diff --git a/drivers/net/can/c_can/c_can_main.c b/drivers/net/can/c_can/c_can_main.c
index 3702cac7fbf0..b3b321d9ce68 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/c_can/c_can_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/c_can/c_can_main.c
@@ -597,20 +597,20 @@ static int c_can_chip_config(struct net_device *dev)
 		return err;
 
 	/* enable automatic retransmission */
-	priv->write_reg(priv, C_CAN_CTRL_REG, CONTROL_ENABLE_AR);
+	priv->write_reg(priv, C_CAN_CTRL_REG, CONTROL_ENABLE_AR | CONTROL_INIT);
 
 	if ((priv->can.ctrlmode & CAN_CTRLMODE_LISTENONLY) &&
 	    (priv->can.ctrlmode & CAN_CTRLMODE_LOOPBACK)) {
 		/* loopback + silent mode : useful for hot self-test */
-		priv->write_reg(priv, C_CAN_CTRL_REG, CONTROL_TEST);
+		priv->write_reg(priv, C_CAN_CTRL_REG, CONTROL_TEST | CONTROL_INIT);
 		priv->write_reg(priv, C_CAN_TEST_REG, TEST_LBACK | TEST_SILENT);
 	} else if (priv->can.ctrlmode & CAN_CTRLMODE_LOOPBACK) {
 		/* loopback mode : useful for self-test function */
-		priv->write_reg(priv, C_CAN_CTRL_REG, CONTROL_TEST);
+		priv->write_reg(priv, C_CAN_CTRL_REG, CONTROL_TEST | CONTROL_INIT);
 		priv->write_reg(priv, C_CAN_TEST_REG, TEST_LBACK);
 	} else if (priv->can.ctrlmode & CAN_CTRLMODE_LISTENONLY) {
 		/* silent mode : bus-monitoring mode */
-		priv->write_reg(priv, C_CAN_CTRL_REG, CONTROL_TEST);
+		priv->write_reg(priv, C_CAN_CTRL_REG, CONTROL_TEST | CONTROL_INIT);
 		priv->write_reg(priv, C_CAN_TEST_REG, TEST_SILENT);
 	}