diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/apm/xgene/xgene_enet_hw.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/apm/xgene/xgene_enet_hw.c
index 321fb197621e29c1ed01693f79035f2f26b50460..da413c8d3e1907997a94d39cf2ba806a6d7e2071 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/apm/xgene/xgene_enet_hw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/apm/xgene/xgene_enet_hw.c
@@ -761,10 +761,6 @@ int xgene_enet_phy_connect(struct net_device *ndev)
 	if (dev->of_node) {
 		for (i = 0 ; i < 2; i++) {
 			np = of_parse_phandle(dev->of_node, "phy-handle", i);
-
-			if (!np)
-				continue;
-
 			phy_dev = of_phy_connect(ndev, np,
 						 &xgene_enet_adjust_link,
 						 0, pdata->phy_mode);