diff --git a/drivers/net/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
index 34a0af3837f9ca6b189816f26d03293da6ffddfb..0e5f03135b50abd053712ca6ddaf1e14df76a241 100644
--- a/drivers/net/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
@@ -1560,8 +1560,10 @@ static int stmmac_mac_device_setup(struct net_device *dev)
 
 	priv->hw = device;
 
-	if (device_can_wakeup(priv->device))
+	if (device_can_wakeup(priv->device)) {
 		priv->wolopts = WAKE_MAGIC; /* Magic Frame as default */
+		enable_irq_wake(dev->irq);
+	}
 
 	return 0;
 }