phy_name = "external RGMII (no delay)";
                else
                        phy_name = "external RGMII (TX delay)";
-               reg = bcmgenet_ext_readl(priv, EXT_RGMII_OOB_CTRL);
-               reg |= RGMII_MODE_EN | id_mode_dis;
-               bcmgenet_ext_writel(priv, reg, EXT_RGMII_OOB_CTRL);
                bcmgenet_sys_writel(priv,
                                    PORT_MODE_EXT_GPHY, SYS_PORT_CTRL);
                break;
                return -EINVAL;
        }
 
+       /* This is an external PHY (xMII), so we need to enable the RGMII
+        * block for the interface to work
+        */
+       if (priv->ext_phy) {
+               reg = bcmgenet_ext_readl(priv, EXT_RGMII_OOB_CTRL);
+               reg |= RGMII_MODE_EN | id_mode_dis;
+               bcmgenet_ext_writel(priv, reg, EXT_RGMII_OOB_CTRL);
+       }
+
        if (init)
                dev_info(kdev, "configuring instance for %s\n", phy_name);