diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.c
index 076565463226202da2174e7f3008b7af18a6dd37..fbab7757adfabf01f2e0ca8079d05d853fd46906 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.c
@@ -2686,16 +2686,18 @@ static int bcmgenet_open(struct net_device *dev)
 		goto err_irq0;
 	}
 
-	/* Re-configure the port multiplexer towards the PHY device */
-	bcmgenet_mii_config(priv->dev, false);
-
-	phy_connect_direct(dev, priv->phydev, bcmgenet_mii_setup,
-			   priv->phy_interface);
+	ret = bcmgenet_mii_probe(dev);
+	if (ret) {
+		netdev_err(dev, "failed to connect to PHY\n");
+		goto err_irq1;
+	}
 
 	bcmgenet_netif_start(dev);
 
 	return 0;
 
+err_irq1:
+	free_irq(priv->irq1, priv);
 err_irq0:
 	free_irq(priv->irq0, priv);
 err_fini_dma:
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.h
index 84274de8367091abee25619d7a970ecb9bc68456..e25b5327cc40c8ed0c703e8b4f9b2d9b7e2459da 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.h
@@ -672,6 +672,7 @@ GENET_IO_MACRO(rbuf, GENET_RBUF_OFF);
 /* MDIO routines */
 int bcmgenet_mii_init(struct net_device *dev);
 int bcmgenet_mii_config(struct net_device *dev, bool init);
+int bcmgenet_mii_probe(struct net_device *dev);
 void bcmgenet_mii_exit(struct net_device *dev);
 void bcmgenet_phy_power_set(struct net_device *dev, bool enable);
 void bcmgenet_mii_setup(struct net_device *dev);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmmii.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmmii.c
index 35df947e738c97e40965bd3df3a1fbe13e2d6023..b503897a0da338224a616adebb5c95260ed289a1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmmii.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmmii.c
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ int bcmgenet_mii_config(struct net_device *dev, bool init)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int bcmgenet_mii_probe(struct net_device *dev)
+int bcmgenet_mii_probe(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	struct bcmgenet_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
 	struct device_node *dn = priv->pdev->dev.of_node;
@@ -334,22 +334,6 @@ static int bcmgenet_mii_probe(struct net_device *dev)
 	priv->old_pause = -1;
 
 	if (dn) {
-		if (priv->phydev) {
-			pr_info("PHY already attached\n");
-			return 0;
-		}
-
-		/* In the case of a fixed PHY, the DT node associated
-		 * to the PHY is the Ethernet MAC DT node.
-		 */
-		if (!priv->phy_dn && of_phy_is_fixed_link(dn)) {
-			ret = of_phy_register_fixed_link(dn);
-			if (ret)
-				return ret;
-
-			priv->phy_dn = of_node_get(dn);
-		}
-
 		phydev = of_phy_connect(dev, priv->phy_dn, bcmgenet_mii_setup,
 					phy_flags, priv->phy_interface);
 		if (!phydev) {
@@ -391,9 +375,6 @@ static int bcmgenet_mii_probe(struct net_device *dev)
 	else
 		priv->mii_bus->irq[phydev->addr] = PHY_POLL;
 
-	pr_info("attached PHY at address %d [%s]\n",
-		phydev->addr, phydev->drv->name);
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -504,6 +485,17 @@ static int bcmgenet_mii_of_init(struct bcmgenet_priv *priv)
 	/* Fetch the PHY phandle */
 	priv->phy_dn = of_parse_phandle(dn, "phy-handle", 0);
 
+	/* In the case of a fixed PHY, the DT node associated
+	 * to the PHY is the Ethernet MAC DT node.
+	 */
+	if (!priv->phy_dn && of_phy_is_fixed_link(dn)) {
+		ret = of_phy_register_fixed_link(dn);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+
+		priv->phy_dn = of_node_get(dn);
+	}
+
 	/* Get the link mode */
 	phy_mode = of_get_phy_mode(dn);
 	priv->phy_interface = phy_mode;
@@ -622,10 +614,6 @@ int bcmgenet_mii_init(struct net_device *dev)
 		return ret;
 
 	ret = bcmgenet_mii_bus_init(priv);
-	if (ret)
-		goto out_free;
-
-	ret = bcmgenet_mii_probe(dev);
 	if (ret)
 		goto out;
 
@@ -634,7 +622,6 @@ int bcmgenet_mii_init(struct net_device *dev)
 out:
 	of_node_put(priv->phy_dn);
 	mdiobus_unregister(priv->mii_bus);
-out_free:
 	kfree(priv->mii_bus->irq);
 	mdiobus_free(priv->mii_bus);
 	return ret;