diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c b/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c
index 053c92e02cd81a60008ecedb64bc85d3c1de3b57..12a047d47dec0aecdf7ce2bb7a596ff885b55caf 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c
@@ -271,8 +271,9 @@ static int phylink_parse_mode(struct phylink *pl, struct fwnode_handle *fwnode)
 		pl->cfg_link_an_mode = MLO_AN_FIXED;
 	fwnode_handle_put(dn);
 
-	if (fwnode_property_read_string(fwnode, "managed", &managed) == 0 &&
-	    strcmp(managed, "in-band-status") == 0) {
+	if ((fwnode_property_read_string(fwnode, "managed", &managed) == 0 &&
+	     strcmp(managed, "in-band-status") == 0) ||
+	    pl->config->ovr_an_inband) {
 		if (pl->cfg_link_an_mode == MLO_AN_FIXED) {
 			phylink_err(pl,
 				    "can't use both fixed-link and in-band-status\n");
diff --git a/include/linux/phylink.h b/include/linux/phylink.h
index d81a714cfbbdb16dd73711c4f10f3c1445c0f249..fd2acfd9b597d547f06a858a0bd3263ed1b78fd9 100644
--- a/include/linux/phylink.h
+++ b/include/linux/phylink.h
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ enum phylink_op_type {
  * @pcs_poll: MAC PCS cannot provide link change interrupt
  * @poll_fixed_state: if true, starts link_poll,
  *		      if MAC link is at %MLO_AN_FIXED mode.
+ * @ovr_an_inband: if true, override PCS to MLO_AN_INBAND
  * @get_fixed_state: callback to execute to determine the fixed link state,
  *		     if MAC link is at %MLO_AN_FIXED mode.
  */
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ struct phylink_config {
 	enum phylink_op_type type;
 	bool pcs_poll;
 	bool poll_fixed_state;
+	bool ovr_an_inband;
 	void (*get_fixed_state)(struct phylink_config *config,
 				struct phylink_link_state *state);
 };