!phydev->drv->did_interrupt(phydev))
                        return;
 
-               if (phy_disable_interrupts(phydev))
-                       goto phy_err;
+               if (phydev->state == PHY_HALTED)
+                       if (phy_disable_interrupts(phydev))
+                               goto phy_err;
        }
 
        mutex_lock(&phydev->lock);
                phydev->state = PHY_CHANGELINK;
        mutex_unlock(&phydev->lock);
 
-       if (phy_interrupt_is_valid(phydev)) {
-               /* Reenable interrupts */
-               if (PHY_HALTED != phydev->state &&
-                   phy_config_interrupt(phydev, PHY_INTERRUPT_ENABLED))
-                       goto phy_err;
-       }
-
        /* reschedule state queue work to run as soon as possible */
        phy_trigger_machine(phydev, true);
+
+       if (phy_interrupt_is_valid(phydev) && phy_clear_interrupt(phydev))
+               goto phy_err;
        return;
 
 phy_err:
                        phydev->state = PHY_NOLINK;
                        phy_link_down(phydev, true);
                }
-
-               if (phy_interrupt_is_valid(phydev))
-                       err = phy_config_interrupt(phydev,
-                                                  PHY_INTERRUPT_ENABLED);
                break;
        case PHY_HALTED:
                if (phydev->link) {