diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/mv88e6xxx/chip.c b/drivers/net/dsa/mv88e6xxx/chip.c
index bd297ae7cf9e7..72340c17f0996 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dsa/mv88e6xxx/chip.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dsa/mv88e6xxx/chip.c
@@ -2851,6 +2851,7 @@ static int mv88e6xxx_setup(struct dsa_switch *ds)
 
 	chip->ds = ds;
 	ds->slave_mii_bus = mv88e6xxx_default_mdio_bus(chip);
+	ds->configure_vlan_while_not_filtering = true;
 
 	mv88e6xxx_reg_lock(chip);