diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-eth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-eth.c
index 0acb11557ed1ce120b11e6bb9c361076936f6d1b..2c6f9b1225b85c96b2330a43c7de0af5b89ef511 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-eth.c
@@ -1222,9 +1222,8 @@ static int link_state_update(struct dpaa2_eth_priv *priv)
 
 	/* Chech link state; speed / duplex changes are not treated yet */
 	if (priv->link_state.up == state.up)
-		return 0;
+		goto out;
 
-	priv->link_state = state;
 	if (state.up) {
 		netif_carrier_on(priv->net_dev);
 		netif_tx_start_all_queues(priv->net_dev);
@@ -1236,6 +1235,9 @@ static int link_state_update(struct dpaa2_eth_priv *priv)
 	netdev_info(priv->net_dev, "Link Event: state %s\n",
 		    state.up ? "up" : "down");
 
+out:
+	priv->link_state = state;
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-ethtool.c
index 5c9816be640d3835cc4b940e154c28e1b070aa7c..fb170425e9ceb501e95377f07d4dbeff752da0bd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-ethtool.c
@@ -78,23 +78,14 @@ static int
 dpaa2_eth_get_link_ksettings(struct net_device *net_dev,
 			     struct ethtool_link_ksettings *link_settings)
 {
-	struct dpni_link_state state = {0};
-	int err = 0;
 	struct dpaa2_eth_priv *priv = netdev_priv(net_dev);
 
-	err = dpni_get_link_state(priv->mc_io, 0, priv->mc_token, &state);
-	if (err) {
-		netdev_err(net_dev, "ERROR %d getting link state\n", err);
-		goto out;
-	}
-
 	link_settings->base.autoneg = AUTONEG_DISABLE;
-	if (!(state.options & DPNI_LINK_OPT_HALF_DUPLEX))
+	if (!(priv->link_state.options & DPNI_LINK_OPT_HALF_DUPLEX))
 		link_settings->base.duplex = DUPLEX_FULL;
-	link_settings->base.speed = state.rate;
+	link_settings->base.speed = priv->link_state.rate;
 
-out:
-	return err;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static void dpaa2_eth_get_strings(struct net_device *netdev, u32 stringset,