diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
index 6deb8f348d07..25099077fe4f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c
@@ -4611,11 +4611,14 @@ static void bnxt_init_one_rx_agg_ring_rxbd(struct bnxt *bp,
 		type = ((u32)rxr->rx_page_size << RX_BD_LEN_SHIFT) |
 			RX_BD_TYPE_RX_AGG_BD;
 
-		/* On P7, setting EOP will cause the chip to disable
-		 * Relaxed Ordering (RO) for TPA data.  Disable EOP for
-		 * potentially higher performance with RO.
+		/* Disable EOP if TPA is enabled to prevent overlapping zero
+		 * padding with the next segment's data.  On P7_PLUS, EOP will
+		 * automatically disable Relaxed Ordering (RO) to prevent
+		 * potential data corruption (and may degrade performance).  On
+		 * older chips, RO will not be automatically disabled and may
+		 * cause corruption.
 		 */
-		if (BNXT_CHIP_P5_AND_MINUS(bp) || !(bp->flags & BNXT_FLAG_TPA))
+		if (!(bp->flags & BNXT_FLAG_TPA))
 			type |= RX_BD_FLAGS_AGG_EOP;
 
 		bnxt_init_rxbd_pages(ring, type);