{
        unsigned int los = sfp->state & SFP_F_LOS;
 
-       /* FIXME: what if neither SFP_OPTIONS_LOS_INVERTED nor
-        * SFP_OPTIONS_LOS_NORMAL are set?  For now, we assume
-        * the same as SFP_OPTIONS_LOS_NORMAL set.
+       /* If neither SFP_OPTIONS_LOS_INVERTED nor SFP_OPTIONS_LOS_NORMAL
+        * are set, we assume that no LOS signal is available.
         */
        if (sfp->id.ext.options & cpu_to_be16(SFP_OPTIONS_LOS_INVERTED))
                los ^= SFP_F_LOS;
+       else if (!(sfp->id.ext.options & cpu_to_be16(SFP_OPTIONS_LOS_NORMAL)))
+               los = 0;
 
        if (los)
                sfp_sm_next(sfp, SFP_S_WAIT_LOS, 0);
                sfp_sm_link_up(sfp);
 }
 
+static bool sfp_los_event_active(struct sfp *sfp, unsigned int event)
+{
+       return (sfp->id.ext.options & cpu_to_be16(SFP_OPTIONS_LOS_INVERTED) &&
+               event == SFP_E_LOS_LOW) ||
+              (sfp->id.ext.options & cpu_to_be16(SFP_OPTIONS_LOS_NORMAL) &&
+               event == SFP_E_LOS_HIGH);
+}
+
+static bool sfp_los_event_inactive(struct sfp *sfp, unsigned int event)
+{
+       return (sfp->id.ext.options & cpu_to_be16(SFP_OPTIONS_LOS_INVERTED) &&
+               event == SFP_E_LOS_HIGH) ||
+              (sfp->id.ext.options & cpu_to_be16(SFP_OPTIONS_LOS_NORMAL) &&
+               event == SFP_E_LOS_LOW);
+}
+
 static void sfp_sm_fault(struct sfp *sfp, bool warn)
 {
        if (sfp->sm_retries && !--sfp->sm_retries) {
        case SFP_S_WAIT_LOS:
                if (event == SFP_E_TX_FAULT)
                        sfp_sm_fault(sfp, true);
-               else if (event ==
-                        (sfp->id.ext.options &
-                         cpu_to_be16(SFP_OPTIONS_LOS_INVERTED) ?
-                         SFP_E_LOS_HIGH : SFP_E_LOS_LOW))
+               else if (sfp_los_event_inactive(sfp, event))
                        sfp_sm_link_up(sfp);
                break;
 
                if (event == SFP_E_TX_FAULT) {
                        sfp_sm_link_down(sfp);
                        sfp_sm_fault(sfp, true);
-               } else if (event ==
-                          (sfp->id.ext.options &
-                           cpu_to_be16(SFP_OPTIONS_LOS_INVERTED) ?
-                           SFP_E_LOS_LOW : SFP_E_LOS_HIGH)) {
+               } else if (sfp_los_event_active(sfp, event)) {
                        sfp_sm_link_down(sfp);
                        sfp_sm_next(sfp, SFP_S_WAIT_LOS, 0);
                }