@@ -1200,7 +1200,6 @@ struct macb {
 	unsigned int		dma_burst_length;
 
 	phy_interface_t		phy_interface;
-	int			speed;
 
 	/* AT91RM9200 transmit */
 	struct sk_buff *skb;			/* holds skb until xmit interrupt completes */

@@ -571,37 +571,20 @@ static void macb_mac_config(struct phylink_config *config, unsigned int mode,
 
 	old_ctrl = ctrl = macb_or_gem_readl(bp, NCFGR);
 
-	/* Clear all the bits we might set later */
-	ctrl &= ~(MACB_BIT(SPD) | MACB_BIT(FD) | MACB_BIT(PAE));
-
 	if (bp->caps & MACB_CAPS_MACB_IS_EMAC) {
 		if (state->interface == PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_RMII)
 			ctrl |= MACB_BIT(RM9200_RMII);
 	} else {
-		ctrl &= ~(GEM_BIT(GBE) | GEM_BIT(SGMIIEN) | GEM_BIT(PCSSEL));
-
-		/* We do not support MLO_PAUSE_RX yet */
-		if (state->pause & MLO_PAUSE_TX)
-			ctrl |= MACB_BIT(PAE);
+		ctrl &= ~(GEM_BIT(SGMIIEN) | GEM_BIT(PCSSEL));
 
 		if (state->interface == PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_SGMII)
 			ctrl |= GEM_BIT(SGMIIEN) | GEM_BIT(PCSSEL);
 	}
 
-	if (state->speed == SPEED_1000)
-		ctrl |= GEM_BIT(GBE);
-	else if (state->speed == SPEED_100)
-		ctrl |= MACB_BIT(SPD);
-
-	if (state->duplex)
-		ctrl |= MACB_BIT(FD);
-
 	/* Apply the new configuration, if any */
 	if (old_ctrl ^ ctrl)
 		macb_or_gem_writel(bp, NCFGR, ctrl);
 
-	bp->speed = state->speed;
-
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&bp->lock, flags);
 }
 

@@ -635,10 +618,33 @@ static void macb_mac_link_up(struct phylink_config *config,
 	struct net_device *ndev = to_net_dev(config->dev);
 	struct macb *bp = netdev_priv(ndev);
 	struct macb_queue *queue;
+	unsigned long flags;
 	unsigned int q;
+	u32 ctrl;
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&bp->lock, flags);
+
+	ctrl = macb_or_gem_readl(bp, NCFGR);
+
+	ctrl &= ~(MACB_BIT(SPD) | MACB_BIT(FD));
+
+	if (speed == SPEED_100)
+		ctrl |= MACB_BIT(SPD);
+
+	if (duplex)
+		ctrl |= MACB_BIT(FD);
 
 	if (!(bp->caps & MACB_CAPS_MACB_IS_EMAC)) {
-		macb_set_tx_clk(bp->tx_clk, bp->speed, ndev);
+		ctrl &= ~(GEM_BIT(GBE) | MACB_BIT(PAE));
+
+		if (speed == SPEED_1000)
+			ctrl |= GEM_BIT(GBE);
+
+		/* We do not support MLO_PAUSE_RX yet */
+		if (tx_pause)
+			ctrl |= MACB_BIT(PAE);
+
+		macb_set_tx_clk(bp->tx_clk, speed, ndev);
 
 		/* Initialize rings & buffers as clearing MACB_BIT(TE) in link down
 		 * cleared the pipeline and control registers.

@@ -651,6 +657,10 @@ static void macb_mac_link_up(struct phylink_config *config,
 				     bp->rx_intr_mask | MACB_TX_INT_FLAGS | MACB_BIT(HRESP));
 	}
 
+	macb_or_gem_writel(bp, NCFGR, ctrl);
+
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&bp->lock, flags);
+
 	/* Enable Rx and Tx */
 	macb_writel(bp, NCR, macb_readl(bp, NCR) | MACB_BIT(RE) | MACB_BIT(TE));
 

@@ -4432,8 +4442,6 @@ static int macb_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	else
 		bp->phy_interface = interface;
 
-	bp->speed = SPEED_UNKNOWN;
-
 	/* IP specific init */
 	err = init(pdev);
 	if (err)