diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-meson8b.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-meson8b.c
index ffaed1f35efe0754749a536c563d91937dcb4302..8840a360a0b77a2b6c4bfa73d1f567238065477f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-meson8b.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-meson8b.c
@@ -35,10 +35,6 @@
 
 #define PRG_ETH0_TXDLY_SHIFT		5
 #define PRG_ETH0_TXDLY_MASK		GENMASK(6, 5)
-#define PRG_ETH0_TXDLY_OFF		(0x0 << PRG_ETH0_TXDLY_SHIFT)
-#define PRG_ETH0_TXDLY_QUARTER		(0x1 << PRG_ETH0_TXDLY_SHIFT)
-#define PRG_ETH0_TXDLY_HALF		(0x2 << PRG_ETH0_TXDLY_SHIFT)
-#define PRG_ETH0_TXDLY_THREE_QUARTERS	(0x3 << PRG_ETH0_TXDLY_SHIFT)
 
 /* divider for the result of m250_sel */
 #define PRG_ETH0_CLK_M250_DIV_SHIFT	7
@@ -69,6 +65,8 @@ struct meson8b_dwmac {
 
 	struct clk_divider	m25_div;
 	struct clk		*m25_div_clk;
+
+	u32			tx_delay_ns;
 };
 
 static void meson8b_dwmac_mask_bits(struct meson8b_dwmac *dwmac, u32 reg,
@@ -179,6 +177,7 @@ static int meson8b_init_prg_eth(struct meson8b_dwmac *dwmac)
 {
 	int ret;
 	unsigned long clk_rate;
+	u8 tx_dly_val;
 
 	switch (dwmac->phy_mode) {
 	case PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_RGMII:
@@ -196,9 +195,13 @@ static int meson8b_init_prg_eth(struct meson8b_dwmac *dwmac)
 		meson8b_dwmac_mask_bits(dwmac, PRG_ETH0,
 					PRG_ETH0_INVERTED_RMII_CLK, 0);
 
-		/* TX clock delay - all known boards use a 1/4 cycle delay */
+		/* TX clock delay in ns = "8ns / 4 * tx_dly_val" (where
+		 * 8ns are exactly one cycle of the 125MHz RGMII TX clock):
+		 * 0ns = 0x0, 2ns = 0x1, 4ns = 0x2, 6ns = 0x3
+		 */
+		tx_dly_val = dwmac->tx_delay_ns >> 1;
 		meson8b_dwmac_mask_bits(dwmac, PRG_ETH0, PRG_ETH0_TXDLY_MASK,
-					PRG_ETH0_TXDLY_QUARTER);
+					tx_dly_val << PRG_ETH0_TXDLY_SHIFT);
 		break;
 
 	case PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_RMII:
@@ -284,6 +287,11 @@ static int meson8b_dwmac_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		goto err_remove_config_dt;
 	}
 
+	/* use 2ns as fallback since this value was previously hardcoded */
+	if (of_property_read_u32(pdev->dev.of_node, "amlogic,tx-delay-ns",
+				 &dwmac->tx_delay_ns))
+		dwmac->tx_delay_ns = 2;
+
 	ret = meson8b_init_clk(dwmac);
 	if (ret)
 		goto err_remove_config_dt;