diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/ucc_geth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/ucc_geth.c
index 0c83ef078ddf743158cbdc52bc9f47404a38414c..d6b64e31652720bb1849fd1a45fb9a4c717208c4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/ucc_geth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/ucc_geth.c
@@ -3785,15 +3785,14 @@ static int ucc_geth_probe(struct platform_device* ofdev)
 	ug_info->uf_info.irq = irq_of_parse_and_map(np, 0);
 
 	ug_info->phy_node = of_parse_phandle(np, "phy-handle", 0);
-	if (!ug_info->phy_node) {
-		/* In the case of a fixed PHY, the DT node associated
+	if (!ug_info->phy_node && of_phy_is_fixed_link(np)) {
+		/*
+		 * In the case of a fixed PHY, the DT node associated
 		 * to the PHY is the Ethernet MAC DT node.
 		 */
-		if (of_phy_is_fixed_link(np)) {
-			err = of_phy_register_fixed_link(np);
-			if (err)
-				return err;
-		}
+		err = of_phy_register_fixed_link(np);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
 		ug_info->phy_node = of_node_get(np);
 	}