diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.c
index 176d7fcfd4243..4468fa72e4950 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.c
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@
 
 /* Forward declarations */
 static void bcmgenet_set_rx_mode(struct net_device *dev);
+static bool skip_umac_reset = true;
+module_param(skip_umac_reset, bool, 0444);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(skip_umac_reset, "Skip UMAC reset step");
 
 static inline void bcmgenet_writel(u32 value, void __iomem *offset)
 {
@@ -2493,6 +2496,11 @@ static void reset_umac(struct bcmgenet_priv *priv)
 	bcmgenet_rbuf_ctrl_set(priv, 0);
 	udelay(10);
 
+	if (skip_umac_reset) {
+		pr_warn("Skipping UMAC reset\n");
+		return;
+	}
+
 	/* issue soft reset and disable MAC while updating its registers */
 	spin_lock_bh(&priv->reg_lock);
 	bcmgenet_umac_writel(priv, CMD_SW_RESET, UMAC_CMD);