diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/mdio-xpcs.c b/drivers/net/phy/mdio-xpcs.c
index c04e9bf40180..54976047dcb9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/mdio-xpcs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/mdio-xpcs.c
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ static int xpcs_probe(struct mdio_xpcs_args *xpcs, phy_interface_t interface)
 			match = entry;
 
 			if (xpcs_check_features(xpcs, match, interface))
-				return 0;
+				return xpcs_soft_reset(xpcs, MDIO_MMD_PCS);
 		}
 	}