diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvmdio.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvmdio.c
index 7aea0beca56e54e83ddf2814b5e82c779cb1333d..6ea5caddca62bb602b1f50c7aa041c40a1ab9e99 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvmdio.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvmdio.c
@@ -263,7 +263,8 @@ static int orion_mdio_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct mii_bus *bus = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
 	struct orion_mdio_dev *dev = bus->priv;
 
-	writel(0, dev->regs + MVMDIO_ERR_INT_MASK);
+	if (dev->err_interrupt > 0)
+		writel(0, dev->regs + MVMDIO_ERR_INT_MASK);
 	mdiobus_unregister(bus);
 	if (!IS_ERR(dev->clk))
 		clk_disable_unprepare(dev->clk);