diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
index f63c2ddced3c..8e8add8c6ed3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
@@ -364,9 +364,18 @@ static void stmmac_eee_ctrl_timer(struct timer_list *t)
 bool stmmac_eee_init(struct stmmac_priv *priv)
 {
 	struct net_device *ndev = priv->dev;
+	int interface = priv->plat->interface;
 	unsigned long flags;
 	bool ret = false;
 
+	if ((interface != PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_MII) &&
+	    (interface != PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_GMII) &&
+	    (interface != PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_RGMII) &&
+	    (interface != PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_RGMII_ID) &&
+	    (interface != PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_RGMII_TXID) &&
+	    (interface != PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_RGMII_RXID))
+		goto out;
+
 	/* Using PCS we cannot dial with the phy registers at this stage
 	 * so we do not support extra feature like EEE.
 	 */