diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwxgmac2_core.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwxgmac2_core.c
index 2b277b2c586b..6d8ac2ef4fc2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwxgmac2_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwxgmac2_core.c
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ static void dwxgmac2_set_filter(struct mac_device_info *hw,
 	dwxgmac2_set_mchash(ioaddr, mc_filter, mcbitslog2);
 
 	/* Handle multiple unicast addresses */
-	if (netdev_uc_count(dev) > XGMAC_ADDR_MAX) {
+	if (netdev_uc_count(dev) > hw->unicast_filter_entries) {
 		value |= XGMAC_FILTER_PR;
 	} else {
 		struct netdev_hw_addr *ha;