diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/apm/xgene/xgene_enet_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/apm/xgene/xgene_enet_main.c
index 86058a9f3417b..1d307f2def2d9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/apm/xgene/xgene_enet_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/apm/xgene/xgene_enet_main.c
@@ -1785,9 +1785,9 @@ static int xgene_enet_get_resources(struct xgene_enet_pdata *pdata)
 
 	xgene_enet_gpiod_get(pdata);
 
-	if (pdata->phy_mode != PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_SGMII) {
-		pdata->clk = devm_clk_get(&pdev->dev, NULL);
-		if (IS_ERR(pdata->clk)) {
+	pdata->clk = devm_clk_get(&pdev->dev, NULL);
+	if (IS_ERR(pdata->clk)) {
+		if (pdata->phy_mode != PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_SGMII) {
 			/* Abort if the clock is defined but couldn't be
 			 * retrived. Always abort if the clock is missing on
 			 * DT system as the driver can't cope with this case.