diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/meson-gxl.c b/drivers/net/phy/meson-gxl.c
index ddc2c5ea3787348d0672fb49639563be0b01fb78..7ceebbc4bcc21a2e8ebe3784df4600d47013550b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/meson-gxl.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/meson-gxl.c
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ static int meson_gxl_ack_interrupt(struct phy_device *phydev)
 static int meson_gxl_config_intr(struct phy_device *phydev)
 {
 	u16 val;
+	int ret;
 
 	if (phydev->interrupts == PHY_INTERRUPT_ENABLED) {
 		val = INTSRC_ANEG_PR
@@ -223,6 +224,11 @@ static int meson_gxl_config_intr(struct phy_device *phydev)
 		val = 0;
 	}
 
+	/* Ack any pending IRQ */
+	ret = meson_gxl_ack_interrupt(phydev);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
 	return phy_write(phydev, INTSRC_MASK, val);
 }