diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/bcm_sf2.c b/drivers/net/dsa/bcm_sf2.c
index e43040c9f9ee7f..3e8635311d0de1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dsa/bcm_sf2.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dsa/bcm_sf2.c
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ static void bcm_sf2_imp_setup(struct dsa_switch *ds, int port)
 
 		/* Force link status for IMP port */
 		reg = core_readl(priv, offset);
-		reg |= (MII_SW_OR | LINK_STS);
+		reg |= (MII_SW_OR | LINK_STS | GMII_SPEED_UP_2G);
 		core_writel(priv, reg, offset);
 
 		/* Enable Broadcast, Multicast, Unicast forwarding to IMP port */