diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
index a5cbb495b558..cd92b8e03a9a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
@@ -1286,6 +1286,8 @@ static int stmmac_phy_setup(struct stmmac_priv *priv)
 	if (!fwnode)
 		fwnode = dev_fwnode(priv->device);
 
+	priv->phylink_config.mac_managed_pm = true;
+
 	phylink = phylink_create(&priv->phylink_config, fwnode,
 				 mode, &stmmac_phylink_mac_ops);
 	if (IS_ERR(phylink))