diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool.c
index 89807e32a8983e587a1a4c67a7ad51460ca0668b..0ce68e8a45cc6a5bd81449fb61aa87c23639d541 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool.c
@@ -870,23 +870,21 @@ static int i40e_set_link_ksettings(struct net_device *netdev,
 	/* save autoneg out of ksettings */
 	autoneg = copy_ks.base.autoneg;
 
-	memset(&safe_ks, 0, sizeof(safe_ks));
+	/* get our own copy of the bits to check against */
+	memset(&safe_ks, 0, sizeof(struct ethtool_link_ksettings));
+	safe_ks.base.cmd = copy_ks.base.cmd;
+	safe_ks.base.link_mode_masks_nwords =
+		copy_ks.base.link_mode_masks_nwords;
+	i40e_get_link_ksettings(netdev, &safe_ks);
+
 	/* Get link modes supported by hardware and check against modes
 	 * requested by the user.  Return an error if unsupported mode was set.
 	 */
-	i40e_phy_type_to_ethtool(pf, &safe_ks);
 	if (!bitmap_subset(copy_ks.link_modes.advertising,
 			   safe_ks.link_modes.supported,
 			   __ETHTOOL_LINK_MODE_MASK_NBITS))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	/* get our own copy of the bits to check against */
-	memset(&safe_ks, 0, sizeof(struct ethtool_link_ksettings));
-	safe_ks.base.cmd = copy_ks.base.cmd;
-	safe_ks.base.link_mode_masks_nwords =
-		copy_ks.base.link_mode_masks_nwords;
-	i40e_get_link_ksettings(netdev, &safe_ks);
-
 	/* set autoneg back to what it currently is */
 	copy_ks.base.autoneg = safe_ks.base.autoneg;