diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2.h
index d5df813e08c4331ad96f20a057904a2557c7f813..bb466af9434b5cb4f560a4ca088a065292e3e016 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2.h
@@ -148,6 +148,8 @@
 #define MVPP22_CLS_C2_ATTR2			0x1b6c
 #define     MVPP22_CLS_C2_ATTR2_RSS_EN		BIT(30)
 #define MVPP22_CLS_C2_ATTR3			0x1b70
+#define MVPP22_CLS_C2_TCAM_CTRL			0x1b90
+#define     MVPP22_CLS_C2_TCAM_BYPASS_FIFO	BIT(0)
 
 /* Descriptor Manager Top Registers */
 #define MVPP2_RXQ_NUM_REG			0x2040
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2_cls.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2_cls.c
index 9ce73297276e7b4afe1e3cf7b2e70cf1d4b3e8b4..d549e9a29d9a9db8f6f16943c9f66b763e100b1f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2_cls.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2_cls.c
@@ -923,6 +923,12 @@ void mvpp2_cls_init(struct mvpp2 *priv)
 		mvpp2_cls_c2_write(priv, &c2);
 	}
 
+	/* Disable the FIFO stages in C2 engine, which are only used in BIST
+	 * mode
+	 */
+	mvpp2_write(priv, MVPP22_CLS_C2_TCAM_CTRL,
+		    MVPP22_CLS_C2_TCAM_BYPASS_FIFO);
+
 	mvpp2_cls_port_init_flows(priv);
 }