diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac4_core.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac4_core.c
index 48cf5e2b24417f282fd6be1c7991c9a3a5dccacb..bc8871e7351f221b0e4470cb73b81b2773e8c832 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac4_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac4_core.c
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ static void dwmac4_set_filter(struct mac_device_info *hw,
 	}
 
 	/* Handle multiple unicast addresses */
-	if (netdev_uc_count(dev) > GMAC_MAX_PERFECT_ADDRESSES) {
+	if (netdev_uc_count(dev) > hw->unicast_filter_entries) {
 		/* Switch to promiscuous mode if more than 128 addrs
 		 * are required
 		 */