diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.c
index 64619e9a704d..6ca57875b6d6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.c
@@ -2800,14 +2800,34 @@ static int airoha_qdma_set_trtcm_param(struct airoha_qdma *qdma, int channel,
 		     FIELD_PREP(TRTCM_METER_GROUP_MASK, group) |
 		     FIELD_PREP(TRTCM_PARAM_INDEX_MASK, idx) |
 		     FIELD_PREP(TRTCM_PARAM_RATE_TYPE_MASK, mode);
+	int i;
 
-	airoha_qdma_wr(qdma, REG_TRTCM_DATA_LOW(addr), val);
-	airoha_qdma_wr(qdma, REG_TRTCM_CFG_PARAM(addr), config);
+	/*
+	 * HW might be in the middle of bucket handling and might
+	 * require an additional try to actually apply the new TRTCM
+	 * config.
+	 */
+	for (i = 0; i < TRTCM_CONFIG_RETRY_MAX; i++) {
+		u32 data = 0;
 
-	return read_poll_timeout(airoha_qdma_rr, val,
-				 val & TRTCM_PARAM_RW_DONE_MASK,
-				 USEC_PER_MSEC, 10 * USEC_PER_MSEC, true,
-				 qdma, REG_TRTCM_CFG_PARAM(addr));
+		airoha_qdma_wr(qdma, REG_TRTCM_DATA_LOW(addr), val);
+		airoha_qdma_wr(qdma, REG_TRTCM_CFG_PARAM(addr), config);
+
+		if (read_poll_timeout(airoha_qdma_rr, data,
+				      data & TRTCM_PARAM_RW_DONE_MASK,
+				      USEC_PER_MSEC, 10 * USEC_PER_MSEC,
+				      true, qdma, REG_TRTCM_CFG_PARAM(addr)))
+			continue;
+
+		if (airoha_qdma_get_trtcm_param(qdma, channel, addr, param,
+						mode, &data, NULL))
+			continue;
+
+		if (data == val)
+			return 0;
+	}
+
+	return -EBUSY;
 }
 
 static int airoha_qdma_set_trtcm_config(struct airoha_qdma *qdma, int channel,
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.h
index 8277c1c87bb3..338fde03a149 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_eth.h
@@ -171,6 +171,8 @@ enum trtcm_param {
 #define TRTCM_TOKEN_RATE_MASK			GENMASK(23, 6)
 #define TRTCM_TOKEN_RATE_FRACTION_MASK		GENMASK(5, 0)
 
+#define TRTCM_CONFIG_RETRY_MAX			2
+
 enum airoha_dma_map_type {
 	AIROHA_DMA_UNMAPPED,
 	AIROHA_DMA_MAP_SINGLE,