diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x.h
index 70b6a05..97b3d32 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x.h
@@ -246,8 +246,37 @@ enum {
 	BNX2X_MAX_CNIC_ETH_CL_ID_IDX,
 };
 
-#define BNX2X_CNIC_START_ETH_CID(bp)	(BNX2X_NUM_NON_CNIC_QUEUES(bp) *\
+/* use a value high enough to be above all the PFs, which has least significant
+ * nibble as 8, so when cnic needs to come up with a CID for UIO to use to
+ * calculate doorbell address according to old doorbell configuration scheme
+ * (db_msg_sz 1 << 7 * cid + 0x40 DPM offset) it can come up with a valid number
+ * We must avoid coming up with cid 8 for iscsi since according to this method
+ * the designated UIO cid will come out 0 and it has a special handling for that
+ * case which doesn't suit us. Therefore will will cieling to closes cid which
+ * has least signigifcant nibble 8 and if it is 8 we will move forward to 0x18.
+ */
+
+#define BNX2X_1st_NON_L2_ETH_CID(bp)	(BNX2X_NUM_NON_CNIC_QUEUES(bp) * \
 					 (bp)->max_cos)
+/* amount of cids traversed by UIO's DPM addition to doorbell */
+#define UIO_DPM				8
+/* roundup to DPM offset */
+#define UIO_ROUNDUP(bp)			(roundup(BNX2X_1st_NON_L2_ETH_CID(bp), \
+					 UIO_DPM))
+/* offset to nearest value which has lsb nibble matching DPM */
+#define UIO_CID_OFFSET(bp)		((UIO_ROUNDUP(bp) + UIO_DPM) % \
+					 (UIO_DPM * 2))
+/* add offset to rounded-up cid to get a value which could be used with UIO */
+#define UIO_DPM_ALIGN(bp)		(UIO_ROUNDUP(bp) + UIO_CID_OFFSET(bp))
+/* but wait - avoid UIO special case for cid 0 */
+#define UIO_DPM_CID0_OFFSET(bp)		((UIO_DPM * 2) * \
+					 (UIO_DPM_ALIGN(bp) == UIO_DPM))
+/* Properly DPM aligned CID dajusted to cid 0 secal case */
+#define BNX2X_CNIC_START_ETH_CID(bp)	(UIO_DPM_ALIGN(bp) + \
+					 (UIO_DPM_CID0_OFFSET(bp)))
+/* how many cids were wasted  - need this value for cid allocation */
+#define UIO_CID_PAD(bp)			(BNX2X_CNIC_START_ETH_CID(bp) - \
+					 BNX2X_1st_NON_L2_ETH_CID(bp))
 	/* iSCSI L2 */
 #define	BNX2X_ISCSI_ETH_CID(bp)		(BNX2X_CNIC_START_ETH_CID(bp))
 	/* FCoE L2 */
@@ -1680,10 +1709,11 @@ struct bnx2x {
  * Maximum CID count that might be required by the bnx2x:
  * Max RSS * Max_Tx_Multi_Cos + FCoE + iSCSI
  */
+
 #define BNX2X_L2_CID_COUNT(bp)	(BNX2X_NUM_ETH_QUEUES(bp) * BNX2X_MULTI_TX_COS \
-				+ 2 * CNIC_SUPPORT(bp))
+				+ CNIC_SUPPORT(bp) * (2 + UIO_CID_PAD(bp)))
 #define BNX2X_L2_MAX_CID(bp)	(BNX2X_MAX_RSS_COUNT(bp) * BNX2X_MULTI_TX_COS \
-				+ 2 * CNIC_SUPPORT(bp))
+				+ CNIC_SUPPORT(bp) * (2 + UIO_CID_PAD(bp)))
 #define L2_ILT_LINES(bp)	(DIV_ROUND_UP(BNX2X_L2_CID_COUNT(bp),\
 					ILT_PAGE_CIDS))
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c
index 62c59ed..a6704b5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c
@@ -13632,6 +13632,10 @@ void bnx2x_setup_cnic_info(struct bnx2x *bp)
 	cp->fcoe_init_cid = BNX2X_FCOE_ETH_CID(bp);
 	cp->iscsi_l2_cid = BNX2X_ISCSI_ETH_CID(bp);
 
