diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
index d9ec74895e42..32b555a72e13 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
@@ -1633,7 +1633,7 @@ static void of_set_phy_supported(struct phy_device *phydev)
 static void of_set_phy_eee_broken(struct phy_device *phydev)
 {
 	struct device_node *node = phydev->mdio.dev.of_node;
-	u32 broken;
+	u32 broken = 0;
 
 	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_OF_MDIO))
 		return;
@@ -1641,8 +1641,20 @@ static void of_set_phy_eee_broken(struct phy_device *phydev)
 	if (!node)
 		return;
 
-	if (!of_property_read_u32(node, "eee-broken-modes", &broken))
-		phydev->eee_broken_modes = broken;
+	if (of_property_read_bool(node, "eee-broken-100tx"))
+		broken |= MDIO_EEE_100TX;
+	if (of_property_read_bool(node, "eee-broken-1000t"))
+		broken |= MDIO_EEE_1000T;
+	if (of_property_read_bool(node, "eee-broken-10gt"))
+		broken |= MDIO_EEE_10GT;
+	if (of_property_read_bool(node, "eee-broken-1000kx"))
+		broken |= MDIO_EEE_1000KX;
+	if (of_property_read_bool(node, "eee-broken-10gkx4"))
+		broken |= MDIO_EEE_10GKX4;
+	if (of_property_read_bool(node, "eee-broken-10gkr"))
+		broken |= MDIO_EEE_10GKR;
+
+	phydev->eee_broken_modes = broken;
 }
 
 /**