diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
index dd778c7fde1dd351102fee0c56b65c5454e138a9..52828d1c64f7a4ff3a6a70c2ae5ef3a1da20de59 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
@@ -1413,6 +1413,11 @@ int phy_sfp_probe(struct phy_device *phydev,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(phy_sfp_probe);
 
+static bool phy_drv_supports_irq(struct phy_driver *phydrv)
+{
+	return phydrv->config_intr && phydrv->handle_interrupt;
+}
+
 /**
  * phy_attach_direct - attach a network device to a given PHY device pointer
  * @dev: network device to attach
@@ -1527,6 +1532,9 @@ int phy_attach_direct(struct net_device *dev, struct phy_device *phydev,
 	if (phydev->dev_flags & PHY_F_NO_IRQ)
 		phydev->irq = PHY_POLL;
 
+	if (!phy_drv_supports_irq(phydev->drv) && phy_interrupt_is_valid(phydev))
+		phydev->irq = PHY_POLL;
+
 	/* Port is set to PORT_TP by default and the actual PHY driver will set
 	 * it to different value depending on the PHY configuration. If we have
 	 * the generic PHY driver we can't figure it out, thus set the old
@@ -2992,11 +3000,6 @@ s32 phy_get_internal_delay(struct phy_device *phydev, struct device *dev,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(phy_get_internal_delay);
 
-static bool phy_drv_supports_irq(struct phy_driver *phydrv)
-{
-	return phydrv->config_intr && phydrv->handle_interrupt;
-}
-
 static int phy_led_set_brightness(struct led_classdev *led_cdev,
 				  enum led_brightness value)
 {