diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/mv88e6xxx.c b/drivers/net/dsa/mv88e6xxx.c
index 86a202975c02ef94fd7aa711ebea09cf14a1e031..50454be86570d61c40863ca8cad899c2034a316b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dsa/mv88e6xxx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dsa/mv88e6xxx.c
@@ -2296,6 +2296,25 @@ static int _mv88e6xxx_phy_page_read(struct dsa_switch *ds, int port, int page,
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static int mv88e6xxx_power_on_serdes(struct dsa_switch *ds)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = _mv88e6xxx_phy_page_read(ds, REG_FIBER_SERDES, PAGE_FIBER_SERDES,
+				       MII_BMCR);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
+	if (ret & BMCR_PDOWN) {
+		ret &= ~BMCR_PDOWN;
+		ret = _mv88e6xxx_phy_page_write(ds, REG_FIBER_SERDES,
+						PAGE_FIBER_SERDES, MII_BMCR,
+						ret);
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static int mv88e6xxx_setup_port(struct dsa_switch *ds, int port)
 {
 	struct mv88e6xxx_priv_state *ps = ds_to_priv(ds);
@@ -2399,6 +2418,23 @@ static int mv88e6xxx_setup_port(struct dsa_switch *ds, int port)
 			goto abort;
 	}
 
+	/* If this port is connected to a SerDes, make sure the SerDes is not
+	 * powered down.
+	 */
+	if (mv88e6xxx_6352_family(ds)) {
+		ret = _mv88e6xxx_reg_read(ds, REG_PORT(port), PORT_STATUS);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			goto abort;
+		ret &= PORT_STATUS_CMODE_MASK;
+		if ((ret == PORT_STATUS_CMODE_100BASE_X) ||
+		    (ret == PORT_STATUS_CMODE_1000BASE_X) ||
+		    (ret == PORT_STATUS_CMODE_SGMII)) {
+			ret = mv88e6xxx_power_on_serdes(ds);
+			if (ret < 0)
+				goto abort;
+		}
+	}
+
 	/* Port Control 2: don't force a good FCS, set the maximum frame size to
 	 * 10240 bytes, disable 802.1q tags checking, don't discard tagged or
 	 * untagged frames on this port, do a destination address lookup on all
diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/mv88e6xxx.h b/drivers/net/dsa/mv88e6xxx.h
index 9a038aba48fbd71893c61b73d0452e5ef0f7cee4..26a424acd10f9ac350cb089e155d755a901ca7e1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dsa/mv88e6xxx.h
+++ b/drivers/net/dsa/mv88e6xxx.h
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@
 #define SMI_CMD_OP_45_READ_DATA_INC	((3 << 10) | SMI_CMD_BUSY)
 #define SMI_DATA		0x01
 
+/* Fiber/SERDES Registers are located at SMI address F, page 1 */
+#define REG_FIBER_SERDES	0x0f
+#define PAGE_FIBER_SERDES	0x01
+
 #define REG_PORT(p)		(0x10 + (p))
 #define PORT_STATUS		0x00
 #define PORT_STATUS_PAUSE_EN	BIT(15)
@@ -45,6 +49,10 @@
 #define PORT_STATUS_MGMII	BIT(6) /* 6185 */
 #define PORT_STATUS_TX_PAUSED	BIT(5)
 #define PORT_STATUS_FLOW_CTRL	BIT(4)
+#define PORT_STATUS_CMODE_MASK	0x0f
+#define PORT_STATUS_CMODE_100BASE_X	0x8
+#define PORT_STATUS_CMODE_1000BASE_X	0x9
+#define PORT_STATUS_CMODE_SGMII		0xa
 #define PORT_PCS_CTRL		0x01
 #define PORT_PCS_CTRL_RGMII_DELAY_RXCLK	BIT(15)
 #define PORT_PCS_CTRL_RGMII_DELAY_TXCLK	BIT(14)