diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/qca_7k_common.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/qca_7k_common.c
index 6d17fbd47c6aebe8d7e8b56baf10d60063310079..0d3daa95cc7009359711a9a30d208f74aef76063 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/qca_7k_common.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/qca_7k_common.c
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ qcafrm_fsm_decode(struct qcafrm_handle *handle, u8 *buf, u16 buf_len, u8 recv_by
 
 		if (recv_byte != 0x00) {
 			/* first two bytes of length must be 0 */
-			handle->state = QCAFRM_HW_LEN0;
+			handle->state = handle->init;
 		}
 		break;
 	case QCAFRM_HW_LEN2:
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ qcafrm_fsm_decode(struct qcafrm_handle *handle, u8 *buf, u16 buf_len, u8 recv_by
 	case QCAFRM_WAIT_AA4:
 		if (recv_byte != 0xAA) {
 			ret = QCAFRM_NOHEAD;
-			handle->state = QCAFRM_HW_LEN0;
+			handle->state = handle->init;
 		} else {
 			handle->state--;
 		}
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ qcafrm_fsm_decode(struct qcafrm_handle *handle, u8 *buf, u16 buf_len, u8 recv_by
 		len = handle->offset;
 		if (len > buf_len || len < QCAFRM_MIN_LEN) {
 			ret = QCAFRM_INVLEN;
-			handle->state = QCAFRM_HW_LEN0;
+			handle->state = handle->init;
 		} else {
 			handle->state = (enum qcafrm_state)(len + 1);
 			/* Remaining number of bytes. */
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ qcafrm_fsm_decode(struct qcafrm_handle *handle, u8 *buf, u16 buf_len, u8 recv_by
 	case QCAFRM_WAIT_551:
 		if (recv_byte != 0x55) {
 			ret = QCAFRM_NOTAIL;
-			handle->state = QCAFRM_HW_LEN0;
+			handle->state = handle->init;
 		} else {
 			handle->state = QCAFRM_WAIT_552;
 		}
@@ -143,11 +143,11 @@ qcafrm_fsm_decode(struct qcafrm_handle *handle, u8 *buf, u16 buf_len, u8 recv_by
 	case QCAFRM_WAIT_552:
 		if (recv_byte != 0x55) {
 			ret = QCAFRM_NOTAIL;
-			handle->state = QCAFRM_HW_LEN0;
+			handle->state = handle->init;
 		} else {
 			ret = handle->offset;
 			/* Frame is fully received. */
-			handle->state = QCAFRM_HW_LEN0;
+			handle->state = handle->init;
 		}
 		break;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/qca_7k_common.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/qca_7k_common.h
index 5df7c65d887c6de60fa6218a3ab6d4fa3b9c9e72..07bdd6c4f728a41015b611cfd5a6e04ce839563a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/qca_7k_common.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/qca_7k_common.h
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
 #define QCAFRM_ERR_BASE -1000
 
 enum qcafrm_state {
+	/* HW length is only available on SPI */
 	QCAFRM_HW_LEN0 = 0x8000,
 	QCAFRM_HW_LEN1 = QCAFRM_HW_LEN0 - 1,
 	QCAFRM_HW_LEN2 = QCAFRM_HW_LEN1 - 1,
@@ -101,6 +102,8 @@ enum qcafrm_state {
 struct qcafrm_handle {
 	/*  Current decoding state */
 	enum qcafrm_state state;
+	/* Initial state depends on connection type */
+	enum qcafrm_state init;
 
 	/* Offset in buffer (borrowed for length too) */
 	u16 offset;
@@ -113,9 +116,10 @@ u16 qcafrm_create_header(u8 *buf, u16 len);
 
 u16 qcafrm_create_footer(u8 *buf);
 
-static inline void qcafrm_fsm_init(struct qcafrm_handle *handle)
+static inline void qcafrm_fsm_init_spi(struct qcafrm_handle *handle)
 {
-	handle->state = QCAFRM_HW_LEN0;
+	handle->init = QCAFRM_HW_LEN0;
+	handle->state = handle->init;
 }
 
 /*   Gather received bytes and try to extract a full Ethernet frame
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/qca_spi.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/qca_spi.c
index 43cc7de0b39587636097d9b6583f5ead9d6f52f9..de78f60309a03c2600c9023a884d7a70d6cea18f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/qca_spi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/qca_spi.c
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ qcaspi_netdev_open(struct net_device *dev)
 	qca->intr_req = 1;
 	qca->intr_svc = 0;
 	qca->sync = QCASPI_SYNC_UNKNOWN;
-	qcafrm_fsm_init(&qca->frm_handle);
+	qcafrm_fsm_init_spi(&qca->frm_handle);
 
 	qca->spi_thread = kthread_run((void *)qcaspi_spi_thread,
 				      qca, "%s", dev->name);