diff --git a/drivers/net/stmmac/stmmac_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/stmmac/stmmac_ethtool.c
index 9c05cf07a432ebf494f989f3f1a78dda534bf6b5..ae5213a8c4cde03d775891aa32ac8ef0c91467cc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/stmmac/stmmac_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/stmmac/stmmac_ethtool.c
@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@ stmmac_set_pauseparam(struct net_device *netdev,
 		new_pause |= FLOW_TX;
 
 	priv->flow_ctrl = new_pause;
+	phy->autoneg = pause->autoneg;
 
 	if (phy->autoneg) {
 		if (netif_running(netdev))