diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-stm32.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-stm32.c
index d6a268237ca1..c1732955a697 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-stm32.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-stm32.c
@@ -435,10 +435,12 @@ static int stm32_dwmac_parse_data(struct stm32_dwmac *dwmac,
 	dwmac->mode_mask = SYSCFG_MP1_ETH_MASK;
 	err = of_property_read_u32_index(np, "st,syscon", 2, &dwmac->mode_mask);
 	if (err) {
-		if (dwmac->ops->is_mp13)
+		if (dwmac->ops->is_mp13) {
 			dev_err(dev, "Sysconfig register mask must be set (%d)\n", err);
-		else
+		} else {
 			dev_dbg(dev, "Warning sysconfig register mask not set\n");
+			err = 0;
+		}
 	}
 
 	return err;