diff --git a/drivers/net/mvpp2.c b/drivers/net/mvpp2.c
index 1c83884d19d4d6a386985d22a78ba000d4a78d95..245a760e2771d5fc0f1f36db509b6ce1dd273e6d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mvpp2.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mvpp2.c
@@ -839,6 +839,8 @@ struct mvpp2_port {
 	unsigned int duplex;
 	unsigned int speed;
 
+	unsigned int phy_speed;		/* SGMII 1Gbps vs 2.5Gbps */
+
 	struct mvpp2_bm_pool *pool_long;
 	struct mvpp2_bm_pool *pool_short;
 
@@ -3852,6 +3854,15 @@ static int phy_info_parse(struct udevice *dev, struct mvpp2_port *port)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * ToDo:
+	 * Not sure if this DT property "phy-speed" will get accepted, so
+	 * this might change later
+	 */
+	/* Get phy-speed for SGMII 2.5Gbps vs 1Gbps setup */
+	port->phy_speed = fdtdec_get_int(gd->fdt_blob, port_node,
+					 "phy-speed", 1000);
+
 	phyaddr = fdtdec_get_int(gd->fdt_blob, phy_node, "reg", 0);
 
 	port->id = id;