diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_npu.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_npu.c
index e0448e1225b8..66a8a992dbf2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_npu.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_npu.c
@@ -720,8 +720,7 @@ static int airoha_npu_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	usleep_range(1000, 2000);
 
 	/* enable NPU cores */
-	/* do not start core3 since it is used for WiFi offloading */
-	regmap_write(npu->regmap, REG_CR_BOOT_CONFIG, 0xf7);
+	regmap_write(npu->regmap, REG_CR_BOOT_CONFIG, 0xff);
 	regmap_write(npu->regmap, REG_CR_BOOT_TRIGGER, 0x1);
 	msleep(100);