diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c b/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c
index 5dc9668dde34fe6b810c48f2bcd63e8609caa74e..8d06a083ac4c5d5879a32a1aa283fba58c816226 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c
@@ -951,6 +951,7 @@ int phylink_ethtool_ksettings_set(struct phylink *pl,
 	mutex_lock(&pl->state_mutex);
 	/* Configure the MAC to match the new settings */
 	linkmode_copy(pl->link_config.advertising, our_kset.link_modes.advertising);
+	pl->link_config.interface = config.interface;
 	pl->link_config.speed = our_kset.base.speed;
 	pl->link_config.duplex = our_kset.base.duplex;
 	pl->link_config.an_enabled = our_kset.base.autoneg != AUTONEG_DISABLE;