diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c b/drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c
index d1d802b..e1bb7b1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c
@@ -167,10 +167,14 @@
 			dev->speed = SPEED_10;
 			dev->duplex = DUPLEX_FULL;
 			dev->autoneg = !AUTONEG_ENABLE;
+			dev->force = 1;
+			dev->link = 1;
 		} else if (dev->dev_flags & PHYLIB_FORCE_100) {
 			dev->speed = SPEED_100;
 			dev->duplex = DUPLEX_FULL;
 			dev->autoneg = !AUTONEG_ENABLE;
+			dev->force = 1;
+			dev->link = 1;
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
index 1cf2cb9..12739ff 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
@@ -549,6 +549,10 @@
 	int lpa;
 	int lpagb = 0;
 
+	/* if force the status and link are set */
+	if (phydev->force)
+		return 0;
+
 	/* Update the link, but return if there
 	 * was an error */
 	err = genphy_update_link(phydev);
diff --git a/include/linux/phy.h b/include/linux/phy.h
index 6c9cac9..99c9639 100644
--- a/include/linux/phy.h
+++ b/include/linux/phy.h
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@
 	u32 advertising;
 
 	int autoneg;
+	int force;
 
 
 	/* private data pointer */