diff --git a/drivers/net/ehea/ehea_main.c b/drivers/net/ehea/ehea_main.c
index 3e9c760cb283b288e64d3e6d74cd3124d1b8a6b4..d84d0950b658cd5f92b88b737491fb37d0891016 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ehea/ehea_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ehea/ehea_main.c
@@ -642,6 +642,8 @@ int ehea_sense_port_attr(struct ehea_port *port)
 		break;
 	}
 
+	port->autoneg = 1;
+
 	/* Number of default QPs */
 	port->num_def_qps = cb0->num_default_qps;
 
@@ -2334,8 +2336,6 @@ static int ehea_setup_single_port(struct ehea_port *port,
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&port->mc_list->list);
 
-	ehea_set_portspeed(port, EHEA_SPEED_AUTONEG);
-
 	ret = ehea_sense_port_attr(port);
 	if (ret)
 		goto out;