diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/lan78xx.c b/drivers/net/usb/lan78xx.c
index 681a6b949140ace2e5abfb96503cdd586d7728a7..68d0aec53f3aded6b3142db9d6c37ba4b68de1f0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/lan78xx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/lan78xx.c
@@ -2167,6 +2167,22 @@ static int lan78xx_phy_init(struct lan78xx_net *dev)
 	mii_adv_to_linkmode_adv_t(fc, mii_adv);
 	linkmode_or(phydev->advertising, fc, phydev->advertising);
 
+	if (of_property_read_bool(dev->udev->dev.of_node,
+				  "microchip,eee-enabled")) {
+		struct ethtool_eee edata;
+		memset(&edata, 0, sizeof(edata));
+		edata.cmd = ETHTOOL_SEEE;
+		edata.advertised = ADVERTISED_1000baseT_Full |
+				   ADVERTISED_100baseT_Full;
+		edata.eee_enabled = true;
+		edata.tx_lpi_enabled = true;
+		if (of_property_read_u32(dev->udev->dev.of_node,
+					 "microchip,tx-lpi-timer",
+					 &edata.tx_lpi_timer))
+			edata.tx_lpi_timer = 600; /* non-aggressive */
+		(void)lan78xx_set_eee(dev->net, &edata);
+	}
+
 	if (phydev->mdio.dev.of_node) {
 		u32 reg;
 		int len;
@@ -2644,22 +2660,6 @@ static int lan78xx_open(struct net_device *net)
 
 	netif_dbg(dev, ifup, dev->net, "phy initialised successfully");
 
-	if (of_property_read_bool(dev->udev->dev.of_node,
-				  "microchip,eee-enabled")) {
-		struct ethtool_eee edata;
-		memset(&edata, 0, sizeof(edata));
-		edata.cmd = ETHTOOL_SEEE;
-		edata.advertised = ADVERTISED_1000baseT_Full |
-				   ADVERTISED_100baseT_Full;
-		edata.eee_enabled = true;
-		edata.tx_lpi_enabled = true;
-		if (of_property_read_u32(dev->udev->dev.of_node,
-					 "microchip,tx-lpi-timer",
-					 &edata.tx_lpi_timer))
-			edata.tx_lpi_timer = 600; /* non-aggressive */
-		(void)lan78xx_set_eee(net, &edata);
-	}
-
 	/* for Link Check */
 	if (dev->urb_intr) {
 		ret = usb_submit_urb(dev->urb_intr, GFP_KERNEL);