diff --git a/scripts/perf/nvmf/run_nvmf.py b/scripts/perf/nvmf/run_nvmf.py
index f61c7b056..916ac0550 100755
--- a/scripts/perf/nvmf/run_nvmf.py
+++ b/scripts/perf/nvmf/run_nvmf.py
@@ -189,8 +189,10 @@ class Server:
                 self.exec_cmd(["sudo", "ethtool", "--set-priv-flags", nic,
                                "channel-inline-flow-director", "on"])  # Enable Intel Flow Director
                 self.exec_cmd(["sudo", "ethtool", "--set-priv-flags", nic, "fw-lldp-agent", "off"])  # Disable LLDP
+                # As temporary workaround for ADQ, channel packet inspection optimization is turned on during connection establishment.
+                # Then turned off before fio ramp_up expires in ethtool_after_fio_ramp().
                 self.exec_cmd(["sudo", "ethtool", "--set-priv-flags", nic,
-                               "channel-pkt-inspect-optimize", "off"])  # Disable channel packet inspection optimization
+                               "channel-pkt-inspect-optimize", "on"])
             except CalledProcessError as e:
                 self.log_print("ERROR: failed to configure NIC port using ethtool!")
                 self.log_print("%s resulted in error: %s" % (e.cmd, e.output))
@@ -599,6 +601,14 @@ class Target(Server):
         with open(os.path.join(results_dir, sar_file_name), "a") as f:
             f.write("Total CPU used: " + str(sar_cpu_usage))
 
+    def ethtool_after_fio_ramp(self, fio_ramp_time):
+        time.sleep(fio_ramp_time//2)
+        nic_names = [self.get_nic_name_by_ip(n) for n in self.nic_ips]
+        for nic in nic_names:
+            self.log_print(nic)
+            self.exec_cmd(["sudo", "ethtool", "--set-priv-flags", nic,
+                           "channel-pkt-inspect-optimize", "off"])  # Disable channel packet inspection optimization
+
     def measure_pcm_memory(self, results_dir, pcm_file_name):
         time.sleep(self.pcm_delay)
         cmd = ["%s/pcm-memory.x" % self.pcm_dir, "%s" % self.pcm_interval, "-csv=%s/%s" % (results_dir, pcm_file_name)]
@@ -1507,6 +1517,10 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
             t = threading.Thread(target=target_obj.measure_dpdk_memory, args=(args.results))
             threads.append(t)
 
+        if target_obj.enable_adq:
+            ethtool_thread = threading.Thread(target=target_obj.ethtool_after_fio_ramp, args=(fio_ramp_time))
+            threads.append(ethtool_thread)
+
         for t in threads:
             t.start()
         for t in threads: