diff --git a/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt.h b/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt.h
index 2341610..521fcb7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt.h
+++ b/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt.h
@@ -891,6 +891,11 @@ struct bnxt {
 	uint16_t		tx_cfa_action;
 	struct bnxt_ring_stats	*prev_rx_ring_stats;
 	struct bnxt_ring_stats	*prev_tx_ring_stats;
+
+#define BNXT_MAX_MC_ADDRS	16
+	struct rte_ether_addr	*mcast_addr_list;
+	rte_iova_t		mc_list_dma_addr;
+	uint32_t		nb_mc_addr;
 };
 
 static
diff --git a/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_ethdev.c
index f79f33a..50ffa30 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_ethdev.c
@@ -2831,9 +2831,8 @@ bnxt_dev_set_mc_addr_list_op(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev,
 			  uint32_t nb_mc_addr)
 {
 	struct bnxt *bp = eth_dev->data->dev_private;
-	char *mc_addr_list = (char *)mc_addr_set;
 	struct bnxt_vnic_info *vnic;
-	uint32_t off = 0, i = 0;
+	uint32_t i = 0;
 	int rc;
 
 	rc = is_bnxt_in_error(bp);
@@ -2842,6 +2841,8 @@ bnxt_dev_set_mc_addr_list_op(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev,
 
 	vnic = BNXT_GET_DEFAULT_VNIC(bp);
 
+	bp->nb_mc_addr = nb_mc_addr;
+
 	if (nb_mc_addr > BNXT_MAX_MC_ADDRS) {
 		vnic->flags |= BNXT_VNIC_INFO_ALLMULTI;
 		goto allmulti;
@@ -2849,14 +2850,10 @@ bnxt_dev_set_mc_addr_list_op(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev,
 
 	/* TODO Check for Duplicate mcast addresses */
 	vnic->flags &= ~BNXT_VNIC_INFO_ALLMULTI;
-	for (i = 0; i < nb_mc_addr; i++) {
-		memcpy(vnic->mc_list + off, &mc_addr_list[i],
-			RTE_ETHER_ADDR_LEN);
-		off += RTE_ETHER_ADDR_LEN;
-	}
+	for (i = 0; i < nb_mc_addr; i++)
+		rte_ether_addr_copy(&mc_addr_set[i], &bp->mcast_addr_list[i]);
 
-	vnic->mc_addr_cnt = i;
-	if (vnic->mc_addr_cnt)
+	if (bp->nb_mc_addr)
 		vnic->flags |= BNXT_VNIC_INFO_MCAST;
 	else
 		vnic->flags &= ~BNXT_VNIC_INFO_MCAST;
@@ -5016,6 +5013,23 @@ static int bnxt_setup_mac_addr(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev)
 	/* Copy the permanent MAC from the FUNC_QCAPS response */
 	memcpy(&eth_dev->data->mac_addrs[0], bp->mac_addr, RTE_ETHER_ADDR_LEN);
 
+	/*
+	 *  Allocate memory to hold multicast mac addresses added.
+	 *  Used to restore them during reset recovery
+	 */
+	bp->mcast_addr_list = rte_zmalloc("bnxt_mcast_addr_tbl",
+					  sizeof(struct rte_ether_addr) *
+					  BNXT_MAX_MC_ADDRS, 0);
+	if (bp->mcast_addr_list == NULL) {
+		PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR, "Failed to allocate multicast addr table\n");
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+	bp->mc_list_dma_addr = rte_malloc_virt2iova(bp->mcast_addr_list);
+	if (bp->mc_list_dma_addr == RTE_BAD_IOVA) {
+		PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR, "Fail to map mcast_addr_list to physical memory\n");
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
 	return rc;
 }
 
@@ -5916,6 +5930,8 @@ bnxt_uninit_resources(struct bnxt *bp, bool reconfig_dev)
 	if (!reconfig_dev) {
 		bnxt_free_hwrm_resources(bp);
 		bnxt_free_error_recovery_info(bp);
+		rte_free(bp->mcast_addr_list);
+		bp->mcast_addr_list = NULL;
 	}
 
 	bnxt_uninit_ctx_mem(bp);
diff --git a/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_hwrm.c b/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_hwrm.c
index f53f863..fdc274c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_hwrm.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_hwrm.c
@@ -506,8 +506,8 @@ int bnxt_hwrm_cfa_l2_set_rx_mask(struct bnxt *bp,
 		mask |= HWRM_CFA_L2_SET_RX_MASK_INPUT_MASK_ALL_MCAST;
 	} else if (vnic->flags & BNXT_VNIC_INFO_MCAST) {
 		mask |= HWRM_CFA_L2_SET_RX_MASK_INPUT_MASK_MCAST;
-		req.num_mc_entries = rte_cpu_to_le_32(vnic->mc_addr_cnt);
-		req.mc_tbl_addr = rte_cpu_to_le_64(vnic->mc_list_dma_addr);
+		req.num_mc_entries = rte_cpu_to_le_32(bp->nb_mc_addr);
+		req.mc_tbl_addr = rte_cpu_to_le_64(bp->mc_list_dma_addr);
 	}
 	if (vlan_table) {
 		if (!(mask & HWRM_CFA_L2_SET_RX_MASK_INPUT_MASK_VLAN_NONVLAN))
diff --git a/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_vnic.c b/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_vnic.c
index c63cf4b..e05dc24 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_vnic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_vnic.c
@@ -126,8 +126,7 @@ int bnxt_alloc_vnic_attributes(struct bnxt *bp)
 	int i;
 	rte_iova_t mz_phys_addr;
 
-	entry_length = HW_HASH_KEY_SIZE +
-		       BNXT_MAX_MC_ADDRS * RTE_ETHER_ADDR_LEN;
+	entry_length = HW_HASH_KEY_SIZE;
 
 	if (BNXT_CHIP_P5(bp))
 		rss_table_size = BNXT_RSS_TBL_SIZE_P5 *
@@ -169,10 +168,6 @@ int bnxt_alloc_vnic_attributes(struct bnxt *bp)
 
 		vnic->rss_hash_key_dma_addr = vnic->rss_table_dma_addr +
 					      rss_table_size;
-		vnic->mc_list = (void *)((char *)vnic->rss_hash_key +
-				HW_HASH_KEY_SIZE);
-		vnic->mc_list_dma_addr = vnic->rss_hash_key_dma_addr +
-				HW_HASH_KEY_SIZE;
 		bnxt_prandom_bytes(vnic->rss_hash_key, HW_HASH_KEY_SIZE);
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_vnic.h b/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_vnic.h
index 37b452f..af3a2dd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_vnic.h
+++ b/drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_vnic.h
@@ -32,10 +32,6 @@ struct bnxt_vnic_info {
 	uint16_t	*rss_table;
 	rte_iova_t	rss_hash_key_dma_addr;
 	void		*rss_hash_key;
-	rte_iova_t	mc_list_dma_addr;
-	char		*mc_list;
-	uint32_t	mc_addr_cnt;
-#define BNXT_MAX_MC_ADDRS		16
 	uint32_t	flags;
 #define BNXT_VNIC_INFO_PROMISC			(1 << 0)
 #define BNXT_VNIC_INFO_ALLMULTI			(1 << 1)
