diff --git a/drivers/net/via-velocity.c b/drivers/net/via-velocity.c
index 3a486f3bad3ddd6477c0fa15102e47c668ea3566..bc278d4ee89debb359c4d70ef21e06bfd7479ae3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/via-velocity.c
+++ b/drivers/net/via-velocity.c
@@ -812,7 +812,7 @@ static void set_mii_flow_control(struct velocity_info *vptr)
 
 	case FLOW_CNTL_TX_RX:
 		MII_REG_BITS_ON(ANAR_PAUSE, MII_REG_ANAR, vptr->mac_regs);
-		MII_REG_BITS_ON(ANAR_ASMDIR, MII_REG_ANAR, vptr->mac_regs);
+		MII_REG_BITS_OFF(ANAR_ASMDIR, MII_REG_ANAR, vptr->mac_regs);
 		break;
 
 	case FLOW_CNTL_DISABLE: