diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c
index 0da2214ef1b9e895903612809b21ed070cf32fa3..9d289d33f66dc0c92bacb0cb0dec55be020ac623 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c
@@ -3030,6 +3030,19 @@ static bool tg3_phy_power_bug(struct tg3 *tp)
 	return false;
 }
 
+static bool tg3_phy_led_bug(struct tg3 *tp)
+{
+	switch (tg3_asic_rev(tp)) {
+	case ASIC_REV_5719:
+		if ((tp->phy_flags & TG3_PHYFLG_MII_SERDES) &&
+		    !tp->pci_fn)
+			return true;
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	return false;
+}
+
 static void tg3_power_down_phy(struct tg3 *tp, bool do_low_power)
 {
 	u32 val;
@@ -3077,8 +3090,9 @@ static void tg3_power_down_phy(struct tg3 *tp, bool do_low_power)
 		}
 		return;
 	} else if (do_low_power) {
-		tg3_writephy(tp, MII_TG3_EXT_CTRL,
-			     MII_TG3_EXT_CTRL_FORCE_LED_OFF);
+		if (!tg3_phy_led_bug(tp))
+			tg3_writephy(tp, MII_TG3_EXT_CTRL,
+				     MII_TG3_EXT_CTRL_FORCE_LED_OFF);
 
 		val = MII_TG3_AUXCTL_PCTL_100TX_LPWR |
 		      MII_TG3_AUXCTL_PCTL_SPR_ISOLATE |