diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
index 43750651afb1..821350d11533 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
@@ -2424,11 +2424,6 @@ static void stmmac_dma_operation_mode(struct stmmac_priv *priv)
 	u32 chan = 0;
 	u8 qmode = 0;
 
-	if (rxfifosz == 0)
-		rxfifosz = priv->dma_cap.rx_fifo_size;
-	if (txfifosz == 0)
-		txfifosz = priv->dma_cap.tx_fifo_size;
-
 	/* Split up the shared Tx/Rx FIFO memory on DW QoS Eth and DW XGMAC */
 	if (priv->plat->has_gmac4 || priv->plat->has_xgmac) {
 		rxfifosz /= rx_channels_count;
@@ -2897,11 +2892,6 @@ static void stmmac_set_dma_operation_mode(struct stmmac_priv *priv, u32 txmode,
 	int rxfifosz = priv->plat->rx_fifo_size;
 	int txfifosz = priv->plat->tx_fifo_size;
 
-	if (rxfifosz == 0)
-		rxfifosz = priv->dma_cap.rx_fifo_size;
-	if (txfifosz == 0)
-		txfifosz = priv->dma_cap.tx_fifo_size;
-
 	/* Adjust for real per queue fifo size */
 	rxfifosz /= rx_channels_count;
 	txfifosz /= tx_channels_count;
@@ -5878,9 +5868,6 @@ static int stmmac_change_mtu(struct net_device *dev, int new_mtu)
 	const int mtu = new_mtu;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (txfifosz == 0)
-		txfifosz = priv->dma_cap.tx_fifo_size;
-
 	txfifosz /= priv->plat->tx_queues_to_use;
 
 	if (stmmac_xdp_is_enabled(priv) && new_mtu > ETH_DATA_LEN) {
@@ -7236,15 +7223,29 @@ static int stmmac_hw_init(struct stmmac_priv *priv)
 		priv->plat->tx_queues_to_use = priv->dma_cap.number_tx_queues;
 	}
 
-	if (priv->dma_cap.rx_fifo_size &&
-	    priv->plat->rx_fifo_size > priv->dma_cap.rx_fifo_size) {
+	if (!priv->plat->rx_fifo_size) {
+		if (priv->dma_cap.rx_fifo_size) {
+			priv->plat->rx_fifo_size = priv->dma_cap.rx_fifo_size;
+		} else {
+			dev_err(priv->device, "Can't specify Rx FIFO size\n");
+			return -ENODEV;
+		}
+	} else if (priv->dma_cap.rx_fifo_size &&
+		   priv->plat->rx_fifo_size > priv->dma_cap.rx_fifo_size) {
 		dev_warn(priv->device,
 			 "Rx FIFO size (%u) exceeds dma capability\n",
 			 priv->plat->rx_fifo_size);
 		priv->plat->rx_fifo_size = priv->dma_cap.rx_fifo_size;
 	}
-	if (priv->dma_cap.tx_fifo_size &&
-	    priv->plat->tx_fifo_size > priv->dma_cap.tx_fifo_size) {
+	if (!priv->plat->tx_fifo_size) {
+		if (priv->dma_cap.tx_fifo_size) {
+			priv->plat->tx_fifo_size = priv->dma_cap.tx_fifo_size;
+		} else {
+			dev_err(priv->device, "Can't specify Tx FIFO size\n");
+			return -ENODEV;
+		}
+	} else if (priv->dma_cap.tx_fifo_size &&
+		   priv->plat->tx_fifo_size > priv->dma_cap.tx_fifo_size) {
 		dev_warn(priv->device,
 			 "Tx FIFO size (%u) exceeds dma capability\n",
 			 priv->plat->tx_fifo_size);