diff --cc drivers/net/ethernet/spacemit/k1_emac.c
index c85dc742c404,88e9424d2d51..23b6f1531e0c
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/spacemit/k1_emac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/spacemit/k1_emac.c
@@@ -1531,6 -1648,14 +1545,12 @@@ static void emac_adjust_link(struct net
  		}
  
  		emac_wr(priv, MAC_GLOBAL_CONTROL, ctrl);
+ 
 -		emac_set_fc_autoneg(priv);
 -
+ 		/*
+ 		 * Reschedule stats updates now that link is up. See comments in
+ 		 * emac_stats_update().
+ 		 */
+ 		mod_timer(&priv->stats_timer, jiffies);
  	}
  
  	phy_print_status(phydev);