diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec.h
index 9ce5b7185fda196f521d439a143b3021b56ff5c3..b11cdbcc04ff5d6d518b9b5dc735d99626022554 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec.h
@@ -272,6 +272,7 @@ struct fec_enet_private {
 	int hwts_tx_en;
 	struct timer_list time_keep;
 	struct fec_enet_delayed_work delay_work;
+	struct regulator *reg_phy;
 };
 
 void fec_ptp_init(struct net_device *ndev, struct platform_device *pdev);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c
index 0936b26b5e1ec36f169a23cef86b79bfd23a15e2..57ac7c3453d628d39f52389a400b486849f55818 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c
@@ -1840,7 +1840,6 @@ fec_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct resource *r;
 	const struct of_device_id *of_id;
 	static int dev_id;
-	struct regulator *reg_phy;
 
 	of_id = of_match_device(fec_dt_ids, &pdev->dev);
 	if (of_id)
@@ -1919,9 +1918,9 @@ fec_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	clk_prepare_enable(fep->clk_enet_out);
 	clk_prepare_enable(fep->clk_ptp);
 
-	reg_phy = devm_regulator_get(&pdev->dev, "phy");
-	if (!IS_ERR(reg_phy)) {
-		ret = regulator_enable(reg_phy);
+	fep->reg_phy = devm_regulator_get(&pdev->dev, "phy");
+	if (!IS_ERR(fep->reg_phy)) {
+		ret = regulator_enable(fep->reg_phy);
 		if (ret) {
 			dev_err(&pdev->dev,
 				"Failed to enable phy regulator: %d\n", ret);