diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
index ec84db47d82d..3d1f4335b0d3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
@@ -3196,7 +3196,6 @@ static int mvneta_change_mtu(struct net_device *dev, int mtu)
 
 	on_each_cpu(mvneta_percpu_enable, pp, true);
 	mvneta_start_dev(pp);
-	mvneta_port_up(pp);
 
 	netdev_update_features(dev);