diff --git a/SOURCES/sos-bz1869724-ethtool-not-on-bnx2x.patch b/SOURCES/sos-bz1869724-ethtool-not-on-bnx2x.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aa25084
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SOURCES/sos-bz1869724-ethtool-not-on-bnx2x.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+From 34c77d6902ee1df403dc3836b4092d413fb95350 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: suresh2514 <suresh2514@gmail.com>
+Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2020 22:59:34 +0530
+Subject: [PATCH] [networking] remove 'ethtool -e' option for bnx2x NICs
+
+Running EEPROM dump (ethtool -e) can result in bnx2x driver NICs to
+pause for few seconds and is not recommended in production environment.
+
+Resolves: #2188
+Resolves: #2200
+
+Signed-off-by: suresh2514 <suresh2514@gmail.com>
+Signed-off-by: Jake Hunsaker <jhunsake@redhat.com>
+---
+ sos/plugins/networking.py | 12 +++++++++++-
+ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/sos/plugins/networking.py b/sos/plugins/networking.py
+index ba9c0fb11..397549a56 100644
+--- a/sos/plugins/networking.py
++++ b/sos/plugins/networking.py
+@@ -182,7 +182,6 @@ def setup(self):
+                 "ethtool -a " + eth,
+                 "ethtool -c " + eth,
+                 "ethtool -g " + eth,
+-                "ethtool -e " + eth,
+                 "ethtool -P " + eth,
+                 "ethtool -l " + eth,
+                 "ethtool --phy-statistics " + eth,
+@@ -189,6 +189,17 @@ class Networking(Plugin):
+                 "ethtool --show-eee " + eth
+             ])
+ 
++            # skip EEPROM collection for 'bnx2x' NICs as this command
++            # can pause the NIC and is not production safe.
++            bnx_output = {
++                "cmd": "ethtool -i %s" % eth,
++                "output": "bnx2x"
++            }
++            bnx_pred = SoSPredicate(self,
++                                    cmd_outputs=bnx_output,
++                                    required={'cmd_outputs': 'none'})
++            self.add_cmd_output("ethtool -e %s" % eth, pred=bnx_pred)
++
+         # Collect information about bridges (some data already collected via
+         # "ip .." commands)
+         self.add_cmd_output([
diff --git a/SPECS/sos.spec b/SPECS/sos.spec
index cffff05..3e43267 100644
--- a/SPECS/sos.spec
+++ b/SPECS/sos.spec
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 Summary: A set of tools to gather troubleshooting information from a system
 Name: sos
 Version: 3.9.1
-Release: 5%{?dist}
+Release: 6%{?dist}
 Group: Applications/System
 Source0: https://github.com/sosreport/sos/archive/%{version}/sos-%{version}.tar.gz
 Source1: sos-audit-%{auditversion}.tgz
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ Patch16: sos-bz1851923-powerpc-missing-logs.patch
 Patch17: sos-bz1853700-pci-too-strong-condition.patch
 Patch18: sos-bz1857590-gluster-removes-sockfiles.patch
 Patch19: sos-bz1859888-kubernetes-indexerror-on-nodes.patch
+Patch20: sos-bz1869724-ethtool-not-on-bnx2x.patch
 
 %description
 Sos is a set of tools that gathers information about system
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ support technicians and developers.
 %patch17 -p1
 %patch18 -p1
 %patch19 -p1
+%patch20 -p1
 %setup -T -D -a1 -q
 
 %build
@@ -119,6 +121,10 @@ of the system.  Currently storage and filesystem commands are audited.
 %ghost /etc/audit/rules.d/40-sos-storage.rules
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Aug 19 2020 Pavel Moravec <pmoravec@redhat.com> = 3.9.1-6
+- [networking] remove 'ethtool -e' option for bnx2x NICs
+  Resolves: bz1869724
+
 * Fri Jul 24 2020 Pavel Moravec <pmoravec@redhat.com> = 3.9.1-5
 - [logs] collect also non-persistent journal logs
   Resolves: bz1850926