1 files changed, 2 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/stmmac/stmmac_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/stmmac/stmmac_ethtool.c
index 6f5aaeb986ff..9c05cf07a432 100644
--- a/drivers/net/stmmac/stmmac_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/stmmac/stmmac_ethtool.c
@@ -236,17 +236,8 @@ stmmac_set_pauseparam(struct net_device *netdev,
         priv->flow_ctrl = new_pause;
 
         if (phy->autoneg) {
-                if (netif_running(netdev)) {
-                        struct ethtool_cmd cmd = { .cmd = ETHTOOL_SSET };
-                        /* auto-negotiation automatically restarted */
-                        cmd.supported = phy->supported;
-                        cmd.advertising = phy->advertising;
-                        cmd.autoneg = phy->autoneg;
-                        ethtool_cmd_speed_set(&cmd, phy->speed);
-                        cmd.duplex = phy->duplex;
-                        cmd.phy_address = phy->addr;
-                        ret = phy_ethtool_sset(phy, &cmd);
-                }
+                if (netif_running(netdev))
+                        ret = phy_start_aneg(phy);
         } else
                 priv->hw->mac->flow_ctrl(priv->ioaddr, phy->duplex,
                                          priv->flow_ctrl, priv->pause);