1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/bcm63xx_enet.c b/drivers/net/bcm63xx_enet.c
index d91105693c8a..37a4be57a2b7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bcm63xx_enet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bcm63xx_enet.c
@@ -959,7 +959,9 @@ static int bcm_enet_open(struct net_device *dev)
         /* all set, enable mac and interrupts, start dma engine and
          * kick rx dma channel */
         wmb();
-        enet_writel(priv, ENET_CTL_ENABLE_MASK, ENET_CTL_REG);
+        val = enet_readl(priv, ENET_CTL_REG);
+        val |= ENET_CTL_ENABLE_MASK;
+        enet_writel(priv, val, ENET_CTL_REG);
         enet_dma_writel(priv, ENETDMA_CFG_EN_MASK, ENETDMA_CFG_REG);
         enet_dma_writel(priv, ENETDMA_CHANCFG_EN_MASK,
                         ENETDMA_CHANCFG_REG(priv->rx_chan));