diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet.h
index 5a7d6b872f5d..c301dd2ee083 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet.h
@@ -175,6 +175,8 @@
 #define XAE_FFE_OFFSET		0x0000070C /* Frame Filter Enable */
 #define XAE_AF0_OFFSET		0x00000710 /* Address Filter 0 */
 #define XAE_AF1_OFFSET		0x00000714 /* Address Filter 1 */
+#define XAE_AM0_OFFSET		0x00000750 /* Frame Filter Mask Value Bytes 3-0 */
+#define XAE_AM1_OFFSET		0x00000754 /* Frame Filter Mask Value Bytes 7-4 */
 
 #define XAE_TX_VLAN_DATA_OFFSET 0x00004000 /* TX VLAN data table address */
 #define XAE_RX_VLAN_DATA_OFFSET 0x00008000 /* RX VLAN data table address */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c
index 5c4a5949a021..fe6a0e2e463f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c
@@ -437,18 +437,27 @@ static void axienet_set_multicast_list(struct net_device *ndev)
 	u32 reg, af0reg, af1reg;
 	struct axienet_local *lp = netdev_priv(ndev);
 
-	if (ndev->flags & (IFF_ALLMULTI | IFF_PROMISC) ||
-	    netdev_mc_count(ndev) > XAE_MULTICAST_CAM_TABLE_NUM) {
-		reg = axienet_ior(lp, XAE_FMI_OFFSET);
+	reg = axienet_ior(lp, XAE_FMI_OFFSET);
+	reg &= ~XAE_FMI_PM_MASK;
+	if (ndev->flags & IFF_PROMISC)
 		reg |= XAE_FMI_PM_MASK;
+	else
+		reg &= ~XAE_FMI_PM_MASK;
+	axienet_iow(lp, XAE_FMI_OFFSET, reg);
+
+	if (ndev->flags & IFF_ALLMULTI ||
+	    netdev_mc_count(ndev) > XAE_MULTICAST_CAM_TABLE_NUM) {
+		reg &= 0xFFFFFF00;
 		axienet_iow(lp, XAE_FMI_OFFSET, reg);
+		axienet_iow(lp, XAE_AF0_OFFSET, 1); /* Multicast bit */
+		axienet_iow(lp, XAE_AF1_OFFSET, 0);
+		axienet_iow(lp, XAE_AM0_OFFSET, 1); /* ditto */
+		axienet_iow(lp, XAE_AM1_OFFSET, 0);
+		axienet_iow(lp, XAE_FFE_OFFSET, 1);
+		i = 1;
 	} else if (!netdev_mc_empty(ndev)) {
 		struct netdev_hw_addr *ha;
 
-		reg = axienet_ior(lp, XAE_FMI_OFFSET);
-		reg &= ~XAE_FMI_PM_MASK;
-		axienet_iow(lp, XAE_FMI_OFFSET, reg);
-
 		netdev_for_each_mc_addr(ha, ndev) {
 			if (i >= XAE_MULTICAST_CAM_TABLE_NUM)
 				break;
@@ -461,24 +470,21 @@ static void axienet_set_multicast_list(struct net_device *ndev)
 			af1reg = (ha->addr[4]);
 			af1reg |= (ha->addr[5] << 8);
 
-			reg = axienet_ior(lp, XAE_FMI_OFFSET) & 0xFFFFFF00;
+			reg &= 0xFFFFFF00;
 			reg |= i;
 
 			axienet_iow(lp, XAE_FMI_OFFSET, reg);
 			axienet_iow(lp, XAE_AF0_OFFSET, af0reg);
 			axienet_iow(lp, XAE_AF1_OFFSET, af1reg);
+			axienet_iow(lp, XAE_AM0_OFFSET, 0xffffffff);
+			axienet_iow(lp, XAE_AM1_OFFSET, 0x0000ffff);
 			axienet_iow(lp, XAE_FFE_OFFSET, 1);
 			i++;
 		}
-	} else {
-		reg = axienet_ior(lp, XAE_FMI_OFFSET);
-		reg &= ~XAE_FMI_PM_MASK;
-
-		axienet_iow(lp, XAE_FMI_OFFSET, reg);
 	}
 
 	for (; i < XAE_MULTICAST_CAM_TABLE_NUM; i++) {
-		reg = axienet_ior(lp, XAE_FMI_OFFSET) & 0xFFFFFF00;
+		reg &= 0xFFFFFF00;
 		reg |= i;
 		axienet_iow(lp, XAE_FMI_OFFSET, reg);
 		axienet_iow(lp, XAE_FFE_OFFSET, 0);