diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c
index 91a16641e8514b7f1f99be03fe280d71e54de37d..886a9c9fd6283e85734cc5ce41586aa2f4871ecf 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c
@@ -3197,9 +3197,9 @@ static void fec_reset_phy(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (!np)
 		return;
 
-	of_property_read_u32(np, "phy-reset-duration", &msec);
+	err = of_property_read_u32(np, "phy-reset-duration", &msec);
 	/* A sane reset duration should not be longer than 1s */
-	if (msec > 1000)
+	if (!err && msec > 1000)
 		msec = 1;
 
 	phy_reset = of_get_named_gpio(np, "phy-reset-gpios", 0);