diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
index 97bab45ed95f374b0cf352de384c877ab3fcc178..ceab142bcf8a9c6c33a525f83cee2c3824930104 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
@@ -4087,11 +4087,8 @@ static void ixgbe_up_complete(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter)
 	else
 		ixgbe_configure_msi_and_legacy(adapter);
 
-	/* enable the optics for both mult-speed fiber and 82599 SFP+ fiber */
-	if (hw->mac.ops.enable_tx_laser &&
-	    ((hw->phy.multispeed_fiber) ||
-	     ((hw->mac.ops.get_media_type(hw) == ixgbe_media_type_fiber) &&
-	      (hw->mac.type == ixgbe_mac_82599EB))))
+	/* enable the optics for 82599 SFP+ fiber */
+	if (hw->mac.ops.enable_tx_laser)
 		hw->mac.ops.enable_tx_laser(hw);
 
 	clear_bit(__IXGBE_DOWN, &adapter->state);
@@ -4413,11 +4410,8 @@ void ixgbe_down(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter)
 	if (!pci_channel_offline(adapter->pdev))
 		ixgbe_reset(adapter);
 
-	/* power down the optics for multispeed fiber and 82599 SFP+ fiber */
-	if (hw->mac.ops.disable_tx_laser &&
-	    ((hw->phy.multispeed_fiber) ||
-	     ((hw->mac.ops.get_media_type(hw) == ixgbe_media_type_fiber) &&
-	      (hw->mac.type == ixgbe_mac_82599EB))))
+	/* power down the optics for 82599 SFP+ fiber */
+	if (hw->mac.ops.disable_tx_laser)
 		hw->mac.ops.disable_tx_laser(hw);
 
 	ixgbe_clean_all_tx_rings(adapter);
@@ -5050,14 +5044,8 @@ static int __ixgbe_shutdown(struct pci_dev *pdev, bool *enable_wake)
 	if (wufc) {
 		ixgbe_set_rx_mode(netdev);
 
-		/*
-		 * enable the optics for both mult-speed fiber and
-		 * 82599 SFP+ fiber as we can WoL.
-		 */
-		if (hw->mac.ops.enable_tx_laser &&
-		    (hw->phy.multispeed_fiber ||
-		    (hw->mac.ops.get_media_type(hw) == ixgbe_media_type_fiber &&
-		     hw->mac.type == ixgbe_mac_82599EB)))
+		/* enable the optics for 82599 SFP+ fiber as we can WoL */
+		if (hw->mac.ops.enable_tx_laser)
 			hw->mac.ops.enable_tx_laser(hw);
 
 		/* turn on all-multi mode if wake on multicast is enabled */
@@ -7468,11 +7456,8 @@ static int __devinit ixgbe_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	if (err)
 		goto err_register;
 
-	/* power down the optics for multispeed fiber and 82599 SFP+ fiber */
-	if (hw->mac.ops.disable_tx_laser &&
-	    ((hw->phy.multispeed_fiber) ||
-	     ((hw->mac.ops.get_media_type(hw) == ixgbe_media_type_fiber) &&
-	      (hw->mac.type == ixgbe_mac_82599EB))))
+	/* power down the optics for 82599 SFP+ fiber */
+	if (hw->mac.ops.disable_tx_laser)
 		hw->mac.ops.disable_tx_laser(hw);
 
 	/* carrier off reporting is important to ethtool even BEFORE open */