[PATCH net v3 3/5] net: phy: set PHY_READY after LED setup

From: Xuanqiang Luo

Date: Wed Aug 19 2026 - 02:09:56 EST


From: Xuanqiang Luo <luoxuanqiang@xxxxxxxxxx>

phy_probe() sets PHY_READY before calling of_phy_leds(). If LED setup
fails, the error path releases the initialized resources while the PHY
state remains READY even though probing failed.

Set PHY_READY only after LED setup succeeds.

Fixes: 01e5b728e9e4 ("net: phy: Add a binding for PHY LEDs")
Signed-off-by: Xuanqiang Luo <luoxuanqiang@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
index 538e9ca44d093..8fd6fbf378f0a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
@@ -3799,9 +3799,6 @@ static int phy_probe(struct device *dev)
phydev->supported);
}

- /* Set the state to READY by default */
- phydev->state = PHY_READY;
-
/* Register the PHY LED triggers */
if (!phydev->is_on_sfp_module)
phy_led_triggers_register(phydev);
@@ -3815,6 +3812,9 @@ static int phy_probe(struct device *dev)
goto out_unreg_led_triggers;
}

+ /* Set the state to READY by default */
+ phydev->state = PHY_READY;
+
return 0;

out_unreg_led_triggers:
--
2.43.0