diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/apm/xgene/xgene_enet_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/apm/xgene/xgene_enet_main.c
index d3906f6b01bd1f7e34f3182ebc14c9bdbbe672b7..86058a9f3417bc59613cb9c019638dc8a85a9731 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/apm/xgene/xgene_enet_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/apm/xgene/xgene_enet_main.c
@@ -1785,16 +1785,18 @@ static int xgene_enet_get_resources(struct xgene_enet_pdata *pdata)
 
 	xgene_enet_gpiod_get(pdata);
 
-	pdata->clk = devm_clk_get(&pdev->dev, NULL);
-	if (IS_ERR(pdata->clk)) {
-		/* Abort if the clock is defined but couldn't be retrived.
-		 * Always abort if the clock is missing on DT system as
-		 * the driver can't cope with this case.
-		 */
-		if (PTR_ERR(pdata->clk) != -ENOENT || dev->of_node)
-			return PTR_ERR(pdata->clk);
-		/* Firmware may have set up the clock already. */
-		dev_info(dev, "clocks have been setup already\n");
+	if (pdata->phy_mode != PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_SGMII) {
+		pdata->clk = devm_clk_get(&pdev->dev, NULL);
+		if (IS_ERR(pdata->clk)) {
+			/* Abort if the clock is defined but couldn't be
+			 * retrived. Always abort if the clock is missing on
+			 * DT system as the driver can't cope with this case.
+			 */
+			if (PTR_ERR(pdata->clk) != -ENOENT || dev->of_node)
+				return PTR_ERR(pdata->clk);
+			/* Firmware may have set up the clock already. */
+			dev_info(dev, "clocks have been setup already\n");
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (pdata->phy_mode != PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_XGMII)