diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/mt7530.c b/drivers/net/dsa/mt7530.c
index 1ae11b180d54..678b51f9cea6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dsa/mt7530.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dsa/mt7530.c
@@ -2192,6 +2192,12 @@ mt7530_setup(struct dsa_switch *ds)
 		}
 	}
 
+	/* Disable LEDs before reset to prevent the MT7530 sampling a
+	 * potentially incorrect HT_XTAL_FSEL value.
+	 */
+	mt7530_write(priv, MT7530_LED_EN, 0);
+	usleep_range(1000, 1100);
+
 	/* Reset whole chip through gpio pin or memory-mapped registers for
 	 * different type of hardware
 	 */