(AR9331_SW_PORT_STATUS_TXMAC | AR9331_SW_PORT_STATUS_RXMAC)
 
 #define AR9331_SW_PORT_STATUS_LINK_MASK \
-       (AR9331_SW_PORT_STATUS_LINK_EN | AR9331_SW_PORT_STATUS_FLOW_LINK_EN | \
-        AR9331_SW_PORT_STATUS_DUPLEX_MODE | \
+       (AR9331_SW_PORT_STATUS_DUPLEX_MODE | \
         AR9331_SW_PORT_STATUS_RX_FLOW_EN | AR9331_SW_PORT_STATUS_TX_FLOW_EN | \
         AR9331_SW_PORT_STATUS_SPEED_M)
 
        struct ar9331_sw_priv *priv = (struct ar9331_sw_priv *)ds->priv;
        struct regmap *regmap = priv->regmap;
        int ret;
-       u32 val;
-
-       switch (state->speed) {
-       case SPEED_1000:
-               val = AR9331_SW_PORT_STATUS_SPEED_1000;
-               break;
-       case SPEED_100:
-               val = AR9331_SW_PORT_STATUS_SPEED_100;
-               break;
-       case SPEED_10:
-               val = AR9331_SW_PORT_STATUS_SPEED_10;
-               break;
-       default:
-               return;
-       }
-
-       if (state->duplex)
-               val |= AR9331_SW_PORT_STATUS_DUPLEX_MODE;
-
-       if (state->pause & MLO_PAUSE_TX)
-               val |= AR9331_SW_PORT_STATUS_TX_FLOW_EN;
-
-       if (state->pause & MLO_PAUSE_RX)
-               val |= AR9331_SW_PORT_STATUS_RX_FLOW_EN;
 
        ret = regmap_update_bits(regmap, AR9331_SW_REG_PORT_STATUS(port),
-                                AR9331_SW_PORT_STATUS_LINK_MASK, val);
+                                AR9331_SW_PORT_STATUS_LINK_EN |
+                                AR9331_SW_PORT_STATUS_FLOW_LINK_EN, 0);
        if (ret)
                dev_err_ratelimited(priv->dev, "%s: %i\n", __func__, ret);
 }
 {
        struct ar9331_sw_priv *priv = (struct ar9331_sw_priv *)ds->priv;
        struct regmap *regmap = priv->regmap;
+       u32 val;
        int ret;
 
+       val = AR9331_SW_PORT_STATUS_MAC_MASK;
+       switch (speed) {
+       case SPEED_1000:
+               val |= AR9331_SW_PORT_STATUS_SPEED_1000;
+               break;
+       case SPEED_100:
+               val |= AR9331_SW_PORT_STATUS_SPEED_100;
+               break;
+       case SPEED_10:
+               val |= AR9331_SW_PORT_STATUS_SPEED_10;
+               break;
+       default:
+               return;
+       }
+
+       if (duplex)
+               val |= AR9331_SW_PORT_STATUS_DUPLEX_MODE;
+
+       if (tx_pause)
+               val |= AR9331_SW_PORT_STATUS_TX_FLOW_EN;
+
+       if (rx_pause)
+               val |= AR9331_SW_PORT_STATUS_RX_FLOW_EN;
+
        ret = regmap_update_bits(regmap, AR9331_SW_REG_PORT_STATUS(port),
-                                AR9331_SW_PORT_STATUS_MAC_MASK,
-                                AR9331_SW_PORT_STATUS_MAC_MASK);
+                                AR9331_SW_PORT_STATUS_MAC_MASK |
+                                AR9331_SW_PORT_STATUS_LINK_MASK,
+                                val);
        if (ret)
                dev_err_ratelimited(priv->dev, "%s: %i\n", __func__, ret);
 }