diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
index e09851c7da9b816b68d954bb77919cd09e93691b..835ac178bc8c06356f4efae00eec19008d784d93 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
@@ -4855,8 +4855,6 @@ int stmmac_resume(struct device *dev)
 			stmmac_mdio_reset(priv->mii);
 	}
 
-	netif_device_attach(ndev);
-
 	mutex_lock(&priv->lock);
 
 	stmmac_reset_queues_param(priv);
@@ -4880,6 +4878,8 @@ int stmmac_resume(struct device *dev)
 
 	phylink_mac_change(priv->phylink, true);
 
+	netif_device_attach(ndev);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(stmmac_resume);