diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
index 476578746d91..87c6d304cbc8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
@@ -970,17 +970,6 @@ void phy_state_machine(struct work_struct *work)
 			break;
 
 		if (phydev->link) {
-			if (AUTONEG_ENABLE == phydev->autoneg) {
-				err = phy_aneg_done(phydev);
-				if (err < 0)
-					break;
-
-				if (!err) {
-					phydev->state = PHY_AN;
-					phydev->link_timeout = PHY_AN_TIMEOUT;
-					break;
-				}
-			}
 			phydev->state = PHY_RUNNING;
 			phy_link_up(phydev);
 		}