diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ethtool.c
index a93daf660171..295571b1c4e8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ethtool.c
@@ -1818,21 +1818,36 @@ static void
 ice_get_pauseparam(struct net_device *netdev, struct ethtool_pauseparam *pause)
 {
 	struct ice_netdev_priv *np = netdev_priv(netdev);
-	struct ice_port_info *pi;
+	struct ice_port_info *pi = np->vsi->port_info;
+	struct ice_aqc_get_phy_caps_data *pcaps;
+	struct ice_vsi *vsi = np->vsi;
+	enum ice_status status;
 
-	pi = np->vsi->port_info;
-	pause->autoneg =
-		((pi->phy.link_info.an_info & ICE_AQ_AN_COMPLETED) ?
-		 AUTONEG_ENABLE : AUTONEG_DISABLE);
+	/* Initialize pause params */
+	pause->rx_pause = 0;
+	pause->tx_pause = 0;
 
-	if (pi->fc.current_mode == ICE_FC_RX_PAUSE) {
-		pause->rx_pause = 1;
-	} else if (pi->fc.current_mode == ICE_FC_TX_PAUSE) {
+	pcaps = devm_kzalloc(&vsi->back->pdev->dev, sizeof(*pcaps),
+			     GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!pcaps)
+		return;
+
+	/* Get current phy config */
+	status = ice_aq_get_phy_caps(pi, false, ICE_AQC_REPORT_SW_CFG, pcaps,
+				     NULL);
+	if (status)
+		goto out;
+
+	pause->autoneg = ((pcaps->caps & ICE_AQC_PHY_AN_MODE) ?
+			AUTONEG_ENABLE : AUTONEG_DISABLE);
+
+	if (pcaps->caps & ICE_AQC_PHY_EN_TX_LINK_PAUSE)
 		pause->tx_pause = 1;
-	} else if (pi->fc.current_mode == ICE_FC_FULL) {
+	if (pcaps->caps & ICE_AQC_PHY_EN_RX_LINK_PAUSE)
 		pause->rx_pause = 1;
-		pause->tx_pause = 1;
-	}
+
+out:
+	devm_kfree(&vsi->back->pdev->dev, pcaps);
 }
 
 /**