diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
index 4b100ef4af9f..5adaf537513b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
@@ -272,8 +272,14 @@ bool stmmac_eee_init(struct stmmac_priv *priv)
 {
 	char *phy_bus_name = priv->plat->phy_bus_name;
 	unsigned long flags;
+	int interface = priv->plat->interface;
 	bool ret = false;
 
+	if ((interface != PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_MII) &&
+	    (interface != PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_GMII) &&
+	    !phy_interface_mode_is_rgmii(interface))
+		goto out;
+
 	/* Using PCS we cannot dial with the phy registers at this stage
 	 * so we do not support extra feature like EEE.
 	 */
diff --git a/include/linux/phy.h b/include/linux/phy.h
index 5bc4b9d563a9..dbfd5ce9350f 100644
--- a/include/linux/phy.h
+++ b/include/linux/phy.h
@@ -682,6 +682,17 @@ static inline bool phy_is_internal(struct phy_device *phydev)
 	return phydev->is_internal;
 }
 
+/**
+ * phy_interface_mode_is_rgmii - Convenience function for testing if a
+ * PHY interface mode is RGMII (all variants)
+ * @mode: the phy_interface_t enum
+ */
+static inline bool phy_interface_mode_is_rgmii(phy_interface_t mode)
+{
+	return mode >= PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_RGMII &&
+		mode <= PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_RGMII_TXID;
+};
+
 /**
  * phy_interface_is_rgmii - Convenience function for testing if a PHY interface
  * is RGMII (all variants)