diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_platform.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_platform.c
index 4750843cf102..e769638586fe 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_platform.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_platform.c
@@ -181,12 +181,9 @@ static int stmmac_mtl_setup(struct platform_device *pdev,
 				     &plat->rx_queues_cfg[queue].chan);
 		/* TODO: Dynamic mapping to be included in the future */
 
-		if (of_property_read_u32(q_node, "snps,priority",
-					&plat->rx_queues_cfg[queue].prio)) {
-			plat->rx_queues_cfg[queue].prio = 0;
-		} else {
+		if (!of_property_read_u32(q_node, "snps,priority",
+					  &plat->rx_queues_cfg[queue].prio))
 			plat->rx_queues_cfg[queue].use_prio = true;
-		}
 
 		/* RX queue specific packet type routing */
 		if (of_property_read_bool(q_node, "snps,route-avcp"))
@@ -257,12 +254,9 @@ static int stmmac_mtl_setup(struct platform_device *pdev,
 			plat->tx_queues_cfg[queue].mode_to_use = MTL_QUEUE_DCB;
 		}
 
-		if (of_property_read_u32(q_node, "snps,priority",
-					&plat->tx_queues_cfg[queue].prio)) {
-			plat->tx_queues_cfg[queue].prio = 0;
-		} else {
+		if (!of_property_read_u32(q_node, "snps,priority",
+					  &plat->tx_queues_cfg[queue].prio))
 			plat->tx_queues_cfg[queue].use_prio = true;
-		}
 
 		plat->tx_queues_cfg[queue].coe_unsupported =
 			of_property_read_bool(q_node, "snps,coe-unsupported");