diff --git a/drivers/net/ice/base/ice_common.c b/drivers/net/ice/base/ice_common.c
index 6e5a60a38..89c922bed 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ice/base/ice_common.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ice/base/ice_common.c
@@ -449,11 +449,7 @@ ice_aq_set_mac_cfg(struct ice_hw *hw, u16 max_frame_size, struct ice_sq_cd *cd)
 {
 	u16 fc_threshold_val, tx_timer_val;
 	struct ice_aqc_set_mac_cfg *cmd;
-	struct ice_port_info *pi;
 	struct ice_aq_desc desc;
-	enum ice_status status;
-	u8 port_num = 0;
-	bool link_up;
 	u32 reg_val;
 
 	cmd = &desc.params.set_mac_cfg;
@@ -465,21 +461,6 @@ ice_aq_set_mac_cfg(struct ice_hw *hw, u16 max_frame_size, struct ice_sq_cd *cd)
 
 	cmd->max_frame_size = CPU_TO_LE16(max_frame_size);
 
-	/* Retrieve the current data_pacing value in FW*/
-	pi = &hw->port_info[port_num];
-
-	/* We turn on the get_link_info so that ice_update_link_info(...)
-	 * can be called.
-	 */
-	pi->phy.get_link_info = 1;
-
-	status = ice_get_link_status(pi, &link_up);
-
-	if (status)
-		return status;
-
-	cmd->params = pi->phy.link_info.pacing;
-
 	/* We read back the transmit timer and fc threshold value of
 	 * LFC. Thus, we will use index =
 	 * PRTMAC_HSEC_CTL_TX_PAUSE_QUANTA_MAX_INDEX.
@@ -544,7 +525,15 @@ static void ice_cleanup_fltr_mgmt_struct(struct ice_hw *hw)
 	}
 	recps = hw->switch_info->recp_list;
 	for (i = 0; i < ICE_MAX_NUM_RECIPES; i++) {
+		struct ice_recp_grp_entry *rg_entry, *tmprg_entry;
+
 		recps[i].root_rid = i;
+		LIST_FOR_EACH_ENTRY_SAFE(rg_entry, tmprg_entry,
+					 &recps[i].rg_list, ice_recp_grp_entry,
+					 l_entry) {
+			LIST_DEL(&rg_entry->l_entry);
+			ice_free(hw, rg_entry);
+		}
 
 		if (recps[i].adv_rule) {
 			struct ice_adv_fltr_mgmt_list_entry *tmp_entry;
@@ -571,6 +560,8 @@ static void ice_cleanup_fltr_mgmt_struct(struct ice_hw *hw)
 				ice_free(hw, lst_itr);
 			}
 		}
+		if (recps[i].root_buf)
+			ice_free(hw, recps[i].root_buf);
 	}
 	ice_rm_all_sw_replay_rule_info(hw);
 	ice_free(hw, sw->recp_list);
@@ -789,10 +780,10 @@ static enum ice_status ice_cfg_fw_log(struct ice_hw *hw, bool enable)
  */
 void ice_output_fw_log(struct ice_hw *hw, struct ice_aq_desc *desc, void *buf)
 {
-	ice_debug(hw, ICE_DBG_AQ_MSG, "[ FW Log Msg Start ]\n");
-	ice_debug_array(hw, ICE_DBG_AQ_MSG, 16, 1, (u8 *)buf,
+	ice_debug(hw, ICE_DBG_FW_LOG, "[ FW Log Msg Start ]\n");
+	ice_debug_array(hw, ICE_DBG_FW_LOG, 16, 1, (u8 *)buf,
 			LE16_TO_CPU(desc->datalen));
-	ice_debug(hw, ICE_DBG_AQ_MSG, "[ FW Log Msg End ]\n");
+	ice_debug(hw, ICE_DBG_FW_LOG, "[ FW Log Msg End ]\n");
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1213,6 +1204,7 @@ static const struct ice_ctx_ele ice_rlan_ctx_info[] = {
 	ICE_CTX_STORE(ice_rlan_ctx, tphdata_ena,	1,	195),
 	ICE_CTX_STORE(ice_rlan_ctx, tphhead_ena,	1,	196),
 	ICE_CTX_STORE(ice_rlan_ctx, lrxqthresh,		3,	198),
+	ICE_CTX_STORE(ice_rlan_ctx, prefena,		1,	201),
 	{ 0 }
 };
 
