struct bcmgenet_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
        struct phy_device *phydev = dev->phydev;
        u32 reg, cmd_bits = 0;
-       bool status_changed = false;
-
-       if (priv->old_link != phydev->link) {
-               status_changed = true;
-               priv->old_link = phydev->link;
-       }
 
        if (phydev->link) {
-               /* check speed/duplex/pause changes */
-               if (priv->old_speed != phydev->speed) {
-                       status_changed = true;
-                       priv->old_speed = phydev->speed;
-               }
-
-               if (priv->old_duplex != phydev->duplex) {
-                       status_changed = true;
-                       priv->old_duplex = phydev->duplex;
-               }
-
-               if (priv->old_pause != phydev->pause) {
-                       status_changed = true;
-                       priv->old_pause = phydev->pause;
-               }
-
-               /* done if nothing has changed */
-               if (!status_changed)
-                       return;
-
                /* speed */
                if (phydev->speed == SPEED_1000)
                        cmd_bits = CMD_SPEED_1000;
                        reg |= CMD_TX_EN | CMD_RX_EN;
                }
                bcmgenet_umac_writel(priv, reg, UMAC_CMD);
-       } else {
-               /* done if nothing has changed */
-               if (!status_changed)
-                       return;
        }
 
        phy_print_status(phydev);
        if (priv->internal_phy)
                phy_flags = priv->gphy_rev;
 
-       /* Initialize link state variables that bcmgenet_mii_setup() uses */
-       priv->old_link = -1;
-       priv->old_speed = -1;
-       priv->old_duplex = -1;
-       priv->old_pause = -1;
-
        /* This is an ugly quirk but we have not been correctly interpreting
         * the phy_interface values and we have done that across different
         * drivers, so at least we are consistent in our mistakes.