diff --git a/drivers/net/ena/base/ena_com.c b/drivers/net/ena/base/ena_com.c
index 17b51b5a11..38a474b1bd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ena/base/ena_com.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ena/base/ena_com.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
- * Copyright (c) 2015-2019 Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates.
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-2020 Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates.
  * All rights reserved.
  */
 
@@ -1032,6 +1032,19 @@ static int ena_com_get_feature(struct ena_com_dev *ena_dev,
 				      feature_ver);
 }
 
+static void ena_com_hash_key_fill_default_key(struct ena_com_dev *ena_dev)
+{
+	struct ena_admin_feature_rss_flow_hash_control *hash_key =
+		(ena_dev->rss).hash_key;
+
+	ENA_RSS_FILL_KEY(&hash_key->key, sizeof(hash_key->key));
+	/* The key is stored in the device in uint32_t array
+	 * as well as the API requires the key to be passed in this
+	 * format. Thus the size of our array should be divided by 4
+	 */
+	hash_key->keys_num = sizeof(hash_key->key) / sizeof(uint32_t);
+}
+
 static int ena_com_hash_key_allocate(struct ena_com_dev *ena_dev)
 {
 	struct ena_rss *rss = &ena_dev->rss;
@@ -2405,15 +2418,16 @@ int ena_com_fill_hash_function(struct ena_com_dev *ena_dev,
 
 	switch (func) {
 	case ENA_ADMIN_TOEPLITZ:
-		if (key_len > sizeof(hash_key->key)) {
-			ena_trc_err("key len (%hu) is bigger than the max supported (%zu)\n",
-				    key_len, sizeof(hash_key->key));
-			return ENA_COM_INVAL;
+		if (key) {
+			if (key_len != sizeof(hash_key->key)) {
+				ena_trc_err("key len (%hu) doesn't equal the supported size (%zu)\n",
+					     key_len, sizeof(hash_key->key));
+				return ENA_COM_INVAL;
+			}
+			memcpy(hash_key->key, key, key_len);
+			rss->hash_init_val = init_val;
+			hash_key->keys_num = key_len / sizeof(u32);
 		}
-
-		memcpy(hash_key->key, key, key_len);
-		rss->hash_init_val = init_val;
-		hash_key->keys_num = key_len >> 2;
 		break;
 	case ENA_ADMIN_CRC32:
 		rss->hash_init_val = init_val;
@@ -2738,6 +2752,8 @@ int ena_com_rss_init(struct ena_com_dev *ena_dev, u16 indr_tbl_log_size)
 	if (unlikely(rc))
 		goto err_hash_key;
 
+	ena_com_hash_key_fill_default_key(ena_dev);
+
 	rc = ena_com_hash_ctrl_init(ena_dev);
 	if (unlikely(rc))
 		goto err_hash_ctrl;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ena/base/ena_com.h b/drivers/net/ena/base/ena_com.h
index f2ef26c91b..d58c802edf 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ena/base/ena_com.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ena/base/ena_com.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
- * Copyright (c) 2015-2019 Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates.
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-2020 Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates.
  * All rights reserved.
  */
 
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
 #define ENA_INTR_DELAY_NEW_VALUE_WEIGHT			4
 #define ENA_INTR_MODER_LEVEL_STRIDE			1
 #define ENA_INTR_BYTE_COUNT_NOT_SUPPORTED		0xFFFFFF
+#define ENA_HASH_KEY_SIZE				40
 
 #define ENA_HW_HINTS_NO_TIMEOUT				0xFFFF
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ena/base/ena_plat_dpdk.h b/drivers/net/ena/base/ena_plat_dpdk.h
index 4b8fe017dd..e9b33bc36c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ena/base/ena_plat_dpdk.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ena/base/ena_plat_dpdk.h
@@ -301,6 +301,10 @@ extern rte_atomic32_t ena_alloc_cnt;
 
 #define DIV_ROUND_UP(n, d) (((n) + (d) - 1) / (d))
 
+void ena_rss_key_fill(void *key, size_t size);
+
+#define ENA_RSS_FILL_KEY(key, size) ena_rss_key_fill(key, size)
+
 #include "ena_includes.h"
 
 #endif /* DPDK_ENA_COM_ENA_PLAT_DPDK_H_ */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ena/ena_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/ena/ena_ethdev.c
index e0ed28419c..f1202d99f2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ena/ena_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ena/ena_ethdev.c
@@ -256,6 +256,23 @@ static const struct eth_dev_ops ena_dev_ops = {
 	.reta_query           = ena_rss_reta_query,
 };
 
+void ena_rss_key_fill(void *key, size_t size)
+{
+	static bool key_generated;
+	static uint8_t default_key[ENA_HASH_KEY_SIZE];
+	size_t i;
+
+	RTE_ASSERT(size <= ENA_HASH_KEY_SIZE);
+
+	if (!key_generated) {
+		for (i = 0; i < ENA_HASH_KEY_SIZE; ++i)
+			default_key[i] = rte_rand() & 0xff;
+		key_generated = true;
+	}
+
+	rte_memcpy(key, default_key, size);
+}
+
 static inline void ena_rx_mbuf_prepare(struct rte_mbuf *mbuf,
 				       struct ena_com_rx_ctx *ena_rx_ctx)
 {
