diff --git a/drivers/net/sky2.c b/drivers/net/sky2.c
index 6197afb..a74fc11 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sky2.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sky2.c
@@ -822,8 +822,13 @@
 
 	sky2_write32(hw, SK_REG(port, RX_GMF_CTRL_T), rx_reg);
 
-	/* Flush Rx MAC FIFO on any flow control or error */
-	sky2_write16(hw, SK_REG(port, RX_GMF_FL_MSK), GMR_FS_ANY_ERR);
+	if (hw->chip_id == CHIP_ID_YUKON_XL) {
+		/* Hardware errata - clear flush mask */
+		sky2_write16(hw, SK_REG(port, RX_GMF_FL_MSK), 0);
+	} else {
+		/* Flush Rx MAC FIFO on any flow control or error */
+		sky2_write16(hw, SK_REG(port, RX_GMF_FL_MSK), GMR_FS_ANY_ERR);
+	}
 
 	/* Set threshold to 0xa (64 bytes) + 1 to workaround pause bug  */
 	reg = RX_GMF_FL_THR_DEF + 1;