diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c b/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c
index 39d85e47422ed..48d3bd3e9fc74 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c
@@ -121,6 +121,19 @@ do {									\
 })
 #endif
 
+static const phy_interface_t phylink_sfp_interface_preference[] = {
+	PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_25GBASER,
+	PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_USXGMII,
+	PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_10GBASER,
+	PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_5GBASER,
+	PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_2500BASEX,
+	PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_SGMII,
+	PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_1000BASEX,
+	PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_100BASEX,
+};
+
+static DECLARE_PHY_INTERFACE_MASK(phylink_sfp_interfaces);
+
 /**
  * phylink_set_port_modes() - set the port type modes in the ethtool mask
  * @mask: ethtool link mode mask
@@ -1764,6 +1777,47 @@ static int phylink_validate_phy(struct phylink *pl, struct phy_device *phy,
 				unsigned long *supported,
 				struct phylink_link_state *state)
 {
+	DECLARE_PHY_INTERFACE_MASK(interfaces);
+
+	/* If the PHY provides a bitmap of the interfaces it will be using
+	 * depending on the negotiated media speeds, use this to validate
+	 * which ethtool link modes can be used.
+	 */
+	if (!phy_interface_empty(phy->possible_interfaces)) {
+		/* We only care about the union of the PHY's interfaces and
+		 * those which the host supports.
+		 */
+		phy_interface_and(interfaces, phy->possible_interfaces,
+				  pl->config->supported_interfaces);
+
+		if (phy_interface_empty(interfaces)) {
+			phylink_err(pl, "PHY has no common interfaces\n");
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+
+		if (phy_on_sfp(phy)) {
+			/* If the PHY is on a SFP, limit the interfaces to
+			 * those that can be used with a SFP module.
+			 */
+			phy_interface_and(interfaces, interfaces,
+					  phylink_sfp_interfaces);
+
+			if (phy_interface_empty(interfaces)) {
+				phylink_err(pl, "SFP PHY's possible interfaces becomes empty\n");
+				return -EINVAL;
+			}
+		}
+
+		phylink_dbg(pl, "PHY %s uses interfaces %*pbl, validating %*pbl\n",
+			    phydev_name(phy),
+			    (int)PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_MAX,
+			    phy->possible_interfaces,
+			    (int)PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_MAX, interfaces);
+
+		return phylink_validate_mask(pl, phy, supported, state,
+					     interfaces);
+	}
+
 	/* Check whether we would use rate matching for the proposed interface
 	 * mode.
 	 */
@@ -3032,19 +3086,6 @@ static void phylink_sfp_detach(void *upstream, struct sfp_bus *bus)
 	pl->netdev->sfp_bus = NULL;
 }
 
-static const phy_interface_t phylink_sfp_interface_preference[] = {
-	PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_25GBASER,
-	PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_USXGMII,
-	PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_10GBASER,
-	PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_5GBASER,
-	PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_2500BASEX,
-	PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_SGMII,
-	PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_1000BASEX,
-	PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_100BASEX,
-};
-
-static DECLARE_PHY_INTERFACE_MASK(phylink_sfp_interfaces);
-
 static phy_interface_t phylink_choose_sfp_interface(struct phylink *pl,
 						    const unsigned long *intf)
 {