diff --git a/sys/dev/mrsas/mrsas.c b/sys/dev/mrsas/mrsas.c
index f51cfa43570..e351010e03c 100644
--- a/sys/dev/mrsas/mrsas.c
+++ b/sys/dev/mrsas/mrsas.c
@@ -432,6 +432,11 @@ mrsas_setup_sysctl(struct mrsas_softc *sc)
 	    OID_AUTO, "reset_in_progress", CTLFLAG_RD,
 	    &sc->reset_in_progress, 0, "ocr in progress status");
 
+	SYSCTL_ADD_UINT(sysctl_ctx, SYSCTL_CHILDREN(sysctl_tree),
+	    OID_AUTO, "block_sync_cache", CTLFLAG_RW,
+	    &sc->block_sync_cache, 0,
+	    "Block SYNC CACHE at driver. <default: 0, send it to FW>");
+
 }
 
 /*
@@ -451,6 +456,7 @@ mrsas_get_tunables(struct mrsas_softc *sc)
 	sc->mrsas_fw_fault_check_delay = 1;
 	sc->reset_count = 0;
 	sc->reset_in_progress = 0;
+	sc->block_sync_cache = 0;
 
 	/*
 	 * Grab the global variables.
@@ -2438,12 +2444,21 @@ mrsas_ioc_init(struct mrsas_softc *sc)
 	u_int8_t max_wait = MRSAS_IOC_INIT_WAIT_TIME;
 	bus_addr_t phys_addr;
 	int i, retcode = 0;
+	u_int32_t scratch_pad_2;
 
 	/* Allocate memory for the IOC INIT command */
 	if (mrsas_alloc_ioc_cmd(sc)) {
 		device_printf(sc->mrsas_dev, "Cannot allocate IOC command.\n");
 		return (1);
 	}
+
+	if (!sc->block_sync_cache) {
+		scratch_pad_2 = mrsas_read_reg(sc, offsetof(mrsas_reg_set,
+		    outbound_scratch_pad_2));
+		sc->fw_sync_cache_support = (scratch_pad_2 &
+		    MR_CAN_HANDLE_SYNC_CACHE_OFFSET) ? 1 : 0;
+	}
+
 	IOCInitMsg = (pMpi2IOCInitRequest_t)(((char *)sc->ioc_init_mem) + 1024);
 	IOCInitMsg->Function = MPI2_FUNCTION_IOC_INIT;
 	IOCInitMsg->WhoInit = MPI2_WHOINIT_HOST_DRIVER;
diff --git a/sys/dev/mrsas/mrsas.h b/sys/dev/mrsas/mrsas.h
index 89db82cfa31..d90bf642540 100644
--- a/sys/dev/mrsas/mrsas.h
+++ b/sys/dev/mrsas/mrsas.h
@@ -1334,7 +1334,6 @@ enum MR_EVT_ARGS {
 	MR_EVT_ARGS_GENERIC,
 };
 
-
 /*
  * Thunderbolt (and later) Defines
  */
@@ -2084,6 +2083,11 @@ struct mrsas_ctrl_info {
 #define	MR_MAX_REPLY_QUEUES_EXT_OFFSET_SHIFT	14
 #define	MR_MAX_MSIX_REG_ARRAY					16
 
+/*
+ * SYNC CACHE offset define
+ */
+#define MR_CAN_HANDLE_SYNC_CACHE_OFFSET     0X01000000
+
 /*
  * FW reports the maximum of number of commands that it can accept (maximum
  * commands that can be outstanding) at any time. The driver must report a
@@ -2840,6 +2844,8 @@ struct mrsas_softc {
 	u_int8_t do_timedout_reset;
 	u_int32_t reset_in_progress;
 	u_int32_t reset_count;
+	u_int32_t block_sync_cache;
+	u_int8_t fw_sync_cache_support;
 	mrsas_atomic_t target_reset_outstanding;
 #define MRSAS_MAX_TM_TARGETS (MRSAS_MAX_PD + MRSAS_MAX_LD_IDS)
     struct mrsas_mpt_cmd *target_reset_pool[MRSAS_MAX_TM_TARGETS];
diff --git a/sys/dev/mrsas/mrsas_cam.c b/sys/dev/mrsas/mrsas_cam.c
index c7255eb754c..2a42ee39e46 100644
--- a/sys/dev/mrsas/mrsas_cam.c
+++ b/sys/dev/mrsas/mrsas_cam.c
@@ -459,7 +459,8 @@ mrsas_startio(struct mrsas_softc *sc, struct cam_sim *sim,
 	MRSAS_REQUEST_DESCRIPTOR_UNION *req_desc;
 	u_int8_t cmd_type;
 
-	if ((csio->cdb_io.cdb_bytes[0]) == SYNCHRONIZE_CACHE) {
+	if ((csio->cdb_io.cdb_bytes[0]) == SYNCHRONIZE_CACHE &&
+		(!sc->fw_sync_cache_support)) {
 		ccb->ccb_h.status = CAM_REQ_CMP;
 		xpt_done(ccb);
 		return (0);