diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
index 9622455..1cf2cb9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
@@ -401,11 +401,14 @@
 	return err;
 }
 
-static int phy_aneg_done(struct phy_device *phydev)
+int phy_wait_aneg_done(struct phy_device *phydev)
 {
 	uint64_t start = get_time_ns();
 	int ctl;
 
+	if (phydev->autoneg == AUTONEG_DISABLE)
+		return 0;
+
 	while (!is_timeout(start, PHY_AN_TIMEOUT * SECOND)) {
 		ctl = phy_read(phydev, MII_BMSR);
 		if (ctl & BMSR_ANEGCOMPLETE) {
@@ -452,7 +455,7 @@
 	if (ctl < 0)
 		return ctl;
 
-	return phy_aneg_done(phydev);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/include/linux/phy.h b/include/linux/phy.h
index b39eca5..6c9cac9 100644
--- a/include/linux/phy.h
+++ b/include/linux/phy.h
@@ -267,6 +267,7 @@
 		       u32 flags, phy_interface_t interface);
 
 int phy_update_status(struct phy_device *phydev);
+int phy_wait_aneg_done(struct phy_device *phydev);
 
 /* Generic PHY support and helper functions */
 int genphy_restart_aneg(struct phy_device *phydev);
diff --git a/net/eth.c b/net/eth.c
index 493ecf9..98ec726 100644
--- a/net/eth.c
+++ b/net/eth.c
@@ -138,6 +138,9 @@
 	if (!eth_current->phydev)
 		return 0;
 
+	if (force)
+		phy_wait_aneg_done(eth_current->phydev);
+
 	if (force || is_timeout(last_link_check, 5 * SECOND) ||
 			!eth_current->phydev->link) {
 		ret = phy_update_status(eth_current->phydev);