diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fs_enet/fs_enet-main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fs_enet/fs_enet-main.c
index dc80db41d6b3397388b0210283c4c7fd3ce07680..cfaf17b70f3fc5d6ab7a11a81266d67267646f33 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fs_enet/fs_enet-main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fs_enet/fs_enet-main.c
@@ -791,10 +791,6 @@ static int fs_init_phy(struct net_device *dev)
 
 	phydev = of_phy_connect(dev, fep->fpi->phy_node, &fs_adjust_link, 0,
 				iface);
-	if (!phydev) {
-		phydev = of_phy_connect_fixed_link(dev, &fs_adjust_link,
-						   iface);
-	}
 	if (!phydev) {
 		dev_err(&dev->dev, "Could not attach to PHY\n");
 		return -ENODEV;
@@ -1029,9 +1025,16 @@ static int fs_enet_probe(struct platform_device *ofdev)
 	fpi->use_napi = 1;
 	fpi->napi_weight = 17;
 	fpi->phy_node = of_parse_phandle(ofdev->dev.of_node, "phy-handle", 0);
-	if ((!fpi->phy_node) && (!of_get_property(ofdev->dev.of_node, "fixed-link",
-						  NULL)))
-		goto out_free_fpi;
+	if (!fpi->phy_node && of_phy_is_fixed_link(ofdev->dev.of_node)) {
+		err = of_phy_register_fixed_link(ofdev->dev.of_node);
+		if (err)
+			goto out_free_fpi;
+
+		/* In the case of a fixed PHY, the DT node associated
+		 * to the PHY is the Ethernet MAC DT node.
+		 */
+		fpi->phy_node = ofdev->dev.of_node;
+	}
 
 	if (of_device_is_compatible(ofdev->dev.of_node, "fsl,mpc5125-fec")) {
 		phy_connection_type = of_get_property(ofdev->dev.of_node,