diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac4.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac4.h
index 2ed11a581d800159363212721bf240ad483ef06f..03301ffc0391dc400651ba36b615439318df49d2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac4.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac4.h
@@ -352,7 +352,8 @@ enum power_event {
 
 /* Default operating mode of the MAC */
 #define GMAC_CORE_INIT (GMAC_CONFIG_JD | GMAC_CONFIG_PS | \
-			GMAC_CONFIG_BE | GMAC_CONFIG_DCRS)
+			GMAC_CONFIG_BE | GMAC_CONFIG_DCRS | \
+			GMAC_CONFIG_JE)
 
 /* To dump the core regs excluding  the Address Registers */
 #define	GMAC_REG_NUM	132
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac4_core.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac4_core.c
index fc9954e4a7729e79b86313af8d916290006ba9c2..596311a80d1c8a4a489c227739f0a87ef6094ce3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac4_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac4_core.c
@@ -25,15 +25,9 @@ static void dwmac4_core_init(struct mac_device_info *hw,
 {
 	void __iomem *ioaddr = hw->pcsr;
 	u32 value = readl(ioaddr + GMAC_CONFIG);
-	int mtu = dev->mtu;
 
 	value |= GMAC_CORE_INIT;
 
-	if (mtu > 1500)
-		value |= GMAC_CONFIG_2K;
-	if (mtu > 2000)
-		value |= GMAC_CONFIG_JE;
-
 	if (hw->ps) {
 		value |= GMAC_CONFIG_TE;