return 0;
 }
 
+static int __phylink_connect_phy(struct phylink *pl, struct phy_device *phy,
+               phy_interface_t interface)
+{
+       int ret;
+
+       if (WARN_ON(pl->link_an_mode == MLO_AN_FIXED ||
+                   (pl->link_an_mode == MLO_AN_INBAND &&
+                    phy_interface_mode_is_8023z(interface))))
+               return -EINVAL;
+
+       if (pl->phydev)
+               return -EBUSY;
+
+       ret = phy_attach_direct(pl->netdev, phy, 0, interface);
+       if (ret)
+               return ret;
+
+       ret = phylink_bringup_phy(pl, phy);
+       if (ret)
+               phy_detach(phy);
+
+       return ret;
+}
+
 /**
  * phylink_connect_phy() - connect a PHY to the phylink instance
  * @pl: a pointer to a &struct phylink returned from phylink_create()
  */
 int phylink_connect_phy(struct phylink *pl, struct phy_device *phy)
 {
-       int ret;
-
-       if (WARN_ON(pl->link_an_mode == MLO_AN_FIXED ||
-                   (pl->link_an_mode == MLO_AN_INBAND &&
-                    phy_interface_mode_is_8023z(pl->link_interface))))
-               return -EINVAL;
-
-       if (pl->phydev)
-               return -EBUSY;
-
        /* Use PHY device/driver interface */
        if (pl->link_interface == PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_NA) {
                pl->link_interface = phy->interface;
                pl->link_config.interface = pl->link_interface;
        }
 
-       ret = phy_attach_direct(pl->netdev, phy, 0, pl->link_interface);
-       if (ret)
-               return ret;
-
-       ret = phylink_bringup_phy(pl, phy);
-       if (ret)
-               phy_detach(phy);
-
-       return ret;
+       return __phylink_connect_phy(pl, phy, pl->link_interface);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(phylink_connect_phy);
 
 
 static int phylink_sfp_connect_phy(void *upstream, struct phy_device *phy)
 {
-       return phylink_connect_phy(upstream, phy);
+       struct phylink *pl = upstream;
+
+       return __phylink_connect_phy(upstream, phy, pl->link_config.interface);
 }
 
 static void phylink_sfp_disconnect_phy(void *upstream)