diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
index 05c1e8ef15e61d26beac3542a0ab2836cab6c3a6..537297d2b4b4309adeacd1e66541b2aa1830b8b8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
@@ -894,7 +894,7 @@ void phy_state_machine(struct work_struct *work)
 			needs_aneg = true;
 		break;
 	case PHY_NOLINK:
-		if (phy_interrupt_is_valid(phydev))
+		if (phydev->irq != PHY_POLL)
 			break;
 
 		err = phy_read_status(phydev);