diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac1000_core.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac1000_core.c
index 8ca73bd15e07..bc91af6c01b6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac1000_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac1000_core.c
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ static void dwmac1000_set_filter(struct mac_device_info *hw,
 		}
 	}
 
+	value |= GMAC_FRAME_FILTER_HPF;
 	dwmac1000_set_mchash(ioaddr, mc_filter, mcbitslog2);
 
 	/* Handle multiple unicast addresses (perfect filtering) */