diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-eth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-eth.c
index 32677521504c0..fe4caf7aad7ca 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-eth.c
@@ -1700,22 +1700,11 @@ static int dpaa2_eth_open(struct net_device *net_dev)
 		goto enable_err;
 	}
 
-	if (!priv->mac) {
-		/* If the DPMAC object has already processed the link up
-		 * interrupt, we have to learn the link state ourselves.
-		 */
-		err = dpaa2_eth_link_state_update(priv);
-		if (err < 0) {
-			netdev_err(net_dev, "Can't update link state\n");
-			goto link_state_err;
-		}
-	} else {
+	if (priv->mac)
 		phylink_start(priv->mac->phylink);
-	}
 
 	return 0;
 
-link_state_err:
 enable_err:
 	dpaa2_eth_disable_ch_napi(priv);
 	dpaa2_eth_drain_pool(priv);
@@ -3465,6 +3454,12 @@ static int dpaa2_eth_config_hash_key(struct dpaa2_eth_priv *priv, dma_addr_t key
 			dev_err(dev, "dpni_set_rx_hash_dist failed\n");
 			break;
 		}
+
+		/* If the flow steering / hashing key is shared between all
+		 * traffic classes, install it just once
+		 */
+		if (priv->dpni_attrs.options & DPNI_OPT_SHARED_FS)
+			break;
 	}
 
 	return err;
@@ -3491,6 +3486,12 @@ static int dpaa2_eth_config_cls_key(struct dpaa2_eth_priv *priv, dma_addr_t key)
 			dev_err(dev, "dpni_set_rx_fs_dist failed\n");
 			break;
 		}
+
+		/* If the flow steering / hashing key is shared between all
+		 * traffic classes, install it just once
+		 */
+		if (priv->dpni_attrs.options & DPNI_OPT_SHARED_FS)
+			break;
 	}
 
 	return err;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-ethtool.c
index 11e0c047dbd2e..f981a523e13a4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-ethtool.c
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ static int dpaa2_eth_do_cls_rule(struct net_device *net_dev,
 			err = dpni_remove_fs_entry(priv->mc_io, 0,
 						   priv->mc_token, i,
 						   &rule_cfg);
-		if (err)
+		if (err || priv->dpni_attrs.options & DPNI_OPT_SHARED_FS)
 			break;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-mac.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-mac.c
index 6ff64dd1cf274..cdd1acd0117eb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-mac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-mac.c
@@ -267,8 +267,7 @@ static int dpaa2_pcs_create(struct dpaa2_mac *mac,
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	if (!of_device_is_available(node) ||
-	    !of_device_is_available(node->parent)) {
+	if (!of_device_is_available(node)) {
 		netdev_err(mac->net_dev, "pcs-handle node not available\n");
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpni.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpni.h
index 74456a37a9971..e7b9e195b534b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpni.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpni.h
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ struct fsl_mc_io;
  * Disables the flow steering table.
  */
 #define DPNI_OPT_NO_FS				0x000020
+/**
+ * Flow steering table is shared between all traffic classes
+ */
+#define DPNI_OPT_SHARED_FS			0x001000
 
 int dpni_open(struct fsl_mc_io	*mc_io,
 	      u32		cmd_flags,