diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
index ce77a9a2eb560c6c5a49a5a5cc2babe57ca6c043..a87ec70b19f1786997fca97d7c476f09f90bc97a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
@@ -2058,6 +2058,9 @@ static int stmmac_napi_check(struct stmmac_priv *priv, u32 chan)
 						 &priv->xstats, chan);
 	struct stmmac_channel *ch = &priv->channel[chan];
 
+	if (status)
+		status |= handle_rx | handle_tx;
+
 	if ((status & handle_rx) && (chan < priv->plat->rx_queues_to_use)) {
 		stmmac_disable_dma_irq(priv, priv->ioaddr, chan);
 		napi_schedule_irqoff(&ch->rx_napi);