diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/b53/b53_common.c b/drivers/net/dsa/b53/b53_common.c
index f5a8dd96fd75f273f6a31647087bd0c5e0b4fd47..4498ab897d94b9ea86f5fb83fd5eda98bd88e263 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dsa/b53/b53_common.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dsa/b53/b53_common.c
@@ -1500,10 +1500,13 @@ static enum dsa_tag_protocol b53_get_tag_protocol(struct dsa_switch *ds,
 {
 	struct b53_device *dev = ds->priv;
 
-	/* Older models support a different tag format that we do not
-	 * support in net/dsa/tag_brcm.c yet.
+	/* Older models (5325, 5365) support a different tag format that we do
+	 * not support in net/dsa/tag_brcm.c yet. 539x and 531x5 require managed
+	 * mode to be turned on which means we need to specifically manage ARL
+	 * misses on multicast addresses (TBD).
 	 */
-	if (is5325(dev) || is5365(dev) || !b53_can_enable_brcm_tags(ds, port))
+	if (is5325(dev) || is5365(dev) || is539x(dev) || is531x5(dev) ||
+	    !b53_can_enable_brcm_tags(ds, port))
 		return DSA_TAG_PROTO_NONE;
 
 	/* Broadcom BCM58xx chips have a flow accelerator on Port 8