diff --git a/drivers/net/fs_enet/fs_enet-main.c b/drivers/net/fs_enet/fs_enet-main.c
index 3e1a57a42f110e3ed1ad2a51cb4a90ae8ae1e23c..c83bd65600883d721f40d54d17a8f7e37ab26480 100644
--- a/drivers/net/fs_enet/fs_enet-main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/fs_enet/fs_enet-main.c
@@ -894,14 +894,21 @@ static void fs_get_regs(struct net_device *dev, struct ethtool_regs *regs,
 static int fs_get_settings(struct net_device *dev, struct ethtool_cmd *cmd)
 {
 	struct fs_enet_private *fep = netdev_priv(dev);
+
+	if (!fep->phydev)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
 	return phy_ethtool_gset(fep->phydev, cmd);
 }
 
 static int fs_set_settings(struct net_device *dev, struct ethtool_cmd *cmd)
 {
 	struct fs_enet_private *fep = netdev_priv(dev);
-	phy_ethtool_sset(fep->phydev, cmd);
-	return 0;
+
+	if (!fep->phydev)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	return phy_ethtool_sset(fep->phydev, cmd);
 }
 
 static int fs_nway_reset(struct net_device *dev)