diff --git a/dp/inc/cdp_txrx_flow_ctrl_legacy.h b/dp/inc/cdp_txrx_flow_ctrl_legacy.h
index 93faf7d54c..70b7d2f254 100644
--- a/dp/inc/cdp_txrx_flow_ctrl_legacy.h
+++ b/dp/inc/cdp_txrx_flow_ctrl_legacy.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2016-2017 The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2016-2018 The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
  *
  * Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for
  * any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the
@@ -26,6 +26,41 @@
 #include <cdp_txrx_mob_def.h>
 #include "cdp_txrx_handle.h"
 
+#ifdef QCA_HL_NETDEV_FLOW_CONTROL
+
+/**
+ * cdp_hl_fc_register() - Register HL flow control callback.
+ * @soc - data path soc handle
+ * @flowcontrol - callback function pointer to stop/start OS netdev queues
+ * Register flow control callback.
+ * return 0 success
+ */
+static inline int
+cdp_hl_fc_register(ol_txrx_soc_handle soc, tx_pause_callback flowcontrol)
+{
+	if (!soc || !soc->ops) {
+		QDF_TRACE(QDF_MODULE_ID_DP, QDF_TRACE_LEVEL_DEBUG,
+			  "%s invalid instance", __func__);
+		QDF_BUG(0);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	if (!soc->ops->l_flowctl_ops ||
+	    !soc->ops->l_flowctl_ops->register_tx_flow_control)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	return soc->ops->l_flowctl_ops->register_tx_flow_control(soc,
+								 flowcontrol);
+}
+#else
+static inline int
+cdp_hl_fc_register(ol_txrx_soc_handle soc, tx_pause_callback flowcontrol)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+#endif /* QCA_HL_NETDEV_FLOW_CONTROL */
+
+#ifdef QCA_LL_LEGACY_TX_FLOW_CONTROL
 /**
  * cdp_fc_register() - Register flow control callback function pointer
  * @soc - data path soc handle
@@ -58,7 +93,15 @@ cdp_fc_register(ol_txrx_soc_handle soc, uint8_t vdev_id,
 			vdev_id, flowControl, osif_fc_ctx,
 			flow_control_is_pause);
 }
-
+#else
+static inline int
+cdp_fc_register(ol_txrx_soc_handle soc, uint8_t vdev_id,
+		ol_txrx_tx_flow_control_fp flowcontrol, void *osif_fc_ctx,
+		ol_txrx_tx_flow_control_is_pause_fp flow_control_is_pause)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+#endif /* QCA_LL_LEGACY_TX_FLOW_CONTROL */
 /**
  * cdp_fc_deregister() - remove flow control instance
  * @soc - data path soc handle
diff --git a/dp/inc/cdp_txrx_ops.h b/dp/inc/cdp_txrx_ops.h
index 8ef72ec4f7..b845a2cb81 100644
--- a/dp/inc/cdp_txrx_ops.h
+++ b/dp/inc/cdp_txrx_ops.h
@@ -897,9 +897,14 @@ struct cdp_flowctl_ops {
  * @vdev_unpause:
  */
 struct cdp_lflowctl_ops {
+#ifdef QCA_HL_NETDEV_FLOW_CONTROL
+	int (*register_tx_flow_control)(struct cdp_soc_t *soc,
+					tx_pause_callback flowcontrol);
+#else
 	int (*register_tx_flow_control)(uint8_t vdev_id,
 		ol_txrx_tx_flow_control_fp flowControl, void *osif_fc_ctx,
 		ol_txrx_tx_flow_control_is_pause_fp flow_control_is_pause);
+#endif /* QCA_HL_NETDEV_FLOW_CONTROL */
 	int (*deregister_tx_flow_control_cb)(uint8_t vdev_id);
 	void (*flow_control_cb)(struct cdp_vdev *vdev, bool tx_resume);
 	bool (*get_tx_resource)(uint8_t sta_id,