diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
index 5068c582d502c6944a01a2ee87062d7ffb409034..d0626bf5c540911b0d15bdbab1b960145b6d124c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
@@ -749,9 +749,6 @@ void phy_stop_machine(struct phy_device *phydev)
 	if (phydev->state > PHY_UP && phydev->state != PHY_HALTED)
 		phydev->state = PHY_UP;
 	mutex_unlock(&phydev->lock);
-
-	/* Now we can run the state machine synchronously */
-	phy_state_machine(&phydev->state_queue.work);
 }
 
 /**