diff --git a/drivers/net/cpfl/cpfl_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/cpfl/cpfl_ethdev.c
index 1b21134ec1..236347eeb3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/cpfl/cpfl_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/cpfl/cpfl_ethdev.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ rte_spinlock_t cpfl_adapter_lock;
 struct cpfl_adapter_list cpfl_adapter_list;
 bool cpfl_adapter_list_init;
 
-static const char * const cpfl_valid_args[] = {
+static const char * const cpfl_valid_args_first[] = {
 	CPFL_REPRESENTOR,
 	CPFL_TX_SINGLE_Q,
 	CPFL_RX_SINGLE_Q,
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ static const char * const cpfl_valid_args[] = {
 	NULL
 };
 
+static const char * const cpfl_valid_args_again[] = {
+	CPFL_REPRESENTOR,
+	NULL
+};
+
 uint32_t cpfl_supported_speeds[] = {
 	RTE_ETH_SPEED_NUM_NONE,
 	RTE_ETH_SPEED_NUM_10M,
@@ -1533,7 +1538,7 @@ parse_repr(const char *key __rte_unused, const char *value, void *args)
 }
 
 static int
-cpfl_parse_devargs(struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev, struct cpfl_adapter_ext *adapter)
+cpfl_parse_devargs(struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev, struct cpfl_adapter_ext *adapter, bool first)
 {
 	struct rte_devargs *devargs = pci_dev->device.devargs;
 	struct cpfl_devargs *cpfl_args = &adapter->devargs;
@@ -1545,7 +1550,8 @@ cpfl_parse_devargs(struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev, struct cpfl_adapter_ext *adap
 	if (devargs == NULL)
 		return 0;
 
-	kvlist = rte_kvargs_parse(devargs->args, cpfl_valid_args);
+	kvlist = rte_kvargs_parse(devargs->args,
+			first ? cpfl_valid_args_first : cpfl_valid_args_again);
 	if (kvlist == NULL) {
 		PMD_INIT_LOG(ERR, "invalid kvargs key");
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -1562,6 +1568,9 @@ cpfl_parse_devargs(struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev, struct cpfl_adapter_ext *adap
 	if (ret != 0)
 		goto fail;
 
+	if (!first)
+		return 0;
+
 	ret = rte_kvargs_process(kvlist, CPFL_VPORT, &parse_vport,
 				 cpfl_args);
 	if (ret != 0)
@@ -2289,18 +2298,11 @@ cpfl_vport_create(struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev, struct cpfl_adapter_ext *adapt
 }
 
 static int
-cpfl_pci_probe(struct rte_pci_driver *pci_drv __rte_unused,
-	       struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev)
+cpfl_pci_probe_first(struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev)
 {
 	struct cpfl_adapter_ext *adapter;
 	int retval;
 
-	if (!cpfl_adapter_list_init) {
-		rte_spinlock_init(&cpfl_adapter_lock);
-		TAILQ_INIT(&cpfl_adapter_list);
-		cpfl_adapter_list_init = true;
-	}
-
 	adapter = rte_zmalloc("cpfl_adapter_ext",
 			      sizeof(struct cpfl_adapter_ext), 0);
 	if (adapter == NULL) {
@@ -2308,7 +2310,7 @@ cpfl_pci_probe(struct rte_pci_driver *pci_drv __rte_unused,
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
-	retval = cpfl_parse_devargs(pci_dev, adapter);
+	retval = cpfl_parse_devargs(pci_dev, adapter, true);
 	if (retval != 0) {
 		PMD_INIT_LOG(ERR, "Failed to parse private devargs");
 		return retval;
@@ -2353,6 +2355,46 @@ cpfl_pci_probe(struct rte_pci_driver *pci_drv __rte_unused,
 	return retval;
 }
 
+static int
+cpfl_pci_probe_again(struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev, struct cpfl_adapter_ext *adapter)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = cpfl_parse_devargs(pci_dev, adapter, false);
+	if (ret != 0) {
+		PMD_INIT_LOG(ERR, "Failed to parse private devargs");
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	ret = cpfl_repr_devargs_process(adapter);
+	if (ret != 0) {
+		PMD_INIT_LOG(ERR, "Failed to process reprenstor devargs");
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+cpfl_pci_probe(struct rte_pci_driver *pci_drv __rte_unused,
+	       struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev)
+{
+	struct cpfl_adapter_ext *adapter;
+
+	if (!cpfl_adapter_list_init) {
+		rte_spinlock_init(&cpfl_adapter_lock);
+		TAILQ_INIT(&cpfl_adapter_list);
+		cpfl_adapter_list_init = true;
+	}
+
+	adapter = cpfl_find_adapter_ext(pci_dev);
+
+	if (adapter == NULL)
+		return cpfl_pci_probe_first(pci_dev);
+	else
+		return cpfl_pci_probe_again(pci_dev, adapter);
+}
+
 static int
 cpfl_pci_remove(struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev)
 {
@@ -2375,7 +2417,8 @@ cpfl_pci_remove(struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev)
 
 static struct rte_pci_driver rte_cpfl_pmd = {
 	.id_table	= pci_id_cpfl_map,
-	.drv_flags	= RTE_PCI_DRV_NEED_MAPPING,
+	.drv_flags	= RTE_PCI_DRV_NEED_MAPPING |
+			  RTE_PCI_DRV_PROBE_AGAIN,
 	.probe		= cpfl_pci_probe,
 	.remove		= cpfl_pci_remove,
 };
