diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
index 3c6549aee11dee5cf13c92c90c5b4b7a8618f375..a5b869eb46783e338708f93c31f33524116e637f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
@@ -3046,8 +3046,6 @@ int stmmac_suspend(struct net_device *ndev)
 	priv->hw->dma->stop_tx(priv->ioaddr);
 	priv->hw->dma->stop_rx(priv->ioaddr);
 
-	stmmac_clear_descriptors(priv);
-
 	/* Enable Power down mode by programming the PMT regs */
 	if (device_may_wakeup(priv->device)) {
 		priv->hw->mac->pmt(priv->hw, priv->wolopts);
@@ -3105,7 +3103,12 @@ int stmmac_resume(struct net_device *ndev)
 
 	netif_device_attach(ndev);
 
-	init_dma_desc_rings(ndev, GFP_ATOMIC);
+	priv->cur_rx = 0;
+	priv->dirty_rx = 0;
+	priv->dirty_tx = 0;
+	priv->cur_tx = 0;
+	stmmac_clear_descriptors(priv);
+
 	stmmac_hw_setup(ndev, false);
 	stmmac_init_tx_coalesce(priv);
 	stmmac_set_rx_mode(ndev);