA_PMD_ERR("SG not enabled, will not fit in one buffer");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	/* check <seg size> * <max_seg>  >= max_frame */
+	if (dev->data->min_rx_buf_size && dev->data->scattered_rx &&
+		(frame_size > buffsz * DPAA_SGT_MAX_ENTRIES)) {
+		DPAA_PMD_ERR("Too big to fit for Max SG list %d",
+				buffsz * DPAA_SGT_MAX_ENTRIES);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	if (frame_size > ETHER_MAX_LEN)
 		dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.offloads &=
 						DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_JUMBO_FRAME;
@@ -208,6 +227,13 @@ dpaa_eth_dev_configure(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 				DPAA_MAX_RX_PKT_LEN);
 		}
 	}
+
+	if (rx_offloads & DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_SCATTER) {
+		DPAA_PMD_DEBUG("enabling scatter mode");
+		fman_if_set_sg(dpaa_intf->fif, 1);
+		dev->data->scattered_rx = 1;
+	}
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -305,7 +331,6 @@ static void dpaa_eth_dev_info(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 
 	dev_info->max_rx_queues = dpaa_intf->nb_rx_queues;
 	dev_info->max_tx_queues = dpaa_intf->nb_tx_queues;
-	dev_info->min_rx_bufsize = DPAA_MIN_RX_BUF_SIZE;
 	dev_info->max_rx_pktlen = DPAA_MAX_RX_PKT_LEN;
 	dev_info->max_mac_addrs = DPAA_MAX_MAC_FILTER;
 	dev_info->max_hash_mac_addrs = 0;
@@ -519,6 +544,7 @@ int dpaa_eth_rx_queue_setup(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t queue_idx,
 	struct qm_mcc_initfq opts = {0};
 	u32 flags = 0;
 	int ret;
+	u32 buffsz = rte_pktmbuf_data_room_size(mp) - RTE_PKTMBUF_HEADROOM;
 
 	PMD_INIT_FUNC_TRACE();
 
@@ -532,6 +558,28 @@ int dpaa_eth_rx_queue_setup(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t queue_idx,
 	DPAA_PMD_INFO("Rx queue setup for queue index: %d fq_id (0x%x)",
 			queue_idx, rxq->fqid);
 
+	/* Max packet can fit in single buffer */
+	if (dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.max_rx_pkt_len <= buffsz) {
+		;
+	} else if (dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.offloads &
+			DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_SCATTER) {
+		if (dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.max_rx_pkt_len >
+			buffsz * DPAA_SGT_MAX_ENTRIES) {
+			DPAA_PMD_ERR("max RxPkt size %d too big to fit "
+				"MaxSGlist %d",
+				dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.max_rx_pkt_len,
+				buffsz * DPAA_SGT_MAX_ENTRIES);
+			rte_errno = EOVERFLOW;
+			return -rte_errno;
+		}
+	} else {
+		DPAA_PMD_WARN("The requested maximum Rx packet size (%u) is"
+		     " larger than a single mbuf (%u) and scattered"
+		     " mode has not been requested",
+		     dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.max_rx_pkt_len,
+		     buffsz - RTE_PKTMBUF_HEADROOM);
+	}
+
 	if (!dpaa_intf->bp_info || dpaa_intf->bp_info->mp != mp) {
 		struct fman_if_ic_params icp;
 		uint32_t fd_offset;
@@ -562,6 +610,9 @@ int dpaa_eth_rx_queue_setup(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t queue_idx,
 			    dpaa_intf->name, fd_offset,
 			fman_if_get_fdoff(dpaa_intf->fif));
 	}
+	DPAA_PMD_DEBUG("if:%s sg_on = %d, max_frm =%d", dpaa_intf->name,
+		fman_if_get_sg_enable(dpaa_intf->fif),
+		dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.max_rx_pkt_len);
 	/* checking if push mode only, no error check for now */
 	if (dpaa_push_mode_max_queue > dpaa_push_queue_idx) {
 		dpaa_push_queue_idx++;
@@ -1312,6 +1363,9 @@ dpaa_dev_init(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev)
 	fman_if_reset_mcast_filter_table(fman_intf);
 	/* Reset interface statistics */
 	fman_if_stats_reset(fman_intf);
+	/* Disable SG by default */
+	fman_if_set_sg(fman_intf, 0);
+	fman_if_set_maxfrm(fman_intf, ETHER_MAX_LEN + VLAN_TAG_SIZE);
 
 	return 0;
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/dpaa/dpaa_ethdev.h b/drivers/net/dpaa/dpaa_ethdev.h
index 2c38c34..2fc7231 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dpaa/dpaa_ethdev.h
+++ b/drivers/net/dpaa/dpaa_ethdev.h
@@ -39,9 +39,10 @@
 /* Alignment to use for cpu-local structs to avoid coherency problems. */
 #define MAX_CACHELINE			64
 
-#define DPAA_MIN_RX_BUF_SIZE 512
 #define DPAA_MAX_RX_PKT_LEN  10240
 
+#define DPAA_SGT_MAX_ENTRIES 16 /* maximum number of entries in SG Table */
+
 /* RX queue tail drop threshold (CGR Based) in frame count */
 #define CGR_RX_PERFQ_THRESH 256
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/dpaa/dpaa_rxtx.c b/drivers/net/dpaa/dpaa_rxtx.c
index 168b77e..3a3a048 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dpaa/dpaa_rxtx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dpaa/dpaa_rxtx.c
@@ -306,8 +306,6 @@ dpaa_eth_sg_to_mbuf(const struct qm_fd *fd, uint32_t ifid)
 	int i = 0;
 	uint8_t fd_offset = fd->offset;
 
-	DPAA_DP_LOG(DEBUG, "Received an SG frame");
-
 	vaddr = DPAA_MEMPOOL_PTOV(bp_info, qm_fd_addr(fd));
 	if (!vaddr) {
 		DPAA_PMD_ERR("unable to convert physical address");
@@ -349,6 +347,8 @@ dpaa_eth_sg_to_mbuf(const struct qm_fd *fd, uint32_t ifid)
 		}
 		prev_seg = cur_seg;
 	}
+	DPAA_DP_LOG(DEBUG, "Received an SG frame len =%d, num_sg =%d",
+			first_seg->pkt_len, first_seg->nb_segs);
 
 	dpaa_eth_packet_info(first_seg, vaddr);
 	rte_pktmbuf_free_seg(temp);
@@ -367,8 +367,6 @@ dpaa_eth_fd_to_mbuf(const struct qm_fd *fd, uint32_t ifid)
 	uint16_t offset;
 	uint32_t length;
 
-	DPAA_DP_LOG(DEBUG, " FD--->MBUF");
-
 	if (unlikely(format == qm_fd_sg))
 		return dpaa_eth_sg_to_mbuf(fd, ifid);
 
@@ -379,6 +377,8 @@ dpaa_eth_fd_to_mbuf(const struct qm_fd *fd, uint32_t ifid)
 	offset = (fd->opaque & DPAA_FD_OFFSET_MASK) >> DPAA_FD_OFFSET_SHIFT;
 	length = fd->opaque & DPAA_FD_LENGTH_MASK;
 
+	DPAA_DP_LOG(DEBUG, " FD--->MBUF off %d len = %d", offset, length);
+
 	/* Ignoring case when format != qm_fd_contig */
 	dpaa_display_frame(fd);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/dpaa/dpaa_rxtx.h b/drivers/net/dpaa/dpaa_rxtx.h
index d3e6351..6de70a7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dpaa/dpaa_rxtx.h
+++ b/drivers/net/dpaa/dpaa_rxtx.h
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@
 /* L4 Type field: TCP */
 #define DPAA_L4_PARSE_RESULT_TCP	0x20
 
-#define DPAA_SGT_MAX_ENTRIES 16 /* maximum number of entries in SG Table */
-
 #define DPAA_MAX_DEQUEUE_NUM_FRAMES    63
 	/** <Maximum number of frames to be dequeued in a single rx call*/
 
