diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_emaclite.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_emaclite.c
index 37989ce543ba5..06eb6c8863882 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_emaclite.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_emaclite.c
@@ -1191,7 +1191,7 @@ static int xemaclite_of_remove(struct platform_device *of_dev)
 	struct net_local *lp = netdev_priv(ndev);
 
 	/* Un-register the mii_bus, if configured */
-	if (lp->has_mdio) {
+	if (lp->mii_bus) {
 		mdiobus_unregister(lp->mii_bus);
 		mdiobus_free(lp->mii_bus);
 		lp->mii_bus = NULL;