diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
index 1d788f19135b..1b6d09aef427 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
@@ -756,12 +756,8 @@ void phy_state_machine(struct work_struct *work)
 			netif_carrier_on(phydev->attached_dev);
 			phydev->adjust_link(phydev->attached_dev);
 
-		} else if (0 == phydev->link_timeout--) {
+		} else if (0 == phydev->link_timeout--)
 			needs_aneg = 1;
-			/* If we have the magic_aneg bit, we try again */
-			if (phydev->drv->flags & PHY_HAS_MAGICANEG)
-				break;
-		}
 		break;
 	case PHY_NOLINK:
 		err = phy_read_status(phydev);