diff --git a/drivers/net/thunderx/base/nicvf_hw.h b/drivers/net/thunderx/base/nicvf_hw.h
index 602a6fff4b..5629d9c130 100644
--- a/drivers/net/thunderx/base/nicvf_hw.h
+++ b/drivers/net/thunderx/base/nicvf_hw.h
@@ -50,8 +50,9 @@
 #define NICVF_GET_TX_STATS(reg) \
 	nicvf_reg_read(nic, NIC_VNIC_TX_STAT_0_4 | (reg << 3))
 
-
-#define NICVF_CAP_TUNNEL_PARSING          (1ULL << 0)
+#define NICVF_CAP_TUNNEL_PARSING	(1ULL << 0)
+/* Additional word in Rx descriptor to hold optional tunneling extension info */
+#define NICVF_CAP_CQE_RX2		(1ULL << 1)
 
 enum nicvf_tns_mode {
 	NIC_TNS_BYPASS_MODE,
diff --git a/drivers/net/thunderx/nicvf_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/thunderx/nicvf_ethdev.c
index 4dda64fc09..0875ba5566 100644
--- a/drivers/net/thunderx/nicvf_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/thunderx/nicvf_ethdev.c
@@ -1142,7 +1142,12 @@ nicvf_dev_rx_queue_setup(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t qidx,
 	rxq->cq_status = nicvf_qset_base(nic, qidx) + NIC_QSET_CQ_0_7_STATUS;
 	rxq->cq_door = nicvf_qset_base(nic, qidx) + NIC_QSET_CQ_0_7_DOOR;
 	rxq->precharge_cnt = 0;
-	rxq->rbptr_offset = NICVF_CQE_RBPTR_WORD;
+
+	if (nicvf_hw_cap(nic) & NICVF_CAP_CQE_RX2)
+		rxq->rbptr_offset = NICVF_CQE_RX2_RBPTR_WORD;
+	else
+		rxq->rbptr_offset = NICVF_CQE_RBPTR_WORD;
+
 
 	/* Alloc completion queue */
 	if (nicvf_qset_cq_alloc(nic, rxq, rxq->queue_id, nb_desc)) {