diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
index 631ed33fe9d95b35a6e335d8a4893ecea590d125..a7fca15888b6f7664c31e7be9d5a5a78c43467d3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
@@ -878,7 +878,7 @@ void phy_start(struct phy_device *phydev)
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&phydev->lock);
 
-	phy_trigger_machine(phydev);
+	phy_start_machine(phydev);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(phy_start);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
index 509d9402fa9aa1b21ed738302cf46798547dfe55..64c25a0684ac5177c546af4e58cdd037e209f05b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
@@ -951,7 +951,6 @@ int phy_connect_direct(struct net_device *dev, struct phy_device *phydev,
 		return rc;
 
 	phy_prepare_link(phydev, handler);
-	phy_start_machine(phydev);
 	if (phydev->irq > 0)
 		phy_start_interrupts(phydev);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c b/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c
index 7d9910da5018b9d050e610be670d2f583337ed60..c1b6e05ba60cd8ca96877f57d78e296980c92a83 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c
@@ -676,7 +676,6 @@ static int phylink_bringup_phy(struct phylink *pl, struct phy_device *phy)
 		   __ETHTOOL_LINK_MODE_MASK_NBITS, pl->supported,
 		   __ETHTOOL_LINK_MODE_MASK_NBITS, phy->advertising);
 
-	phy_start_machine(phy);
 	if (phy->irq > 0)
 		phy_start_interrupts(phy);