diff --git a/drivers/net/mv643xx_eth.c b/drivers/net/mv643xx_eth.c
index 13f11f402a9948b77878b108dca8ae36ecace50a..b0bc3bc18e9cdffc808a9957e964f4c81e530954 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mv643xx_eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mv643xx_eth.c
@@ -2029,11 +2029,6 @@ static void port_start(struct mv643xx_eth_private *mp)
 		txq_set_fixed_prio_mode(txq);
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * Add configured unicast address to address filter table.
-	 */
-	mv643xx_eth_program_unicast_filter(mp->dev);
-
 	/*
 	 * Receive all unmatched unicast, TCP, UDP, BPDU and broadcast
 	 * frames to RX queue #0, and include the pseudo-header when
@@ -2046,6 +2041,11 @@ static void port_start(struct mv643xx_eth_private *mp)
 	 */
 	wrlp(mp, PORT_CONFIG_EXT, 0x00000000);
 
+	/*
+	 * Add configured unicast addresses to address filter table.
+	 */
+	mv643xx_eth_program_unicast_filter(mp->dev);
+
 	/*
 	 * Enable the receive queues.
 	 */