diff --git a/drivers/net/ieee802154/mrf24j40.c b/drivers/net/ieee802154/mrf24j40.c
index 89150bd43ab2840de6dd59bc76d1b23fd51272d2..7c224cdbe56153ca7a8cab5ab66199323f083b1e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ieee802154/mrf24j40.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ieee802154/mrf24j40.c
@@ -720,6 +720,11 @@ static int mrf24j40_hw_init(struct mrf24j40 *devrec)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static void  mrf24j40_phy_setup(struct mrf24j40 *devrec)
+{
+	devrec->hw->phy->current_channel = 11;
+}
+
 static int mrf24j40_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
 {
 	int ret = -ENOMEM;
@@ -759,6 +764,8 @@ static int mrf24j40_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
 	if (ret)
 		goto err_register_device;
 
+	mrf24j40_phy_setup(devrec);
+
 	ret = devm_request_threaded_irq(&spi->dev,
 					spi->irq,
 					NULL,