diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
index 93630840309e..b5b7ff5b3261 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
@@ -2015,7 +2015,7 @@ static int __alloc_dma_rx_desc_resources(struct stmmac_priv *priv,
 	rx_q->queue_index = queue;
 	rx_q->priv_data = priv;
 
-	pp_params.flags = PP_FLAG_DMA_MAP | PP_FLAG_DMA_SYNC_DEV;
+	pp_params.flags = PP_FLAG_DMA_MAP | (xdp_prog ? PP_FLAG_DMA_SYNC_DEV : 0);
 	pp_params.pool_size = dma_conf->dma_rx_size;
 	num_pages = DIV_ROUND_UP(dma_conf->dma_buf_sz, PAGE_SIZE);
 	pp_params.order = ilog2(num_pages);