diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
index 6e2a8fa07da55ba660ce066994490bd214bc4c7f..5ef493aa5387787a05729d72af559c2b27b43348 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
@@ -2755,7 +2755,11 @@ static int stmmac_hw_init(struct stmmac_priv *priv)
 		priv->plat->enh_desc = priv->dma_cap.enh_desc;
 		priv->plat->pmt = priv->dma_cap.pmt_remote_wake_up;
 
-		priv->plat->tx_coe = priv->dma_cap.tx_coe;
+		/* TXCOE doesn't work in thresh DMA mode */
+		if (priv->plat->force_thresh_dma_mode)
+			priv->plat->tx_coe = 0;
+		else
+			priv->plat->tx_coe = priv->dma_cap.tx_coe;
 
 		if (priv->dma_cap.rx_coe_type2)
 			priv->plat->rx_coe = STMMAC_RX_COE_TYPE2;