diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
index c7c9e5f162e6..5f1294ce0216 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
@@ -1295,6 +1295,8 @@ static int init_dma_rx_desc_rings(struct net_device *dev, gfp_t flags)
 			  "(%s) dma_rx_phy=0x%08x\n", __func__,
 			  (u32)rx_q->dma_rx_phy);
 
+		stmmac_clear_rx_descriptors(priv, queue);
+
 		for (i = 0; i < DMA_RX_SIZE; i++) {
 			struct dma_desc *p;
 
@@ -1312,8 +1314,6 @@ static int init_dma_rx_desc_rings(struct net_device *dev, gfp_t flags)
 		rx_q->cur_rx = 0;
 		rx_q->dirty_rx = (unsigned int)(i - DMA_RX_SIZE);
 
-		stmmac_clear_rx_descriptors(priv, queue);
-
 		/* Setup the chained descriptor addresses */
 		if (priv->mode == STMMAC_CHAIN_MODE) {
 			if (priv->extend_desc)