diff --git a/drivers/net/can/flexcan.c b/drivers/net/can/flexcan.c
index 99e5f272205d33bb4dabc9695db1e8adc85c9f47..0420ce47ba4097c29afd1bd1c2bf4332ea5ccd42 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/flexcan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/flexcan.c
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ static int flexcan_chip_freeze(struct flexcan_priv *priv)
 	u32 reg;
 
 	reg = priv->read(&regs->mcr);
-	reg |= FLEXCAN_MCR_HALT;
+	reg |= FLEXCAN_MCR_FRZ | FLEXCAN_MCR_HALT;
 	priv->write(reg, &regs->mcr);
 
 	while (timeout-- && !(priv->read(&regs->mcr) & FLEXCAN_MCR_FRZ_ACK))