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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/phy/phy.c6
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
index 35d29a823af8..7c92afd36bbe 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
@@ -525,6 +525,12 @@ static int phy_check_link_status(struct phy_device *phydev)
WARN_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&phydev->lock));
+ /* Keep previous state if loopback is enabled because some PHYs
+ * report that Link is Down when loopback is enabled.
+ */
+ if (phydev->loopback_enabled)
+ return 0;
+
err = phy_read_status(phydev);
if (err)
return err;