diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
index 51889770958d8..9933eb4577d43 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@
 #define      MVNETA_TX_IN_PRGRS                  BIT(1)
 #define      MVNETA_TX_FIFO_EMPTY                BIT(8)
 #define MVNETA_RX_MIN_FRAME_SIZE                 0x247c
+/* Only exists on Armada XP and Armada 370 */
 #define MVNETA_SERDES_CFG			 0x24A0
 #define      MVNETA_SGMII_SERDES_PROTO		 0x0cc7
 #define      MVNETA_QSGMII_SERDES_PROTO		 0x0667
@@ -3514,26 +3515,55 @@ static int mvneta_setup_txqs(struct mvneta_port *pp)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int mvneta_comphy_init(struct mvneta_port *pp)
+static int mvneta_comphy_init(struct mvneta_port *pp, phy_interface_t interface)
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	if (!pp->comphy)
-		return 0;
-
-	ret = phy_set_mode_ext(pp->comphy, PHY_MODE_ETHERNET,
-			       pp->phy_interface);
+	ret = phy_set_mode_ext(pp->comphy, PHY_MODE_ETHERNET, interface);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
 	return phy_power_on(pp->comphy);
 }
 
+static int mvneta_config_interface(struct mvneta_port *pp,
+				   phy_interface_t interface)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	if (pp->comphy) {
+		if (interface == PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_SGMII ||
+		    interface == PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_1000BASEX ||
+		    interface == PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_2500BASEX) {
+			ret = mvneta_comphy_init(pp, interface);
+		}
+	} else {
+		switch (interface) {
+		case PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_QSGMII:
+			mvreg_write(pp, MVNETA_SERDES_CFG,
+				    MVNETA_QSGMII_SERDES_PROTO);
+			break;
+
+		case PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_SGMII:
+		case PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_1000BASEX:
+			mvreg_write(pp, MVNETA_SERDES_CFG,
+				    MVNETA_SGMII_SERDES_PROTO);
+			break;
+		default:
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pp->phy_interface = interface;
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static void mvneta_start_dev(struct mvneta_port *pp)
 {
 	int cpu;
 
-	WARN_ON(mvneta_comphy_init(pp));
+	WARN_ON(mvneta_config_interface(pp, pp->phy_interface));
 
 	mvneta_max_rx_size_set(pp, pp->pkt_size);
 	mvneta_txq_max_tx_size_set(pp, pp->pkt_size);
@@ -3907,14 +3937,10 @@ static void mvneta_mac_config(struct phylink_config *config, unsigned int mode,
 	if (state->speed == SPEED_2500)
 		new_ctrl4 |= MVNETA_GMAC4_SHORT_PREAMBLE_ENABLE;
 
-	if (pp->comphy && pp->phy_interface != state->interface &&
-	    (state->interface == PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_SGMII ||
-	     state->interface == PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_1000BASEX ||
-	     state->interface == PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_2500BASEX)) {
-		pp->phy_interface = state->interface;
-
-		WARN_ON(phy_power_off(pp->comphy));
-		WARN_ON(mvneta_comphy_init(pp));
+	if (pp->phy_interface != state->interface) {
+		if (pp->comphy)
+			WARN_ON(phy_power_off(pp->comphy));
+		WARN_ON(mvneta_config_interface(pp, state->interface));
 	}
 
 	if (new_ctrl0 != gmac_ctrl0)
@@ -4958,20 +4984,10 @@ static void mvneta_conf_mbus_windows(struct mvneta_port *pp,
 }
 
 /* Power up the port */
-static int mvneta_port_power_up(struct mvneta_port *pp, int phy_mode)
+static void mvneta_port_power_up(struct mvneta_port *pp, int phy_mode)
 {
 	/* MAC Cause register should be cleared */
 	mvreg_write(pp, MVNETA_UNIT_INTR_CAUSE, 0);
-
-	if (phy_mode == PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_QSGMII)
-		mvreg_write(pp, MVNETA_SERDES_CFG, MVNETA_QSGMII_SERDES_PROTO);
-	else if (phy_mode == PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_SGMII ||
-		 phy_interface_mode_is_8023z(phy_mode))
-		mvreg_write(pp, MVNETA_SERDES_CFG, MVNETA_SGMII_SERDES_PROTO);
-	else if (!phy_interface_mode_is_rgmii(phy_mode))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	return 0;
 }
 
 /* Device initialization routine */
@@ -5157,11 +5173,7 @@ static int mvneta_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (err < 0)
 		goto err_netdev;
 
-	err = mvneta_port_power_up(pp, phy_mode);
-	if (err < 0) {
-		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "can't power up port\n");
-		goto err_netdev;
-	}
+	mvneta_port_power_up(pp, phy_mode);
 
 	/* Armada3700 network controller does not support per-cpu
 	 * operation, so only single NAPI should be initialized.
@@ -5315,11 +5327,7 @@ static int mvneta_resume(struct device *device)
 		}
 	}
 	mvneta_defaults_set(pp);
-	err = mvneta_port_power_up(pp, pp->phy_interface);
-	if (err < 0) {
-		dev_err(device, "can't power up port\n");
-		return err;
-	}
+	mvneta_port_power_up(pp, pp->phy_interface);
 
 	netif_device_attach(dev);
 
