diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-sun8i.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-sun8i.c
index a3d333b65283..6b75cf2603ff 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-sun8i.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-sun8i.c
@@ -1284,6 +1284,15 @@ static int sun8i_dwmac_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void sun8i_dwmac_shutdown(struct platform_device *pdev)
+{
+	struct net_device *ndev = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
+	struct stmmac_priv *priv = netdev_priv(ndev);
+	struct sunxi_priv_data *gmac = priv->plat->bsp_priv;
+
+	sun8i_dwmac_exit(pdev, gmac);
+}
+
 static const struct of_device_id sun8i_dwmac_match[] = {
 	{ .compatible = "allwinner,sun8i-h3-emac",
 		.data = &emac_variant_h3 },
@@ -1304,6 +1313,7 @@ MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, sun8i_dwmac_match);
 static struct platform_driver sun8i_dwmac_driver = {
 	.probe  = sun8i_dwmac_probe,
 	.remove = sun8i_dwmac_remove,
+	.shutdown = sun8i_dwmac_shutdown,
 	.driver = {
 		.name           = "dwmac-sun8i",
 		.pm		= &stmmac_pltfr_pm_ops,