diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c
index e2d42475b006..282674027c92 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c
@@ -889,6 +889,17 @@ static int gfar_of_init(struct platform_device *ofdev, struct net_device **pdev)
 
 	priv->phy_node = of_parse_phandle(np, "phy-handle", 0);
 
+	/* In the case of a fixed PHY, the DT node associated
+	 * to the PHY is the Ethernet MAC DT node.
+	 */
+	if (of_phy_is_fixed_link(np)) {
+		err = of_phy_register_fixed_link(np);
+		if (err)
+			goto err_grp_init;
+
+		priv->phy_node = np;
+	}
+
 	/* Find the TBI PHY.  If it's not there, we don't support SGMII */
 	priv->tbi_node = of_parse_phandle(np, "tbi-handle", 0);
 
@@ -1660,9 +1671,6 @@ static int init_phy(struct net_device *dev)
 
 	priv->phydev = of_phy_connect(dev, priv->phy_node, &adjust_link, 0,
 				      interface);
-	if (!priv->phydev)
-		priv->phydev = of_phy_connect_fixed_link(dev, &adjust_link,
-							 interface);
 	if (!priv->phydev) {
 		dev_err(&dev->dev, "could not attach to PHY\n");
 		return -ENODEV;