diff --git a/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev.c
index 8eb90909b8..a0569dab25 100644
--- a/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev.c
@@ -2520,10 +2520,21 @@ i40e_dev_start(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 		}
 	}
 
+	/* Disable mac loopback mode */
+	if (dev->data->dev_conf.lpbk_mode == I40E_AQ_LB_MODE_NONE) {
+		ret = i40e_aq_set_lb_modes(hw, I40E_AQ_LB_MODE_NONE, NULL);
+		if (ret != I40E_SUCCESS) {
+			PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR, "fail to set loopback link");
+			goto tx_err;
+		}
+	}
+
 	/* Enable mac loopback mode */
-	if (dev->data->dev_conf.lpbk_mode == I40E_AQ_LB_MODE_NONE ||
-	    dev->data->dev_conf.lpbk_mode == I40E_AQ_LB_PHY_LOCAL) {
-		ret = i40e_aq_set_lb_modes(hw, dev->data->dev_conf.lpbk_mode, NULL);
+	if (dev->data->dev_conf.lpbk_mode == I40E_AQ_LB_MODE_EN) {
+		if (hw->mac.type == I40E_MAC_X722)
+			ret = i40e_aq_set_lb_modes(hw, I40E_AQ_LB_MAC_LOCAL_X722, NULL);
+		else
+			ret = i40e_aq_set_lb_modes(hw, I40E_AQ_LB_MAC, NULL);
 		if (ret != I40E_SUCCESS) {
 			PMD_DRV_LOG(ERR, "fail to set loopback link");
 			goto tx_err;
diff --git a/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev.h b/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev.h
index 81763b957c..68baa3c7b0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev.h
+++ b/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev.h
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@
 #define I40E_MAX_VF               128
 /*flag of no loopback*/
 #define I40E_AQ_LB_MODE_NONE	  0x0
+#define I40E_AQ_LB_MODE_EN	  0x01
+#define I40E_AQ_LB_MAC		  0x01
+#define I40E_AQ_LB_MAC_LOCAL_X722 0x04
 /*
  * vlan_id is a 12 bit number.
  * The VFTA array is actually a 4096 bit array, 128 of 32bit elements.