diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb.h
index c586070193ef06759fe15d846d70187c5d138509..f0d9b7bc8c202b0a9af69dcae9ae9ca358e4b8b2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb.h
@@ -1007,6 +1007,7 @@ struct ravb_hw_info {
 	unsigned gptp:1;		/* AVB-DMAC has gPTP support */
 	unsigned ccc_gac:1;		/* AVB-DMAC has gPTP support active in config mode */
 	unsigned nc_queue:1;		/* AVB-DMAC has NC queue */
+	unsigned magic_pkt:1;		/* E-MAC supports magic packet detection */
 };
 
 struct ravb_private {
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb_main.c
index 4784832bd93c15d07bfc86db7edebfb9df881a3c..6fb11d4cfc57435eb21b24f9e5958a4e1b685d8f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb_main.c
@@ -1436,8 +1436,9 @@ static void ravb_get_wol(struct net_device *ndev, struct ethtool_wolinfo *wol)
 static int ravb_set_wol(struct net_device *ndev, struct ethtool_wolinfo *wol)
 {
 	struct ravb_private *priv = netdev_priv(ndev);
+	const struct ravb_hw_info *info = priv->info;
 
-	if (wol->wolopts & ~WAKE_MAGIC)
+	if (!info->magic_pkt || (wol->wolopts & ~WAKE_MAGIC))
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
 	priv->wol_enabled = !!(wol->wolopts & WAKE_MAGIC);
@@ -2136,6 +2137,7 @@ static const struct ravb_hw_info ravb_gen3_hw_info = {
 	.multi_irqs = 1,
 	.ccc_gac = 1,
 	.nc_queue = 1,
+	.magic_pkt = 1,
 };
 
 static const struct ravb_hw_info ravb_gen2_hw_info = {
@@ -2157,6 +2159,7 @@ static const struct ravb_hw_info ravb_gen2_hw_info = {
 	.aligned_tx = 1,
 	.gptp = 1,
 	.nc_queue = 1,
+	.magic_pkt = 1,
 };
 
 static const struct ravb_hw_info gbeth_hw_info = {