diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
index d0b3e8523fcdc94bbd20f512e134aab246228bc6..d7364ffc34f2f1774b38153600698451de549d68 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
@@ -789,7 +789,7 @@ void phy_connect_dev(struct phy_device *phydev, struct eth_device *dev)
 {
 	/* Soft Reset the PHY */
 	phy_reset(phydev);
-	if (phydev->dev) {
+	if (phydev->dev && phydev->dev != dev) {
 		printf("%s:%d is connected to %s.  Reconnecting to %s\n",
 				phydev->bus->name, phydev->addr,
 				phydev->dev->name, dev->name);