diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
index bbc65bd332a8..eccbf5daf9ed 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
@@ -1293,19 +1293,9 @@ static int init_dma_rx_desc_rings(struct net_device *dev, gfp_t flags)
 	struct stmmac_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
 	u32 rx_count = priv->plat->rx_queues_to_use;
 	int ret = -ENOMEM;
-	int bfsize = 0;
 	int queue;
 	int i;
 
-	bfsize = stmmac_set_16kib_bfsize(priv, dev->mtu);
-	if (bfsize < 0)
-		bfsize = 0;
-
-	if (bfsize < BUF_SIZE_16KiB)
-		bfsize = stmmac_set_bfsize(dev->mtu, priv->dma_buf_sz);
-
-	priv->dma_buf_sz = bfsize;
-
 	/* RX INITIALIZATION */
 	netif_dbg(priv, probe, priv->dev,
 		  "SKB addresses:\nskb\t\tskb data\tdma data\n");
@@ -1347,8 +1337,6 @@ static int init_dma_rx_desc_rings(struct net_device *dev, gfp_t flags)
 		}
 	}
 
-	buf_sz = bfsize;
-
 	return 0;
 
 err_init_rx_buffers:
@@ -2658,6 +2646,7 @@ static void stmmac_hw_teardown(struct net_device *dev)
 static int stmmac_open(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	struct stmmac_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
+	int bfsize = 0;
 	u32 chan;
 	int ret;
 
@@ -2677,7 +2666,16 @@ static int stmmac_open(struct net_device *dev)
 	memset(&priv->xstats, 0, sizeof(struct stmmac_extra_stats));
 	priv->xstats.threshold = tc;
 
-	priv->dma_buf_sz = STMMAC_ALIGN(buf_sz);
+	bfsize = stmmac_set_16kib_bfsize(priv, dev->mtu);
+	if (bfsize < 0)
+		bfsize = 0;
+
+	if (bfsize < BUF_SIZE_16KiB)
+		bfsize = stmmac_set_bfsize(dev->mtu, priv->dma_buf_sz);
+
+	priv->dma_buf_sz = bfsize;
+	buf_sz = bfsize;
+
 	priv->rx_copybreak = STMMAC_RX_COPYBREAK;
 
 	ret = alloc_dma_desc_resources(priv);