diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/dsa_loop.c b/drivers/net/dsa/dsa_loop.c
index eb600b3dbf26..e6fc4fec9cfc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dsa/dsa_loop.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dsa/dsa_loop.c
@@ -290,6 +290,7 @@ static int dsa_loop_drv_probe(struct mdio_device *mdiodev)
 	ds->dev = &mdiodev->dev;
 	ds->ops = &dsa_loop_driver;
 	ds->priv = ps;
+	ds->configure_vlan_while_not_filtering = true;
 	ps->bus = mdiodev->bus;
 
 	dev_set_drvdata(&mdiodev->dev, ds);