diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/lan966x/lan966x_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/lan966x/lan966x_main.c
index 2b6e046e1d10..ee2698698d71 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/lan966x/lan966x_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/lan966x/lan966x_main.c
@@ -1039,6 +1039,16 @@ static int lan966x_reset_switch(struct lan966x *lan966x)
 
 	reset_control_reset(switch_reset);
 
+	/* Don't reinitialize the switch core, if it is already initialized. In
+	 * case it is initialized twice, some pointers inside the queue system
+	 * in HW will get corrupted and then after a while the queue system gets
+	 * full and no traffic is passing through the switch. The issue is seen
+	 * when loading and unloading the driver and sending traffic through the
+	 * switch.
+	 */
+	if (lan_rd(lan966x, SYS_RESET_CFG) & SYS_RESET_CFG_CORE_ENA)
+		return 0;
+
 	lan_wr(SYS_RESET_CFG_CORE_ENA_SET(0), lan966x, SYS_RESET_CFG);
 	lan_wr(SYS_RAM_INIT_RAM_INIT_SET(1), lan966x, SYS_RAM_INIT);
 	ret = readx_poll_timeout(lan966x_ram_init, lan966x,