diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac1000_core.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac1000_core.c
index 5c653be3d453..d35db8958be1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac1000_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac1000_core.c
@@ -26,35 +26,18 @@ static void dwmac1000_core_init(struct mac_device_info *hw,
 				struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	void __iomem *ioaddr = hw->pcsr;
-	u32 value = readl(ioaddr + GMAC_CONTROL);
 	int mtu = dev->mtu;
+	u32 value;
 
 	/* Configure GMAC core */
-	value |= GMAC_CORE_INIT;
+	value = readl(ioaddr + GMAC_CONTROL);
 
 	if (mtu > 1500)
 		value |= GMAC_CONTROL_2K;
 	if (mtu > 2000)
 		value |= GMAC_CONTROL_JE;
 
-	if (hw->ps) {
-		value |= GMAC_CONTROL_TE;
-
-		value &= ~hw->link.speed_mask;
-		switch (hw->ps) {
-		case SPEED_1000:
-			value |= hw->link.speed1000;
-			break;
-		case SPEED_100:
-			value |= hw->link.speed100;
-			break;
-		case SPEED_10:
-			value |= hw->link.speed10;
-			break;
-		}
-	}
-
-	writel(value, ioaddr + GMAC_CONTROL);
+	writel(value | GMAC_CORE_INIT, ioaddr + GMAC_CONTROL);
 
 	/* Mask GMAC interrupts */
 	value = GMAC_INT_DEFAULT_MASK;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac4_core.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac4_core.c
index 21e4461db937..d855ab6b9145 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac4_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac4_core.c
@@ -27,29 +27,11 @@ static void dwmac4_core_init(struct mac_device_info *hw,
 {
 	struct stmmac_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
 	void __iomem *ioaddr = hw->pcsr;
-	u32 value = readl(ioaddr + GMAC_CONFIG);
 	unsigned long clk_rate;
+	u32 value;
 
-	value |= GMAC_CORE_INIT;
-
-	if (hw->ps) {
-		value |= GMAC_CONFIG_TE;
-
-		value &= hw->link.speed_mask;
-		switch (hw->ps) {
-		case SPEED_1000:
-			value |= hw->link.speed1000;
-			break;
-		case SPEED_100:
-			value |= hw->link.speed100;
-			break;
-		case SPEED_10:
-			value |= hw->link.speed10;
-			break;
-		}
-	}
-
-	writel(value, ioaddr + GMAC_CONFIG);
+	value = readl(ioaddr + GMAC_CONFIG);
+	writel(value | GMAC_CORE_INIT, ioaddr + GMAC_CONFIG);
 
 	/* Configure LPI 1us counter to number of CSR clock ticks in 1us - 1 */
 	clk_rate = clk_get_rate(priv->plat->stmmac_clk);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwxgmac2_core.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwxgmac2_core.c
index 00e929bf280b..0430af27da40 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwxgmac2_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwxgmac2_core.c
@@ -23,29 +23,8 @@ static void dwxgmac2_core_init(struct mac_device_info *hw,
 	tx = readl(ioaddr + XGMAC_TX_CONFIG);
 	rx = readl(ioaddr + XGMAC_RX_CONFIG);
 
-	tx |= XGMAC_CORE_INIT_TX;
-	rx |= XGMAC_CORE_INIT_RX;
-
-	if (hw->ps) {
-		tx |= XGMAC_CONFIG_TE;
-		tx &= ~hw->link.speed_mask;
-
-		switch (hw->ps) {
-		case SPEED_10000:
-			tx |= hw->link.xgmii.speed10000;
-			break;
-		case SPEED_2500:
-			tx |= hw->link.speed2500;
-			break;
-		case SPEED_1000:
-		default:
-			tx |= hw->link.speed1000;
-			break;
-		}
-	}
-
-	writel(tx, ioaddr + XGMAC_TX_CONFIG);
-	writel(rx, ioaddr + XGMAC_RX_CONFIG);
+	writel(tx | XGMAC_CORE_INIT_TX, ioaddr + XGMAC_TX_CONFIG);
+	writel(rx | XGMAC_CORE_INIT_RX, ioaddr + XGMAC_RX_CONFIG);
 	writel(XGMAC_INT_DEFAULT_EN, ioaddr + XGMAC_INT_EN);
 }