+	DP(NETIF_MSG_IFUP, "BNX2X_1st_NON_L2_ETH_CID(bp) %x, cp->starting_cid %x, cp->fcoe_init_cid %x, cp->iscsi_l2_cid %x\n",
+	   BNX2X_1st_NON_L2_ETH_CID(bp), cp->starting_cid, cp->fcoe_init_cid,
+	   cp->iscsi_l2_cid);
+
 	if (NO_ISCSI_OOO(bp))
 		cp->drv_state |= CNIC_DRV_STATE_NO_ISCSI_OOO;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/cnic.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/cnic.c
index 8142480..93da16b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/cnic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/cnic.c
@@ -5217,7 +5217,8 @@ static void cnic_init_rings(struct cnic_dev *dev)
 				"iSCSI CLIENT_SETUP did not complete\n");
 		cnic_spq_completion(dev, DRV_CTL_RET_L2_SPQ_CREDIT_CMD, 1);
 		cnic_ring_ctl(dev, cid, cli, 1);
-		*cid_ptr = cid;
+		*cid_ptr = cid >> 4;
+		*(cid_ptr + 1) = cid * bp->db_size;
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/bnx2fc/bnx2fc.h b/drivers/scsi/bnx2fc/bnx2fc.h
index 08b22a9..cadac9d 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/bnx2fc/bnx2fc.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/bnx2fc/bnx2fc.h
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
 #define BNX2FC_RQ_WQE_SIZE		(BNX2FC_RQ_BUF_SZ)
 #define BNX2FC_XFERQ_WQE_SIZE		(sizeof(struct fcoe_xfrqe))
 #define BNX2FC_CONFQ_WQE_SIZE		(sizeof(struct fcoe_confqe))
-#define BNX2FC_5771X_DB_PAGE_SIZE	128
+#define BNX2X_DB_SHIFT			3
 
 #define BNX2FC_TASK_SIZE		128
 #define	BNX2FC_TASKS_PER_PAGE		(PAGE_SIZE/BNX2FC_TASK_SIZE)
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/bnx2fc/bnx2fc_hwi.c b/drivers/scsi/bnx2fc/bnx2fc_hwi.c
index c0d035a..df96ee6 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/bnx2fc/bnx2fc_hwi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/bnx2fc/bnx2fc_hwi.c
@@ -1421,8 +1421,7 @@ int bnx2fc_map_doorbell(struct bnx2fc_rport *tgt)
 
 	reg_base = pci_resource_start(hba->pcidev,
 					BNX2X_DOORBELL_PCI_BAR);
-	reg_off = BNX2FC_5771X_DB_PAGE_SIZE *
-			(context_id & 0x1FFFF) + DPM_TRIGER_TYPE;
+	reg_off = (1 << BNX2X_DB_SHIFT) * (context_id & 0x1FFFF);
 	tgt->ctx_base = ioremap_nocache(reg_base + reg_off, 4);
 	if (!tgt->ctx_base)
 		return -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/bnx2i/bnx2i.h b/drivers/scsi/bnx2i/bnx2i.h
index 6940f09..742a8c6 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/bnx2i/bnx2i.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/bnx2i/bnx2i.h
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 #define MAX_PAGES_PER_CTRL_STRUCT_POOL	8
 #define BNX2I_RESERVED_SLOW_PATH_CMD_SLOTS	4
 
-#define BNX2I_5771X_DBELL_PAGE_SIZE	128
+#define BNX2X_DB_SHIFT			3
 
 /* 5706/08 hardware has limit on maximum buffer size per BD it can handle */
 #define MAX_BD_LENGTH			65535
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/bnx2i/bnx2i_hwi.c b/drivers/scsi/bnx2i/bnx2i_hwi.c
index af3e675..6a6e17f 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/bnx2i/bnx2i_hwi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/bnx2i/bnx2i_hwi.c
@@ -2738,8 +2738,7 @@ int bnx2i_map_ep_dbell_regs(struct bnx2i_endpoint *ep)
 	if (test_bit(BNX2I_NX2_DEV_57710, &ep->hba->cnic_dev_type)) {
 		reg_base = pci_resource_start(ep->hba->pcidev,
 					      BNX2X_DOORBELL_PCI_BAR);
-		reg_off = BNX2I_5771X_DBELL_PAGE_SIZE * (cid_num & 0x1FFFF) +
-			  DPM_TRIGER_TYPE;
+		reg_off = (1 << BNX2X_DB_SHIFT) * (cid_num & 0x1FFFF);
 		ep->qp.ctx_base = ioremap_nocache(reg_base + reg_off, 4);
 		goto arm_cq;
 	}
