diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac4_core.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac4_core.c
index c440b192ec71..d12c1b396b92 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac4_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac4_core.c
@@ -75,19 +75,41 @@ static void dwmac4_rx_queue_priority(struct mac_device_info *hw,
 				     u32 prio, u32 queue)
 {
 	void __iomem *ioaddr = hw->pcsr;
-	u32 base_register;
-	u32 value;
+	u32 clear_mask = 0;
+	u32 ctrl2, ctrl3;
+	int i;
 
-	base_register = (queue < 4) ? GMAC_RXQ_CTRL2 : GMAC_RXQ_CTRL3;
-	if (queue >= 4)
+	ctrl2 = readl(ioaddr + GMAC_RXQ_CTRL2);
+	ctrl3 = readl(ioaddr + GMAC_RXQ_CTRL3);
+
+	/* The software must ensure that the same priority
+	 * is not mapped to multiple Rx queues
+	 */
+	for (i = 0; i < 4; i++)
+		clear_mask |= ((prio << GMAC_RXQCTRL_PSRQX_SHIFT(i)) &
+						GMAC_RXQCTRL_PSRQX_MASK(i));
+
+	ctrl2 &= ~clear_mask;
+	ctrl3 &= ~clear_mask;
+
+	/* First assign new priorities to a queue, then
+	 * clear them from others queues
+	 */
+	if (queue < 4) {
+		ctrl2 |= (prio << GMAC_RXQCTRL_PSRQX_SHIFT(queue)) &
+						GMAC_RXQCTRL_PSRQX_MASK(queue);
+
+		writel(ctrl2, ioaddr + GMAC_RXQ_CTRL2);
+		writel(ctrl3, ioaddr + GMAC_RXQ_CTRL3);
+	} else {
 		queue -= 4;
 
-	value = readl(ioaddr + base_register);
-
-	value &= ~GMAC_RXQCTRL_PSRQX_MASK(queue);
-	value |= (prio << GMAC_RXQCTRL_PSRQX_SHIFT(queue)) &
+		ctrl3 |= (prio << GMAC_RXQCTRL_PSRQX_SHIFT(queue)) &
 						GMAC_RXQCTRL_PSRQX_MASK(queue);
-	writel(value, ioaddr + base_register);
+
+		writel(ctrl3, ioaddr + GMAC_RXQ_CTRL3);
+		writel(ctrl2, ioaddr + GMAC_RXQ_CTRL2);
+	}
 }
 
 static void dwmac4_tx_queue_priority(struct mac_device_info *hw,
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwxgmac2_core.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwxgmac2_core.c
index a126d01f49fe..9416a5c940b5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwxgmac2_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwxgmac2_core.c
@@ -96,17 +96,41 @@ static void dwxgmac2_rx_queue_prio(struct mac_device_info *hw, u32 prio,
 				   u32 queue)
 {
 	void __iomem *ioaddr = hw->pcsr;
-	u32 value, reg;
+	u32 clear_mask = 0;
+	u32 ctrl2, ctrl3;
+	int i;
 
-	reg = (queue < 4) ? XGMAC_RXQ_CTRL2 : XGMAC_RXQ_CTRL3;
-	if (queue >= 4)
+	ctrl2 = readl(ioaddr + XGMAC_RXQ_CTRL2);
+	ctrl3 = readl(ioaddr + XGMAC_RXQ_CTRL3);
+
+	/* The software must ensure that the same priority
+	 * is not mapped to multiple Rx queues
+	 */
+	for (i = 0; i < 4; i++)
+		clear_mask |= ((prio << XGMAC_PSRQ_SHIFT(i)) &
+						XGMAC_PSRQ(i));
+
+	ctrl2 &= ~clear_mask;
+	ctrl3 &= ~clear_mask;
+
+	/* First assign new priorities to a queue, then
+	 * clear them from others queues
+	 */
+	if (queue < 4) {
+		ctrl2 |= (prio << XGMAC_PSRQ_SHIFT(queue)) &
+						XGMAC_PSRQ(queue);
+
+		writel(ctrl2, ioaddr + XGMAC_RXQ_CTRL2);
+		writel(ctrl3, ioaddr + XGMAC_RXQ_CTRL3);
+	} else {
 		queue -= 4;
 
-	value = readl(ioaddr + reg);
-	value &= ~XGMAC_PSRQ(queue);
-	value |= (prio << XGMAC_PSRQ_SHIFT(queue)) & XGMAC_PSRQ(queue);
+		ctrl3 |= (prio << XGMAC_PSRQ_SHIFT(queue)) &
+						XGMAC_PSRQ(queue);
 
-	writel(value, ioaddr + reg);
+		writel(ctrl3, ioaddr + XGMAC_RXQ_CTRL3);
+		writel(ctrl2, ioaddr + XGMAC_RXQ_CTRL2);
+	}
 }
 
 static void dwxgmac2_tx_queue_prio(struct mac_device_info *hw, u32 prio,