diff --git a/drivers/phy/freescale/phy-fsl-imx8mq-usb.c b/drivers/phy/freescale/phy-fsl-imx8mq-usb.c
index 9a33c06d6fc3..3a5788c609e1 100644
--- a/drivers/phy/freescale/phy-fsl-imx8mq-usb.c
+++ b/drivers/phy/freescale/phy-fsl-imx8mq-usb.c
@@ -728,6 +728,7 @@ static int imx8mq_usb_phy_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 					"failed to get tca\n");
 
 	imx8m_get_phy_tuning_data(imx_phy);
+	device_set_wakeup_capable(dev, true);
 
 	phy_provider = devm_of_phy_provider_register(dev, of_phy_simple_xlate);