kfree(dp83640);
 }
 
+static int dp83640_config_init(struct phy_device *phydev)
+{
+       enable_status_frames(phydev, true);
+       ext_write(0, phydev, PAGE4, PTP_CTL, PTP_ENABLE);
+       return 0;
+}
+
 static int dp83640_ack_interrupt(struct phy_device *phydev)
 {
        int err = phy_read(phydev, MII_DP83640_MISR);
 
        mutex_lock(&dp83640->clock->extreg_lock);
 
-       if (dp83640->hwts_tx_en || dp83640->hwts_rx_en) {
-               enable_status_frames(phydev, true);
-               ext_write(0, phydev, PAGE4, PTP_CTL, PTP_ENABLE);
-       }
-
        ext_write(0, phydev, PAGE5, PTP_TXCFG0, txcfg0);
        ext_write(0, phydev, PAGE5, PTP_RXCFG0, rxcfg0);
 
        .flags          = PHY_HAS_INTERRUPT,
        .probe          = dp83640_probe,
        .remove         = dp83640_remove,
+       .config_init    = dp83640_config_init,
        .config_aneg    = genphy_config_aneg,
        .read_status    = genphy_read_status,
        .ack_interrupt  = dp83640_ack_interrupt,