diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
index 5d956a5534345d..342bdefcb8b4e7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
@@ -1240,8 +1240,9 @@ static int stmmac_phy_setup(struct stmmac_priv *priv)
 	priv->phylink_config.dev = &priv->dev->dev;
 	priv->phylink_config.type = PHYLINK_NETDEV;
 	priv->phylink_config.pcs_poll = true;
-	priv->phylink_config.ovr_an_inband =
-		priv->plat->mdio_bus_data->xpcs_an_inband;
+	if (priv->plat->mdio_bus_data)
+		priv->phylink_config.ovr_an_inband =
+			priv->plat->mdio_bus_data->xpcs_an_inband;
 
 	if (!fwnode)
 		fwnode = dev_fwnode(priv->device);