diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_tse_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_tse_main.c
index 95a30a30f7ff..4efc4355d345 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_tse_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/altera/altera_tse_main.c
@@ -736,6 +736,10 @@ static int altera_tse_phy_get_addr_mdio_create(struct net_device *dev)
 
 	priv->phy_iface = of_get_phy_mode(np);
 
+	/* Avoid get phy addr and create mdio if no phy is present */
+	if (!priv->phy_iface)
+		return 0;
+
 	/* try to get PHY address from device tree, use PHY autodetection if
 	 * no valid address is given
 	 */
@@ -770,6 +774,10 @@ static int init_phy(struct net_device *dev)
 	struct phy_device *phydev;
 	struct device_node *phynode;
 
+	/* Avoid init phy in case of no phy present */
+	if (!priv->phy_iface)
+		return 0;
+
 	priv->oldlink = 0;
 	priv->oldspeed = 0;
 	priv->oldduplex = -1;