diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bgmac.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bgmac.c
index f8fd65ab663ee..54ff28c9b2148 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bgmac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bgmac.c
@@ -1492,8 +1492,6 @@ int bgmac_enet_probe(struct bgmac *bgmac)
 
 	bgmac->in_init = true;
 
-	bgmac_chip_intrs_off(bgmac);
-
 	net_dev->irq = bgmac->irq;
 	SET_NETDEV_DEV(net_dev, bgmac->dev);
 	dev_set_drvdata(bgmac->dev, bgmac);
@@ -1511,6 +1509,8 @@ int bgmac_enet_probe(struct bgmac *bgmac)
 	 */
 	bgmac_clk_enable(bgmac, 0);
 
+	bgmac_chip_intrs_off(bgmac);
+
 	/* This seems to be fixing IRQ by assigning OOB #6 to the core */
 	if (!(bgmac->feature_flags & BGMAC_FEAT_IDM_MASK)) {
 		if (bgmac->feature_flags & BGMAC_FEAT_IRQ_ID_OOB_6)