diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/am65-cpsw-nuss.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/am65-cpsw-nuss.c
index 2939a21ca74f..1d00e21808c1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/am65-cpsw-nuss.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/am65-cpsw-nuss.c
@@ -2793,6 +2793,8 @@ static void am65_cpsw_unregister_devlink(struct am65_cpsw_common *common)
 
 static int am65_cpsw_nuss_register_ndevs(struct am65_cpsw_common *common)
 {
+	struct am65_cpsw_rx_chn *rx_chan = &common->rx_chns;
+	struct am65_cpsw_tx_chn *tx_chan = common->tx_chns;
 	struct device *dev = common->dev;
 	struct am65_cpsw_port *port;
 	int ret = 0, i;
@@ -2805,6 +2807,22 @@ static int am65_cpsw_nuss_register_ndevs(struct am65_cpsw_common *common)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
+	/* The DMA Channels are not guaranteed to be in a clean state.
+	 * Reset and disable them to ensure that they are back to the
+	 * clean state and ready to be used.
+	 */
+	for (i = 0; i < common->tx_ch_num; i++) {
+		k3_udma_glue_reset_tx_chn(tx_chan[i].tx_chn, &tx_chan[i],
+					  am65_cpsw_nuss_tx_cleanup);
+		k3_udma_glue_disable_tx_chn(tx_chan[i].tx_chn);
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; i < AM65_CPSW_MAX_RX_FLOWS; i++)
+		k3_udma_glue_reset_rx_chn(rx_chan->rx_chn, i, rx_chan,
+					  am65_cpsw_nuss_rx_cleanup, !!i);
+
+	k3_udma_glue_disable_rx_chn(rx_chan->rx_chn);
+
 	ret = am65_cpsw_nuss_register_devlink(common);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;