ret = lan78xx_read_reg(dev, MAC_CR, &buf);
        if (buf & MAC_CR_EEE_EN_) {
-               edata->eee_enabled = true;
-               edata->tx_lpi_enabled = true;
                /* EEE_TX_LPI_REQ_DLY & tx_lpi_timer are same uSec unit */
                ret = lan78xx_read_reg(dev, EEE_TX_LPI_REQ_DLY, &buf);
                edata->tx_lpi_timer = buf;
        } else {
-               edata->eee_enabled = false;
-               edata->eee_active = false;
-               edata->tx_lpi_enabled = false;
                edata->tx_lpi_timer = 0;
        }
 
        if (ret < 0)
                return ret;
 
-       if (edata->eee_enabled) {
-               ret = lan78xx_read_reg(dev, MAC_CR, &buf);
-               buf |= MAC_CR_EEE_EN_;
-               ret = lan78xx_write_reg(dev, MAC_CR, buf);
-
-               phy_ethtool_set_eee(net->phydev, edata);
-
-               buf = (u32)edata->tx_lpi_timer;
-               ret = lan78xx_write_reg(dev, EEE_TX_LPI_REQ_DLY, buf);
-       } else {
-               ret = lan78xx_read_reg(dev, MAC_CR, &buf);
-               buf &= ~MAC_CR_EEE_EN_;
-               ret = lan78xx_write_reg(dev, MAC_CR, buf);
-       }
+       ret = phy_ethtool_set_eee(net->phydev, edata);
+       if (ret < 0)
+               goto out;
 
+       buf = (u32)edata->tx_lpi_timer;
+       ret = lan78xx_write_reg(dev, EEE_TX_LPI_REQ_DLY, buf);
+out:
        usb_autopm_put_interface(dev->intf);
 
-       return 0;
+       return ret;
 }
 
 static u32 lan78xx_get_link(struct net_device *net)
 
 static void lan78xx_link_status_change(struct net_device *net)
 {
+       struct lan78xx_net *dev = netdev_priv(net);
        struct phy_device *phydev = net->phydev;
+       u32 data;
+       int ret;
+
+       ret = lan78xx_read_reg(dev, MAC_CR, &data);
+       if (ret < 0)
+               return;
+
+       if (phydev->enable_tx_lpi)
+               data |=  MAC_CR_EEE_EN_;
+       else
+               data &= ~MAC_CR_EEE_EN_;
+       lan78xx_write_reg(dev, MAC_CR, data);
 
        phy_print_status(phydev);
 }
        mii_adv_to_linkmode_adv_t(fc, mii_adv);
        linkmode_or(phydev->advertising, fc, phydev->advertising);
 
+       phy_support_eee(phydev);
+
        if (phydev->mdio.dev.of_node) {
                u32 reg;
                int len;