diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/mv88e6xxx/port.c b/drivers/net/dsa/mv88e6xxx/port.c
index dce84a2a65c7..c44b2822e4dd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dsa/mv88e6xxx/port.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dsa/mv88e6xxx/port.c
@@ -427,18 +427,22 @@ int mv88e6390x_port_set_cmode(struct mv88e6xxx_chip *chip, int port,
 		return 0;
 
 	lane = mv88e6390x_serdes_get_lane(chip, port);
-	if (lane < 0)
+	if (lane < 0 && lane != -ENODEV)
 		return lane;
 
-	if (chip->ports[port].serdes_irq) {
-		err = mv88e6390_serdes_irq_disable(chip, port, lane);
+	if (lane >= 0) {
+		if (chip->ports[port].serdes_irq) {
+			err = mv88e6390_serdes_irq_disable(chip, port, lane);
+			if (err)
+				return err;
+		}
+
+		err = mv88e6390x_serdes_power(chip, port, false);
 		if (err)
 			return err;
 	}
 
-	err = mv88e6390x_serdes_power(chip, port, false);
-	if (err)
-		return err;
+	chip->ports[port].cmode = 0;
 
 	if (cmode) {
 		err = mv88e6xxx_port_read(chip, port, MV88E6XXX_PORT_STS, &reg);
@@ -452,6 +456,12 @@ int mv88e6390x_port_set_cmode(struct mv88e6xxx_chip *chip, int port,
 		if (err)
 			return err;
 
+		chip->ports[port].cmode = cmode;
+
+		lane = mv88e6390x_serdes_get_lane(chip, port);
+		if (lane < 0)
+			return lane;
+
 		err = mv88e6390x_serdes_power(chip, port, true);
 		if (err)
 			return err;
@@ -463,8 +473,6 @@ int mv88e6390x_port_set_cmode(struct mv88e6xxx_chip *chip, int port,
 		}
 	}
 
-	chip->ports[port].cmode = cmode;
-
 	return 0;
 }