diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fman/mac.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fman/mac.c
index 5d6159c0e1f0..248108b15cb0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fman/mac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fman/mac.c
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ struct mac_priv_s {
 	/* List of multicast addresses */
 	struct list_head		mc_addr_list;
 	struct platform_device		*eth_dev;
-	struct fixed_phy_status		*fixed_link;
 	u16				speed;
 	u16				max_speed;
 };
@@ -399,6 +398,7 @@ static int memac_initialization(struct mac_device *mac_dev,
 	int			 err;
 	struct mac_priv_s	*priv;
 	struct fman_mac_params	 params;
+	struct fixed_phy_status *fixed_link;
 
 	priv = mac_dev->priv;
 	mac_dev->set_promisc		= memac_set_promiscuous;
@@ -437,21 +437,52 @@ static int memac_initialization(struct mac_device *mac_dev,
 	if (err < 0)
 		goto _return_fm_mac_free;
 
-	err = memac_cfg_fixed_link(mac_dev->fman_mac, priv->fixed_link);
-	if (err < 0)
-		goto _return_fm_mac_free;
+	if (!mac_dev->phy_node && of_phy_is_fixed_link(mac_node)) {
+		struct phy_device *phy;
+
+		err = of_phy_register_fixed_link(mac_node);
+		if (err)
+			goto _return_fm_mac_free;
+
+		fixed_link = kzalloc(sizeof(*fixed_link), GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!fixed_link) {
+			err = -ENOMEM;
+			goto _return_fm_mac_free;
+		}
+
+		mac_dev->phy_node = of_node_get(mac_node);
+		phy = of_phy_find_device(mac_dev->phy_node);
+		if (!phy) {
+			err = -EINVAL;
+			of_node_put(mac_dev->phy_node);
+			goto _return_fixed_link_free;
+		}
+
+		fixed_link->link = phy->link;
+		fixed_link->speed = phy->speed;
+		fixed_link->duplex = phy->duplex;
+		fixed_link->pause = phy->pause;
+		fixed_link->asym_pause = phy->asym_pause;
+
+		put_device(&phy->mdio.dev);
+
+		err = memac_cfg_fixed_link(mac_dev->fman_mac, fixed_link);
+		if (err < 0)
+			goto _return_fixed_link_free;
+	}
 
 	err = memac_init(mac_dev->fman_mac);
 	if (err < 0)
-		goto _return_fm_mac_free;
+		goto _return_fixed_link_free;
 
 	dev_info(mac_dev->dev, "FMan MEMAC\n");
 
 	goto _return;
 
+_return_fixed_link_free:
+	kfree(fixed_link);
 _return_fm_mac_free:
 	memac_free(mac_dev->fman_mac);
-
 _return:
 	return err;
 }
@@ -578,7 +609,7 @@ static int mac_probe(struct platform_device *_of_dev)
 		dev_err(dev, "of_get_parent(%pOF) failed\n",
 			mac_node);
 		err = -EINVAL;
-		goto _return_of_get_parent;
+		goto _return_of_node_put;
 	}
 
 	of_dev = of_find_device_by_node(dev_node);
@@ -612,7 +643,7 @@ static int mac_probe(struct platform_device *_of_dev)
 	if (err < 0) {
 		dev_err(dev, "of_address_to_resource(%pOF) = %d\n",
 			mac_node, err);
-		goto _return_of_get_parent;
+		goto _return_of_node_put;
 	}
 
 	mac_dev->res = __devm_request_region(dev,
@@ -622,7 +653,7 @@ static int mac_probe(struct platform_device *_of_dev)
 	if (!mac_dev->res) {
 		dev_err(dev, "__devm_request_mem_region(mac) failed\n");
 		err = -EBUSY;
-		goto _return_of_get_parent;
+		goto _return_of_node_put;
 	}
 
 	priv->vaddr = devm_ioremap(dev, mac_dev->res->start,
@@ -630,12 +661,12 @@ static int mac_probe(struct platform_device *_of_dev)
 	if (!priv->vaddr) {
 		dev_err(dev, "devm_ioremap() failed\n");
 		err = -EIO;
-		goto _return_of_get_parent;
+		goto _return_of_node_put;
 	}
 
 	if (!of_device_is_available(mac_node)) {
 		err = -ENODEV;
-		goto _return_of_get_parent;
+		goto _return_of_node_put;
 	}
 
 	/* Get the cell-index */
@@ -643,7 +674,7 @@ static int mac_probe(struct platform_device *_of_dev)
 	if (err) {
 		dev_err(dev, "failed to read cell-index for %pOF\n", mac_node);
 		err = -EINVAL;
-		goto _return_of_get_parent;
+		goto _return_of_node_put;
 	}
 	priv->cell_index = (u8)val;
 
@@ -658,14 +689,14 @@ static int mac_probe(struct platform_device *_of_dev)
 		dev_err(dev, "of_count_phandle_with_args(%pOF, fsl,fman-ports) failed\n",
 			mac_node);
 		err = nph;
-		goto _return_of_get_parent;
+		goto _return_of_node_put;
 	}
 
 	if (nph != ARRAY_SIZE(mac_dev->port)) {
 		dev_err(dev, "Not supported number of fman-ports handles of mac node %pOF from device tree\n",
 			mac_node);
 		err = -EINVAL;
-		goto _return_of_get_parent;
+		goto _return_of_node_put;
 	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(mac_dev->port); i++) {
@@ -724,42 +755,12 @@ static int mac_probe(struct platform_device *_of_dev)
 
 	/* Get the rest of the PHY information */
 	mac_dev->phy_node = of_parse_phandle(mac_node, "phy-handle", 0);
-	if (!mac_dev->phy_node && of_phy_is_fixed_link(mac_node)) {
-		struct phy_device *phy;
-
-		err = of_phy_register_fixed_link(mac_node);
-		if (err)
-			goto _return_of_get_parent;
-
-		priv->fixed_link = kzalloc(sizeof(*priv->fixed_link),
-					   GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!priv->fixed_link) {
-			err = -ENOMEM;
-			goto _return_of_get_parent;
-		}
-
-		mac_dev->phy_node = of_node_get(mac_node);
-		phy = of_phy_find_device(mac_dev->phy_node);
-		if (!phy) {
-			err = -EINVAL;
-			of_node_put(mac_dev->phy_node);
-			goto _return_of_get_parent;
-		}
-
-		priv->fixed_link->link = phy->link;
-		priv->fixed_link->speed = phy->speed;
-		priv->fixed_link->duplex = phy->duplex;
-		priv->fixed_link->pause = phy->pause;
-		priv->fixed_link->asym_pause = phy->asym_pause;
-
-		put_device(&phy->mdio.dev);
-	}
 
 	err = init(mac_dev, mac_node);
 	if (err < 0) {
 		dev_err(dev, "mac_dev->init() = %d\n", err);
 		of_node_put(mac_dev->phy_node);
-		goto _return_of_get_parent;
+		goto _return_of_node_put;
 	}
 
 	/* pause frame autonegotiation enabled */
@@ -790,8 +791,6 @@ static int mac_probe(struct platform_device *_of_dev)
 
 _return_of_node_put:
 	of_node_put(dev_node);
-_return_of_get_parent:
-	kfree(priv->fixed_link);
 _return:
 	return err;
 }
