diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_82599.c b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_82599.c
index 5d2783081a94ba926259db78541b5d540c0a465b..a7611bbf387364482f070964c03bba58f3a77a1f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_82599.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_82599.c
@@ -122,10 +122,9 @@ s32 ixgbe_setup_sfp_modules_82599(struct ixgbe_hw *hw)
 			IXGBE_WRITE_FLUSH(hw);
 			hw->eeprom.ops.read(hw, ++data_offset, &data_value);
 		}
-		/* Now restart DSP */
-		IXGBE_WRITE_REG(hw, IXGBE_CORECTL, 0x00000102);
-		IXGBE_WRITE_REG(hw, IXGBE_CORECTL, 0x00000b1d);
-		IXGBE_WRITE_FLUSH(hw);
+		/* Now restart DSP by setting Restart_AN */
+		IXGBE_WRITE_REG(hw, IXGBE_AUTOC,
+		    (IXGBE_READ_REG(hw, IXGBE_AUTOC) | IXGBE_AUTOC_AN_RESTART));
 
 		/* Release the semaphore */
 		ixgbe_release_swfw_sync(hw, IXGBE_GSSR_MAC_CSR_SM);