diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
index 1de3938628f4..56cfae950472 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
@@ -840,7 +840,7 @@ static void phy_error(struct phy_device *phydev)
  * phy_disable_interrupts - Disable the PHY interrupts from the PHY side
  * @phydev: target phy_device struct
  */
-static int phy_disable_interrupts(struct phy_device *phydev)
+int phy_disable_interrupts(struct phy_device *phydev)
 {
 	int err;
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
index 85ba95b598b5..b4978c5fb2ca 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
@@ -1092,6 +1092,10 @@ int phy_init_hw(struct phy_device *phydev)
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
+	ret = phy_disable_interrupts(phydev);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
 	if (phydev->drv->config_init)
 		ret = phydev->drv->config_init(phydev);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/phy.h b/include/linux/phy.h
index 8c05d0fb5c00..b693b609b2f5 100644
--- a/include/linux/phy.h
+++ b/include/linux/phy.h
@@ -1416,6 +1416,7 @@ int phy_ethtool_ksettings_set(struct phy_device *phydev,
 int phy_mii_ioctl(struct phy_device *phydev, struct ifreq *ifr, int cmd);
 int phy_do_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *ifr, int cmd);
 int phy_do_ioctl_running(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *ifr, int cmd);
+int phy_disable_interrupts(struct phy_device *phydev);
 void phy_request_interrupt(struct phy_device *phydev);
 void phy_free_interrupt(struct phy_device *phydev);
 void phy_print_status(struct phy_device *phydev);