diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac4.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac4.h
index c7bff596c6655c6f4b3b1f9235952e29fcd8fe4f..dedd40613090d19daef8837ff3bc938055c87fcc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac4.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac4.h
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ enum power_event {
 #define MTL_RX_OVERFLOW_INT		BIT(16)
 
 /* Default operating mode of the MAC */
-#define GMAC_CORE_INIT (GMAC_CONFIG_JD | GMAC_CONFIG_PS | GMAC_CONFIG_ACS | \
+#define GMAC_CORE_INIT (GMAC_CONFIG_JD | GMAC_CONFIG_PS | \
 			GMAC_CONFIG_BE | GMAC_CONFIG_DCRS)
 
 /* To dump the core regs excluding  the Address Registers */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac4_core.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac4_core.c
index a3af92ebbca8aca253ae0108c55679a41f427c86..517b1f6736a8357b1631fa4308349b29e242caff 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac4_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac4_core.c
@@ -31,13 +31,6 @@ static void dwmac4_core_init(struct mac_device_info *hw,
 
 	value |= GMAC_CORE_INIT;
 
-	/* Clear ACS bit because Ethernet switch tagging formats such as
-	 * Broadcom tags can look like invalid LLC/SNAP packets and cause the
-	 * hardware to truncate packets on reception.
-	 */
-	if (netdev_uses_dsa(dev))
-		value &= ~GMAC_CONFIG_ACS;
-
 	if (mtu > 1500)
 		value |= GMAC_CONFIG_2K;
 	if (mtu > 2000)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
index 9a16931ce39d14c43ecb950cf46779c7197f0a22..b65e2d144698db0384bbd1e8ba804bea3623f997 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
@@ -3495,8 +3495,13 @@ static int stmmac_rx(struct stmmac_priv *priv, int limit, u32 queue)
 
 			/* ACS is set; GMAC core strips PAD/FCS for IEEE 802.3
 			 * Type frames (LLC/LLC-SNAP)
+			 *
+			 * llc_snap is never checked in GMAC >= 4, so this ACS
+			 * feature is always disabled and packets need to be
+			 * stripped manually.
 			 */
-			if (unlikely(status != llc_snap))
+			if (unlikely(priv->synopsys_id >= DWMAC_CORE_4_00) ||
+			    unlikely(status != llc_snap))
 				frame_len -= ETH_FCS_LEN;
 
 			if (netif_msg_rx_status(priv)) {