diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_main.c
index 873f2ebe249edc3a97e40e2d362e320097751ea5..df02c454eccce29b77c899288ef579a5fe2e103d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_main.c
@@ -2366,7 +2366,7 @@ static void qede_init_ndev(struct qede_dev *edev)
 
 	qede_set_ethtool_ops(ndev);
 
-	ndev->priv_flags = IFF_UNICAST_FLT;
+	ndev->priv_flags |= IFF_UNICAST_FLT;
 
 	/* user-changeble features */
 	hw_features = NETIF_F_GRO | NETIF_F_SG |