@@ -1223,7 +1215,8 @@ static const struct ice_ctx_ele ice_rlan_ctx_info[] = {
  * @rxq_index: the index of the Rx queue
  *
  * Converts rxq context from sparse to dense structure and then writes
- * it to HW register space
+ * it to HW register space and enables the hardware to prefetch descriptors
+ * instead of only fetching them on demand
  */
 enum ice_status
 ice_write_rxq_ctx(struct ice_hw *hw, struct ice_rlan_ctx *rlan_ctx,
@@ -1231,6 +1224,11 @@ ice_write_rxq_ctx(struct ice_hw *hw, struct ice_rlan_ctx *rlan_ctx,
 {
 	u8 ctx_buf[ICE_RXQ_CTX_SZ] = { 0 };
 
+	if (!rlan_ctx)
+		return ICE_ERR_BAD_PTR;
+
+	rlan_ctx->prefena = 1;
+
 	ice_set_ctx((u8 *)rlan_ctx, ctx_buf, ice_rlan_ctx_info);
 	return ice_copy_rxq_ctx_to_hw(hw, ctx_buf, rxq_index);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/ice/base/ice_fdir.c b/drivers/net/ice/base/ice_fdir.c
index 4bc8e6dcb..bde676a8f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ice/base/ice_fdir.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ice/base/ice_fdir.c
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ ice_set_dflt_val_fd_desc(struct ice_fd_fltr_desc_ctx *fd_fltr_ctx)
 	fd_fltr_ctx->desc_prof_prio = ICE_FXD_FLTR_QW1_PROF_PRIO_ZERO;
 	fd_fltr_ctx->desc_prof = ICE_FXD_FLTR_QW1_PROF_ZERO;
 	fd_fltr_ctx->swap = ICE_FXD_FLTR_QW1_SWAP_SET;
-	fd_fltr_ctx->fdid_prio = ICE_FXD_FLTR_QW1_FDID_PRI_ZERO;
+	fd_fltr_ctx->fdid_prio = ICE_FXD_FLTR_QW1_FDID_PRI_ONE;
 	fd_fltr_ctx->fdid_mdid = ICE_FXD_FLTR_QW1_FDID_MDID_FD;
 	fd_fltr_ctx->fdid = ICE_FXD_FLTR_QW1_FDID_ZERO;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/ice/base/ice_lan_tx_rx.h b/drivers/net/ice/base/ice_lan_tx_rx.h
index 8c9902994..fa2309bf1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ice/base/ice_lan_tx_rx.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ice/base/ice_lan_tx_rx.h
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ struct ice_fltr_desc {
 
 #define ICE_FXD_FLTR_QW1_FDID_PRI_S	25
 #define ICE_FXD_FLTR_QW1_FDID_PRI_M	(0x7ULL << ICE_FXD_FLTR_QW1_FDID_PRI_S)
-#define ICE_FXD_FLTR_QW1_FDID_PRI_ZERO	0x0ULL
+#define ICE_FXD_FLTR_QW1_FDID_PRI_ONE	0x1ULL
 
 #define ICE_FXD_FLTR_QW1_FDID_MDID_S	28
 #define ICE_FXD_FLTR_QW1_FDID_MDID_M	(0xFULL << ICE_FXD_FLTR_QW1_FDID_MDID_S)
@@ -807,6 +807,7 @@ struct ice_rlan_ctx {
 	u8 tphdata_ena;
 	u8 tphhead_ena;
 	u16 lrxqthresh; /* bigger than needed, see above for reason */
+	u8 prefena;	/* NOTE: normally must be set to 1 at init */
 };
 
 struct ice_ctx_ele {
diff --git a/drivers/net/ice/base/ice_type.h b/drivers/net/ice/base/ice_type.h
index 477f34595..116cfe647 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ice/base/ice_type.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ice/base/ice_type.h
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ static inline u32 ice_round_to_num(u32 N, u32 R)
 /* debug masks - set these bits in hw->debug_mask to control output */
 #define ICE_DBG_INIT		BIT_ULL(1)
 #define ICE_DBG_RELEASE		BIT_ULL(2)
-
+#define ICE_DBG_FW_LOG		BIT_ULL(3)
 #define ICE_DBG_LINK		BIT_ULL(4)
 #define ICE_DBG_PHY		BIT_ULL(5)
 #define ICE_DBG_QCTX		BIT_ULL(6)
