*/
 static int davinci_emac_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
+       struct device_node *np = pdev->dev.of_node;
        int rc = 0;
        struct resource *res, *res_ctrl;
        struct net_device *ndev;
        if (!pdata) {
                dev_err(&pdev->dev, "no platform data\n");
                rc = -ENODEV;
-               goto no_pdata;
+               goto err_free_netdev;
        }
 
        /* MAC addr and PHY mask , RMII enable info from platform_data */
                cpdma_chan_destroy(priv->rxchan);
        cpdma_ctlr_destroy(priv->dma);
 no_pdata:
+       if (of_phy_is_fixed_link(np))
+               of_phy_deregister_fixed_link(np);
+       of_node_put(priv->phy_node);
+err_free_netdev:
        free_netdev(ndev);
        return rc;
 }
 {
        struct net_device *ndev = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
        struct emac_priv *priv = netdev_priv(ndev);
+       struct device_node *np = pdev->dev.of_node;
 
        dev_notice(&ndev->dev, "DaVinci EMAC: davinci_emac_remove()\n");
 
        unregister_netdev(ndev);
        of_node_put(priv->phy_node);
        pm_runtime_disable(&pdev->dev);
+       if (of_phy_is_fixed_link(np))
+               of_phy_deregister_fixed_link(np);
        free_netdev(ndev);
 
        return 0;