diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/asix.h b/drivers/net/usb/asix.h
index e1994a246122..2a1e31defe71 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/asix.h
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/asix.h
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ struct asix_common_private {
 	struct phy_device *phydev;
 	u16 phy_addr;
 	char phy_name[20];
+	bool embd_phy;
 };
 
 extern const struct driver_info ax88172a_info;
diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/asix_devices.c b/drivers/net/usb/asix_devices.c
index 2c115216420a..15460d419e3f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/asix_devices.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/asix_devices.c
@@ -354,24 +354,23 @@ static int ax88772_reset(struct usbnet *dev)
 static int ax88772_hw_reset(struct usbnet *dev, int in_pm)
 {
 	struct asix_data *data = (struct asix_data *)&dev->data;
-	int ret, embd_phy;
+	struct asix_common_private *priv = dev->driver_priv;
 	u16 rx_ctl;
+	int ret;
 
 	ret = asix_write_gpio(dev, AX_GPIO_RSE | AX_GPIO_GPO_2 |
 			      AX_GPIO_GPO2EN, 5, in_pm);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto out;
 
-	embd_phy = ((dev->mii.phy_id & 0x1f) == 0x10 ? 1 : 0);
-
-	ret = asix_write_cmd(dev, AX_CMD_SW_PHY_SELECT, embd_phy,
+	ret = asix_write_cmd(dev, AX_CMD_SW_PHY_SELECT, priv->embd_phy,
 			     0, 0, NULL, in_pm);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		netdev_dbg(dev->net, "Select PHY #1 failed: %d\n", ret);
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	if (embd_phy) {
+	if (priv->embd_phy) {
 		ret = asix_sw_reset(dev, AX_SWRESET_IPPD, in_pm);
 		if (ret < 0)
 			goto out;
@@ -449,17 +448,16 @@ static int ax88772_hw_reset(struct usbnet *dev, int in_pm)
 static int ax88772a_hw_reset(struct usbnet *dev, int in_pm)
 {
 	struct asix_data *data = (struct asix_data *)&dev->data;
-	int ret, embd_phy;
+	struct asix_common_private *priv = dev->driver_priv;
 	u16 rx_ctl, phy14h, phy15h, phy16h;
 	u8 chipcode = 0;
+	int ret;
 
 	ret = asix_write_gpio(dev, AX_GPIO_RSE, 5, in_pm);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto out;
 
-	embd_phy = ((dev->mii.phy_id & 0x1f) == 0x10 ? 1 : 0);
-
-	ret = asix_write_cmd(dev, AX_CMD_SW_PHY_SELECT, embd_phy |
+	ret = asix_write_cmd(dev, AX_CMD_SW_PHY_SELECT, priv->embd_phy |
 			     AX_PHYSEL_SSEN, 0, 0, NULL, in_pm);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		netdev_dbg(dev->net, "Select PHY #1 failed: %d\n", ret);
@@ -683,12 +681,6 @@ static int ax88772_init_phy(struct usbnet *dev)
 	struct asix_common_private *priv = dev->driver_priv;
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = asix_read_phy_addr(dev, true);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		return ret;
-
-	priv->phy_addr = ret;
-
 	snprintf(priv->phy_name, sizeof(priv->phy_name), PHY_ID_FMT,
 		 priv->mdio->id, priv->phy_addr);
 
@@ -716,6 +708,12 @@ static int ax88772_bind(struct usbnet *dev, struct usb_interface *intf)
 	int ret, i;
 	u32 phyid;
 
+	priv = devm_kzalloc(&dev->udev->dev, sizeof(*priv), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!priv)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	dev->driver_priv = priv;
+
 	usbnet_get_endpoints(dev, intf);
 
 	/* Maybe the boot loader passed the MAC address via device tree */
@@ -751,6 +749,13 @@ static int ax88772_bind(struct usbnet *dev, struct usb_interface *intf)
 	dev->net->needed_headroom = 4; /* cf asix_tx_fixup() */
 	dev->net->needed_tailroom = 4; /* cf asix_tx_fixup() */
 
+	ret = asix_read_phy_addr(dev, true);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
+	priv->phy_addr = ret;
+	priv->embd_phy = ((priv->phy_addr & 0x1f) == 0x10 ? true : false);
+
 	asix_read_cmd(dev, AX_CMD_STATMNGSTS_REG, 0, 0, 1, &chipcode, 0);
 	chipcode &= AX_CHIPCODE_MASK;
 
@@ -773,12 +778,6 @@ static int ax88772_bind(struct usbnet *dev, struct usb_interface *intf)
 		dev->rx_urb_size = 2048;
 	}
 
-	priv = devm_kzalloc(&dev->udev->dev, sizeof(*priv), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!priv)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	dev->driver_priv = priv;
-
 	priv->presvd_phy_bmcr = 0;
 	priv->presvd_phy_advertise = 0;
 	if (chipcode == AX_AX88772_CHIPCODE) {