diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
index 8adfbad0a1e8f..b93b40cda54ab 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
@@ -1143,10 +1143,6 @@ int phy_init_hw(struct phy_device *phydev)
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
-	ret = phy_disable_interrupts(phydev);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-
 	if (phydev->drv->config_init)
 		ret = phydev->drv->config_init(phydev);
 
@@ -1423,6 +1419,10 @@ int phy_attach_direct(struct net_device *dev, struct phy_device *phydev,
 	if (err)
 		goto error;
 
+	err = phy_disable_interrupts(phydev);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
 	phy_resume(phydev);
 	phy_led_triggers_register(phydev);