diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool.c
index 9c70555bf49c..9eb618799a30 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool.c
@@ -832,9 +832,7 @@ static int i40e_set_link_ksettings(struct net_device *netdev,
 	i40e_status status = 0;
 	int timeout = 50;
 	int err = 0;
-	u32 autoneg;
-	u32 advertise;
-	u32 tmp;
+	u8 autoneg;
 
 	/* Changing port settings is not supported if this isn't the
 	 * port's controlling PF
@@ -862,28 +860,34 @@ static int i40e_set_link_ksettings(struct net_device *netdev,
 	/* copy the ksettings to copy_ks to avoid modifying the origin */
 	memcpy(&copy_ks, ks, sizeof(struct ethtool_link_ksettings));
 
+	/* save autoneg out of ksettings */
+	autoneg = copy_ks.base.autoneg;
+
+	memset(&safe_ks, 0, sizeof(safe_ks));
+	/* Get link modes supported by hardware and check against modes
+	 * requested by the user.  Return an error if unsupported mode was set.
+	 */
+	i40e_phy_type_to_ethtool(pf, &safe_ks);
+	if (!bitmap_subset(copy_ks.link_modes.advertising,
+			   safe_ks.link_modes.supported,
+			   __ETHTOOL_LINK_MODE_MASK_NBITS))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	/* get our own copy of the bits to check against */
 	memset(&safe_ks, 0, sizeof(struct ethtool_link_ksettings));
+	safe_ks.base.cmd = copy_ks.base.cmd;
+	safe_ks.base.link_mode_masks_nwords =
+		copy_ks.base.link_mode_masks_nwords;
 	i40e_get_link_ksettings(netdev, &safe_ks);
 
-	/* save autoneg and speed out of ksettings */
-	autoneg = ks->base.autoneg;
-	ethtool_convert_link_mode_to_legacy_u32(&advertise,
-						ks->link_modes.advertising);
-
-	/* set autoneg and speed back to what they currently are */
+	/* set autoneg back to what it currently is */
 	copy_ks.base.autoneg = safe_ks.base.autoneg;
-	ethtool_convert_link_mode_to_legacy_u32(
-		&tmp, safe_ks.link_modes.advertising);
-	ethtool_convert_legacy_u32_to_link_mode(
-		copy_ks.link_modes.advertising, tmp);
 
-	copy_ks.base.cmd = safe_ks.base.cmd;
-
-	/* If copy_ks and safe_ks are not the same now, then they are
-	 * trying to set something that we do not support
+	/* If copy_ks.base and safe_ks.base are not the same now, then they are
+	 * trying to set something that we do not support.
 	 */
-	if (memcmp(&copy_ks, &safe_ks, sizeof(struct ethtool_link_ksettings)))
+	if (memcmp(&copy_ks.base, &safe_ks.base,
+		   sizeof(struct ethtool_link_settings)))
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
 	while (test_and_set_bit(__I40E_CONFIG_BUSY, pf->state)) {
@@ -946,28 +950,45 @@ static int i40e_set_link_ksettings(struct net_device *netdev,
 		}
 	}
 
-	ethtool_convert_link_mode_to_legacy_u32(&tmp,
-						safe_ks.link_modes.supported);
-	if (advertise & ~tmp) {
-		err = -EINVAL;
-		goto done;
-	}
-
-	if (advertise & ADVERTISED_100baseT_Full)
+	if (ethtool_link_ksettings_test_link_mode(ks, advertising,
+						  100baseT_Full))
 		config.link_speed |= I40E_LINK_SPEED_100MB;
-	if (advertise & ADVERTISED_1000baseT_Full ||
-	    advertise & ADVERTISED_1000baseKX_Full)
+	if (ethtool_link_ksettings_test_link_mode(ks, advertising,
+						  1000baseT_Full) ||
+	    ethtool_link_ksettings_test_link_mode(ks, advertising,
+						  1000baseX_Full) ||
+	    ethtool_link_ksettings_test_link_mode(ks, advertising,
+						  1000baseKX_Full))
 		config.link_speed |= I40E_LINK_SPEED_1GB;
-	if (advertise & ADVERTISED_10000baseT_Full ||
-	    advertise & ADVERTISED_10000baseKX4_Full ||
-	    advertise & ADVERTISED_10000baseKR_Full)
+	if (ethtool_link_ksettings_test_link_mode(ks, advertising,
+						  10000baseT_Full) ||
+	    ethtool_link_ksettings_test_link_mode(ks, advertising,
+						  10000baseKX4_Full) ||
+	    ethtool_link_ksettings_test_link_mode(ks, advertising,
+						  10000baseKR_Full) ||
+	    ethtool_link_ksettings_test_link_mode(ks, advertising,
+						  10000baseCR_Full) ||
+	    ethtool_link_ksettings_test_link_mode(ks, advertising,
+						  10000baseSR_Full))
 		config.link_speed |= I40E_LINK_SPEED_10GB;
-	if (advertise & ADVERTISED_20000baseKR2_Full)
+	if (ethtool_link_ksettings_test_link_mode(ks, advertising,
+						  20000baseKR2_Full))
 		config.link_speed |= I40E_LINK_SPEED_20GB;
-	if (advertise & ADVERTISED_40000baseKR4_Full ||
-	    advertise & ADVERTISED_40000baseCR4_Full ||
-	    advertise & ADVERTISED_40000baseSR4_Full ||
-	    advertise & ADVERTISED_40000baseLR4_Full)
+	if (ethtool_link_ksettings_test_link_mode(ks, advertising,
+						  25000baseCR_Full) ||
+	    ethtool_link_ksettings_test_link_mode(ks, advertising,
+						  25000baseKR_Full) ||
+	    ethtool_link_ksettings_test_link_mode(ks, advertising,
+						  25000baseSR_Full))
+		config.link_speed |= I40E_LINK_SPEED_25GB;
+	if (ethtool_link_ksettings_test_link_mode(ks, advertising,
+						  40000baseKR4_Full) ||
+	    ethtool_link_ksettings_test_link_mode(ks, advertising,
+						  40000baseCR4_Full) ||
+	    ethtool_link_ksettings_test_link_mode(ks, advertising,
+						  40000baseSR4_Full) ||
+	    ethtool_link_ksettings_test_link_mode(ks, advertising,
+						  40000baseLR4_Full))
 		config.link_speed |= I40E_LINK_SPEED_40GB;
 
 	/* If speed didn't get set, set it to what it currently is.