diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac4_dma.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac4_dma.c
index 62aa0e95beb7..a7249e4071f1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac4_dma.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac4_dma.c
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ static void dwmac4_dma_rx_chan_op_mode(void __iomem *ioaddr, int mode,
 				       u32 channel, int fifosz, u8 qmode)
 {
 	unsigned int rqs = fifosz / 256 - 1;
-	u32 mtl_rx_op, mtl_rx_int;
+	u32 mtl_rx_op;
 
 	mtl_rx_op = readl(ioaddr + MTL_CHAN_RX_OP_MODE(channel));
 
@@ -283,11 +283,6 @@ static void dwmac4_dma_rx_chan_op_mode(void __iomem *ioaddr, int mode,
 	}
 
 	writel(mtl_rx_op, ioaddr + MTL_CHAN_RX_OP_MODE(channel));
-
-	/* Enable MTL RX overflow */
-	mtl_rx_int = readl(ioaddr + MTL_CHAN_INT_CTRL(channel));
-	writel(mtl_rx_int | MTL_RX_OVERFLOW_INT_EN,
-	       ioaddr + MTL_CHAN_INT_CTRL(channel));
 }
 
 static void dwmac4_dma_tx_chan_op_mode(void __iomem *ioaddr, int mode,
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
index 5b9478dffe10..4374ce4671ad 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
@@ -4138,7 +4138,6 @@ static irqreturn_t stmmac_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
 	/* To handle GMAC own interrupts */
 	if ((priv->plat->has_gmac) || xmac) {
 		int status = stmmac_host_irq_status(priv, priv->hw, &priv->xstats);
-		int mtl_status;
 
 		if (unlikely(status)) {
 			/* For LPI we need to save the tx status */
@@ -4149,17 +4148,8 @@ static irqreturn_t stmmac_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
 		}
 
 		for (queue = 0; queue < queues_count; queue++) {
-			struct stmmac_rx_queue *rx_q = &priv->rx_queue[queue];
-
-			mtl_status = stmmac_host_mtl_irq_status(priv, priv->hw,
-								queue);
-			if (mtl_status != -EINVAL)
-				status |= mtl_status;
-
-			if (status & CORE_IRQ_MTL_RX_OVERFLOW)
-				stmmac_set_rx_tail_ptr(priv, priv->ioaddr,
-						       rx_q->rx_tail_addr,
-						       queue);
+			status = stmmac_host_mtl_irq_status(priv, priv->hw,
+							    queue);
 		}
 
 		/* PCS link status */