diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/fixed_phy.c b/drivers/net/phy/fixed_phy.c
index 7c5265fd2b94..4a3d34f40cb9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/fixed_phy.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/fixed_phy.c
@@ -210,18 +210,15 @@ static struct gpio_desc *fixed_phy_get_gpiod(struct device_node *np)
 	 * Linux device associated with it, we simply have obtain
 	 * the GPIO descriptor from the device tree like this.
 	 */
-	gpiod = gpiod_get_from_of_node(fixed_link_node, "link-gpios", 0,
-				       GPIOD_IN, "mdio");
-	of_node_put(fixed_link_node);
-	if (IS_ERR(gpiod)) {
-		if (PTR_ERR(gpiod) == -EPROBE_DEFER)
-			return gpiod;
-
+	gpiod = fwnode_gpiod_get_index(of_fwnode_handle(fixed_link_node),
+				       "link", 0, GPIOD_IN, "mdio");
+	if (IS_ERR(gpiod) && PTR_ERR(gpiod) != -EPROBE_DEFER) {
 		if (PTR_ERR(gpiod) != -ENOENT)
 			pr_err("error getting GPIO for fixed link %pOF, proceed without\n",
 			       fixed_link_node);
 		gpiod = NULL;
 	}
+	of_node_put(fixed_link_node);
 
 	return gpiod;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c b/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c
index ba9468cc8e13..3f7fa634134a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c
@@ -186,8 +186,8 @@ static int phylink_parse_fixedlink(struct phylink *pl,
 			pl->link_config.pause |= MLO_PAUSE_ASYM;
 
 		if (ret == 0) {
-			desc = fwnode_get_named_gpiod(fixed_node, "link-gpios",
-						      0, GPIOD_IN, "?");
+			desc = fwnode_gpiod_get_index(fixed_node, "link", 0,
+						      GPIOD_IN, "?");
 
 			if (!IS_ERR(desc))
 				pl->link_gpio = desc;