To improve the stability of GaAs metal-semiconductor-metal photodetectors (MSM-PDs), we directly grow the oxide of semiconductor between the interdigital electrodes of MSM-PDs for a passivation layer using the photoelectronchemical oxidation method. The dark currents of passivated MSMI (with a In0.5(Al0.66 Ga0.34)0.5P capping layer) and MSM2 (without a capping layer) were lower than for unpassivated devices, for all applied voltages. The breakdown voltage of the oxide passivated MSM1 was 52.55 V and the unpassivated MSMI was 42.5V. It can also reduce the surface states to improve the rejection ratio of MSM-PDs.