diff --git a/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-mdio.c b/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-mdio.c index f67f950438873..5761a31e2318f 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-mdio.c +++ b/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-mdio.c @@ -152,12 +152,6 @@ int cvm_oct_phy_setup_device(struct net_device *dev) phy_node = of_parse_phandle(priv->of_node, "phy-handle", 0); if (!phy_node && of_phy_is_fixed_link(priv->of_node)) { - int rc; - - rc = of_phy_register_fixed_link(priv->of_node); - if (rc) - return rc; - phy_node = of_node_get(priv->of_node); } if (!phy_node) diff --git a/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet.c b/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet.c index 9b15c9ed844b1..b680e5785ae35 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet.c +++ b/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet.c @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ #include <linux/phy.h> #include <linux/slab.h> #include <linux/interrupt.h> +#include <linux/of_mdio.h> #include <linux/of_net.h> #include <linux/if_ether.h> #include <linux/if_vlan.h> @@ -875,6 +876,14 @@ static int cvm_oct_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) break; } + if (priv->of_node && of_phy_is_fixed_link(priv->of_node)) { + if (of_phy_register_fixed_link(priv->of_node)) { + netdev_err(dev, "Failed to register fixed link for interface %d, port %d\n", + interface, priv->port); + dev->netdev_ops = NULL; + } + } + if (!dev->netdev_ops) { free_netdev(dev); } else if (register_netdev(dev) < 0) {