diff --git a/drivers/net/sky2.c b/drivers/net/sky2.c
index eec36995af222b8afe497b70b8a27e72e7554cea..f1c0ec308bfe6e35efe0ad121d6169b0938d4d91 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sky2.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sky2.c
@@ -2146,7 +2146,8 @@ static void sky2_phy_intr(struct sky2_hw *hw, unsigned port)
 		   istatus, phystat);
 
 	if (istatus & PHY_M_IS_AN_COMPL) {
-		if (sky2_autoneg_done(sky2, phystat) == 0)
+		if (sky2_autoneg_done(sky2, phystat) == 0 &&
+		    !netif_carrier_ok(dev))
 			sky2_link_up(sky2);
 		goto out;
 	}