diff --git a/drivers/net/can/m_can/m_can.c b/drivers/net/can/m_can/m_can.c
index a5003435802b..f273d989bdff 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/m_can/m_can.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/m_can/m_can.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <linux/bitfield.h>
 #include <linux/can/dev.h>
 #include <linux/ethtool.h>
+#include <linux/hrtimer.h>
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
 #include <linux/io.h>
 #include <linux/iopoll.h>
@@ -308,6 +309,9 @@ enum m_can_reg {
 #define TX_EVENT_MM_MASK	GENMASK(31, 24)
 #define TX_EVENT_TXTS_MASK	GENMASK(15, 0)
 
+/* Hrtimer polling interval */
+#define HRTIMER_POLL_INTERVAL		1
+
 /* The ID and DLC registers are adjacent in M_CAN FIFO memory,
  * and we can save a (potentially slow) bus round trip by combining
  * reads and writes to them.
@@ -895,7 +899,7 @@ static int m_can_handle_bus_errors(struct net_device *dev, u32 irqstatus,
 			netdev_dbg(dev, "Arbitration phase error detected\n");
 			work_done += m_can_handle_lec_err(dev, lec);
 		}
-		
+
 		if (is_lec_err(dlec)) {
 			netdev_dbg(dev, "Data phase error detected\n");
 			work_done += m_can_handle_lec_err(dev, dlec);
@@ -1414,6 +1418,12 @@ static int m_can_start(struct net_device *dev)
 
 	m_can_enable_all_interrupts(cdev);
 
+	if (cdev->polling) {
+		dev_dbg(cdev->dev, "Start hrtimer\n");
+		hrtimer_start(&cdev->hrtimer, ms_to_ktime(HRTIMER_POLL_INTERVAL),
+			      HRTIMER_MODE_REL_PINNED);
+	}
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1571,6 +1581,11 @@ static void m_can_stop(struct net_device *dev)
 	/* disable all interrupts */
 	m_can_disable_all_interrupts(cdev);
 
+	if (cdev->polling) {
+		dev_dbg(cdev->dev, "Disabling the hrtimer\n");
+		hrtimer_cancel(&cdev->hrtimer);
+	}
+
 	/* Set init mode to disengage from the network */
 	m_can_config_endisable(cdev, true);
 
@@ -1793,6 +1808,18 @@ static netdev_tx_t m_can_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 }
 
+static enum hrtimer_restart hrtimer_callback(struct hrtimer *timer)
+{
+	struct m_can_classdev *cdev = container_of(timer, struct
+						   m_can_classdev, hrtimer);
+
+	m_can_isr(0, cdev->net);
+
+	hrtimer_forward_now(timer, ms_to_ktime(HRTIMER_POLL_INTERVAL));
+
+	return HRTIMER_RESTART;
+}
+
 static int m_can_open(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	struct m_can_classdev *cdev = netdev_priv(dev);
@@ -1831,9 +1858,11 @@ static int m_can_open(struct net_device *dev)
 		err = request_threaded_irq(dev->irq, NULL, m_can_isr,
 					   IRQF_ONESHOT,
 					   dev->name, dev);
-	} else {
+	} else if (!cdev->polling) {
 		err = request_irq(dev->irq, m_can_isr, IRQF_SHARED, dev->name,
 				  dev);
+	} else {
+		cdev->hrtimer.function = &hrtimer_callback;
 	}
 
 	if (err < 0) {
diff --git a/drivers/net/can/m_can/m_can.h b/drivers/net/can/m_can/m_can.h
index a839dc71dc9b..e9db5cce4e68 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/m_can/m_can.h
+++ b/drivers/net/can/m_can/m_can.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/dma-mapping.h>
 #include <linux/freezer.h>
+#include <linux/hrtimer.h>
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
 #include <linux/io.h>
 #include <linux/iopoll.h>
@@ -93,6 +94,9 @@ struct m_can_classdev {
 	int is_peripheral;
 
 	struct mram_cfg mcfg[MRAM_CFG_NUM];
+
+	struct hrtimer hrtimer;
+	bool polling;
 };
 
 struct m_can_classdev *m_can_class_allocate_dev(struct device *dev, int sizeof_priv);
diff --git a/drivers/net/can/m_can/m_can_platform.c b/drivers/net/can/m_can/m_can_platform.c
index 94dc82644113..b639c9e645d3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/m_can/m_can_platform.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/m_can/m_can_platform.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 //
 // Copyright (C) 2018-19 Texas Instruments Incorporated - http://www.ti.com/
 
+#include <linux/hrtimer.h>
 #include <linux/phy/phy.h>
 #include <linux/platform_device.h>
 
@@ -96,12 +97,30 @@ static int m_can_plat_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		goto probe_fail;
 
 	addr = devm_platform_ioremap_resource_byname(pdev, "m_can");
-	irq = platform_get_irq_byname(pdev, "int0");
-	if (IS_ERR(addr) || irq < 0) {
-		ret = -EINVAL;
+	if (IS_ERR(addr)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(addr);
 		goto probe_fail;
 	}
 
+	if (device_property_present(mcan_class->dev, "interrupts") ||
+	    device_property_present(mcan_class->dev, "interrupt-names")) {
+		irq = platform_get_irq_byname(pdev, "int0");
+		mcan_class->polling = false;
+		if (irq == -EPROBE_DEFER) {
+			ret = -EPROBE_DEFER;
+			goto probe_fail;
+		}
+		if (irq < 0) {
+			ret = -ENXIO;
+			goto probe_fail;
+		}
+	} else {
+		mcan_class->polling = true;
+		dev_dbg(mcan_class->dev, "Polling enabled, initialize hrtimer");
+		hrtimer_init(&mcan_class->hrtimer, CLOCK_MONOTONIC,
+			     HRTIMER_MODE_REL_PINNED);
+	}
+
 	/* message ram could be shared */
 	res = platform_get_resource_byname(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, "message_ram");
 	if (!res) {
