diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_tse_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_tse_main.c
index 760c72c6e2acd50ba8472e4b4dd77170c2c381d6..f3d784a3463dc02f1dd30c1512eb8a2cce1d7516 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_tse_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_tse_main.c
@@ -1399,7 +1399,7 @@ static int altera_tse_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	}
 
 	if (of_property_read_u32(pdev->dev.of_node, "tx-fifo-depth",
-				 &priv->rx_fifo_depth)) {
+				 &priv->tx_fifo_depth)) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "cannot obtain tx-fifo-depth\n");
 		ret = -ENXIO;
 		goto err_free_netdev;