diff --git a/drivers/net/macsec.c b/drivers/net/macsec.c
index 84d3e5ca8817197a15165d2c61f8a0f58550c5b6..6caa72402de7db937a99319c8aba1e424c968568 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macsec.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macsec.c
@@ -2826,7 +2826,7 @@ static void macsec_free_netdev(struct net_device *dev)
 static void macsec_setup(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	ether_setup(dev);
-	dev->tx_queue_len = 0;
+	dev->priv_flags |= IFF_NO_QUEUE;
 	dev->netdev_ops = &macsec_netdev_ops;
 	dev->destructor = macsec_free_netdev;