diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/common.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/common.h
index c54a56b732b3..619e3c0760d6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/common.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/common.h
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #define DWMAC_CORE_4_10		0x41
 #define DWMAC_CORE_5_00		0x50
 #define DWMAC_CORE_5_10		0x51
+#define DWMAC_CORE_5_20		0x52
 #define DWXGMAC_CORE_2_10	0x21
 #define DWXLGMAC_CORE_2_00	0x20
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac4_dma.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac4_dma.c
index cb17f6c35e54..a602d16b9e53 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac4_dma.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac4_dma.c
@@ -162,12 +162,18 @@ static void dwmac4_dma_init(void __iomem *ioaddr,
 
 	writel(value, ioaddr + DMA_SYS_BUS_MODE);
 
+	value = readl(ioaddr + DMA_BUS_MODE);
+
 	if (dma_cfg->multi_msi_en) {
-		value = readl(ioaddr + DMA_BUS_MODE);
 		value &= ~DMA_BUS_MODE_INTM_MASK;
 		value |= (DMA_BUS_MODE_INTM_MODE1 << DMA_BUS_MODE_INTM_SHIFT);
-		writel(value, ioaddr + DMA_BUS_MODE);
 	}
+
+	if (dma_cfg->dche)
+		value |= DMA_BUS_MODE_DCHE;
+
+	writel(value, ioaddr + DMA_BUS_MODE);
+
 }
 
 static void _dwmac4_dump_dma_regs(void __iomem *ioaddr, u32 channel,
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac4_dma.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac4_dma.h
index 05481eb13ba6..9321879b599c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac4_dma.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac4_dma.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #define DMA_TBS_CTRL			0x00001050
 
 /* DMA Bus Mode bitmap */
+#define DMA_BUS_MODE_DCHE		BIT(19)
 #define DMA_BUS_MODE_INTM_MASK		GENMASK(17, 16)
 #define DMA_BUS_MODE_INTM_SHIFT		16
 #define DMA_BUS_MODE_INTM_MODE1		0x1
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
index d1ca07c846e6..372090e8ee6f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
@@ -6849,6 +6849,11 @@ int stmmac_dvr_probe(struct device *device,
 	if (ret)
 		goto error_hw_init;
 
+	/* Only DWMAC core version 5.20 onwards supports HW descriptor prefetch.
+	 */
+	if (priv->synopsys_id < DWMAC_CORE_5_20)
+		priv->plat->dma_cfg->dche = false;
+
 	stmmac_check_ether_addr(priv);
 
 	ndev->netdev_ops = &stmmac_netdev_ops;
diff --git a/include/linux/stmmac.h b/include/linux/stmmac.h
index 97edb31d6310..0db36360ef21 100644
--- a/include/linux/stmmac.h
+++ b/include/linux/stmmac.h
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ struct stmmac_dma_cfg {
 	bool aal;
 	bool eame;
 	bool multi_msi_en;
+	bool dche;
 };
 
 #define AXI_BLEN	7