diff --git a/drivers/net/fec_mxc.c b/drivers/net/fec_mxc.c
index eb89e573cbe1340eb9caf0b23e68ce9772142aa6..f7384ad708717ed6e5f3223bd37992c0598f808b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/fec_mxc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/fec_mxc.c
@@ -1021,27 +1021,19 @@ err1:
 	return ret;
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_FEC_MXC_PHYADDR
-int fecmxc_initialize(bd_t *bd)
-{
-	int lout = 1;
-
-	debug("eth_init: fec_probe(bd)\n");
-	lout = fec_probe(bd, -1, CONFIG_FEC_MXC_PHYADDR, IMX_FEC_BASE);
-
-	return lout;
-}
-#endif
-
 int fecmxc_initialize_multi(bd_t *bd, int dev_id, int phy_id, uint32_t addr)
 {
-	int lout = 1;
-
 	debug("eth_init: fec_probe(bd, %i, %i) @ %08x\n", dev_id, phy_id, addr);
-	lout = fec_probe(bd, dev_id, phy_id, addr);
+	return fec_probe(bd, dev_id, phy_id, addr);
+}
 
-	return lout;
+#ifdef CONFIG_FEC_MXC_PHYADDR
+int fecmxc_initialize(bd_t *bd)
+{
+	return fecmxc_initialize_multi(bd, -1, CONFIG_FEC_MXC_PHYADDR,
+			IMX_FEC_BASE);
 }
+#endif
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_PHYLIB
 int fecmxc_register_mii_postcall(struct eth_device *dev, int (*cb)(int))