diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
index e8358a1a02df..705b708c2c4b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
@@ -826,8 +826,8 @@ static void stmmac_mac_flow_ctrl(struct stmmac_priv *priv, u32 duplex)
 {
 	u32 tx_cnt = priv->plat->tx_queues_to_use;
 
-	stmmac_flow_ctrl(priv, priv->hw, duplex, priv->flow_ctrl,
-			priv->pause, tx_cnt);
+	stmmac_flow_ctrl(priv, priv->hw, duplex, priv->flow_ctrl & priv->plat->flow_ctrl,
+			 priv->pause, tx_cnt);
 }
 
 static void stmmac_validate(struct phylink_config *config,
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_platform.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_platform.c
index 6539b9276c09..471c8c3517c6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_platform.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_platform.c
@@ -570,6 +570,9 @@ stmmac_probe_config_dt(struct platform_device *pdev, const char **mac)
 
 	of_property_read_u32(np, "snps,ps-speed", &plat->mac_port_sel_speed);
 
+	if (of_property_read_u32(np, "snps,flow-ctrl", &plat->flow_ctrl))
+		plat->flow_ctrl = FLOW_AUTO;
+
 	plat->axi = stmmac_axi_setup(pdev);
 
 	rc = stmmac_mtl_setup(pdev, plat);
diff --git a/include/linux/stmmac.h b/include/linux/stmmac.h
index 9e8df66738c3..90f8ef6e457c 100644
--- a/include/linux/stmmac.h
+++ b/include/linux/stmmac.h
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ struct plat_stmmacenet_data {
 	int rx_fifo_size;
 	int dma_tx_size;
 	int dma_rx_size;
+	int flow_ctrl;
 	u32 addr64;
 	u32 rx_queues_to_use;
 	u32 tx_queues_to_use;