diff --git a/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pci-imx6.c b/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pci-imx6.c
index 81a7093494c8..3dfc7bcf53d8 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pci-imx6.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pci-imx6.c
@@ -1876,6 +1876,7 @@ static const struct imx_pcie_drvdata drvdata[] = {
 		.variant = IMX6SX,
 		.flags = IMX_PCIE_FLAG_IMX_PHY |
 			 IMX_PCIE_FLAG_SPEED_CHANGE_WORKAROUND |
+			 IMX_PCIE_FLAG_SKIP_L23_READY |
 			 IMX_PCIE_FLAG_SUPPORTS_SUSPEND,
 		.gpr = "fsl,imx6q-iomuxc-gpr",
 		.ltssm_off = IOMUXC_GPR12,