diff --git a/devices/stmmac/stmmac_main-6.1-ethercat.c b/devices/stmmac/stmmac_main-6.1-ethercat.c
index 01851fd9..a20f48e2 100644
--- a/devices/stmmac/stmmac_main-6.1-ethercat.c
+++ b/devices/stmmac/stmmac_main-6.1-ethercat.c
@@ -3983,8 +3983,10 @@ static int stmmac_release(struct net_device *dev)
 
 	stmmac_disable_all_queues(priv);
 
-	for (chan = 0; chan < priv->plat->tx_queues_to_use; chan++)
-		hrtimer_cancel(&priv->dma_conf.tx_queue[chan].txtimer);
+	if (!get_ecdev(priv)) {
+		for (chan = 0; chan < priv->plat->tx_queues_to_use; chan++)
+			hrtimer_cancel(&priv->dma_conf.tx_queue[chan].txtimer);
+	}
 
 	netif_tx_disable(dev);