diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/broadcom.c b/drivers/net/phy/broadcom.c
index 3c683e0e40e9..e36809aa6d30 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/broadcom.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/broadcom.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "bcm-phy-lib.h"
+#include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/phy.h>
 #include <linux/brcmphy.h>
@@ -602,6 +603,26 @@ static int brcm_fet_config_init(struct phy_device *phydev)
 	if (err < 0)
 		return err;
 
+	/* The datasheet indicates the PHY needs up to 1us to complete a reset,
+	 * build some slack here.
+	 */
+	usleep_range(1000, 2000);
+
+	/* The PHY requires 65 MDC clock cycles to complete a write operation
+	 * and turnaround the line properly.
+	 *
+	 * We ignore -EIO here as the MDIO controller (e.g.: mdio-bcm-unimac)
+	 * may flag the lack of turn-around as a read failure. This is
+	 * particularly true with this combination since the MDIO controller
+	 * only used 64 MDC cycles. This is not a critical failure in this
+	 * specific case and it has no functional impact otherwise, so we let
+	 * that one go through. If there is a genuine bus error, the next read
+	 * of MII_BRCM_FET_INTREG will error out.
+	 */
+	err = phy_read(phydev, MII_BMCR);
+	if (err < 0 && err != -EIO)
+		return err;
+
 	reg = phy_read(phydev, MII_BRCM_FET_INTREG);
 	if (reg < 0)
 		return reg;