diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
index f4fa5402cd64..3a4f0c2d42a3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
@@ -1002,7 +1002,8 @@ static void stmmac_mac_link_down(struct phylink_config *config,
 	stmmac_eee_init(priv);
 	stmmac_set_eee_pls(priv, priv->hw, false);
 
-	stmmac_fpe_link_state_handle(priv, false);
+	if (priv->dma_cap.fpesel)
+		stmmac_fpe_link_state_handle(priv, false);
 }
 
 static void stmmac_mac_link_up(struct phylink_config *config,
@@ -1102,7 +1103,8 @@ static void stmmac_mac_link_up(struct phylink_config *config,
 		stmmac_set_eee_pls(priv, priv->hw, true);
 	}
 
-	stmmac_fpe_link_state_handle(priv, true);
+	if (priv->dma_cap.fpesel)
+		stmmac_fpe_link_state_handle(priv, true);
 }
 
 static const struct phylink_mac_ops stmmac_phylink_mac_ops = {
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_tc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_tc.c
index 1d84ee359808..4e70efc45458 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_tc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_tc.c
@@ -254,6 +254,16 @@ static int tc_init(struct stmmac_priv *priv)
 			 priv->flow_entries_max);
 	}
 
+	if (!priv->plat->fpe_cfg) {
+		priv->plat->fpe_cfg = devm_kzalloc(priv->device,
+						   sizeof(*priv->plat->fpe_cfg),
+						   GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!priv->plat->fpe_cfg)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+	} else {
+		memset(priv->plat->fpe_cfg, 0, sizeof(*priv->plat->fpe_cfg));
+	}
+
 	/* Fail silently as we can still use remaining features, e.g. CBS */
 	if (!dma_cap->frpsel)
 		return 0;
@@ -298,16 +308,6 @@ static int tc_init(struct stmmac_priv *priv)
 	dev_info(priv->device, "Enabling HW TC (entries=%d, max_off=%d)\n",
 			priv->tc_entries_max, priv->tc_off_max);
 
-	if (!priv->plat->fpe_cfg) {
-		priv->plat->fpe_cfg = devm_kzalloc(priv->device,
-						   sizeof(*priv->plat->fpe_cfg),
-						   GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!priv->plat->fpe_cfg)
-			return -ENOMEM;
-	} else {
-		memset(priv->plat->fpe_cfg, 0, sizeof(*priv->plat->fpe_cfg));
-	}
-
 	return 0;
 }