diff --git a/config.local/arm64/config.sonic-aspeed b/config.local/arm64/config.sonic-aspeed
index de4a42486..4fd978a20 100644
--- a/config.local/arm64/config.sonic-aspeed
+++ b/config.local/arm64/config.sonic-aspeed
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 CONFIG_ARCH_ASPEED=y
 CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_FARADAY=y
 CONFIG_NET_NCSI=y
+CONFIG_NCSI_OEM_CMD_KEEP_PHY=y
 CONFIG_FTGMAC100=y
 CONFIG_UNICODE=y
 CONFIG_BLOCK=y