--- /dev/null
+From 095ef388f714d622aa503fcccf20dc4095b72762 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
+Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2022 16:12:13 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH 06/14] net: dpaa2-mac: remove defensive check in
+ dpaa2_mac_disconnect()
+
+dpaa2_mac_disconnect() will only be called with a NULL mac->phylink if
+dpaa2_mac_connect() failed, or was never called.
+
+The callers are these:
+
+dpaa2_eth_disconnect_mac():
+
+ if (dpaa2_eth_is_type_phy(priv))
+ dpaa2_mac_disconnect(priv->mac);
+
+dpaa2_switch_port_disconnect_mac():
+
+ if (dpaa2_switch_port_is_type_phy(port_priv))
+ dpaa2_mac_disconnect(port_priv->mac);
+
+priv->mac can be NULL, but in that case, dpaa2_eth_is_type_phy() returns
+false, and dpaa2_mac_disconnect() is never called. Similar for
+dpaa2-switch.
+
+When priv->mac is non-NULL, it means that dpaa2_mac_connect() returned
+zero (success), and therefore, priv->mac->phylink is also a valid
+pointer.
+
+Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
+Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
+Reviewed-by: Ioana Ciornei <ioana.ciornei@nxp.com>
+Tested-by: Ioana Ciornei <ioana.ciornei@nxp.com>
+Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
+---
+ drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-mac.c | 3 ---
+ 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)
+
+--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-mac.c
++++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-mac.c
+@@ -446,9 +446,6 @@ err_pcs_destroy:
+
+ void dpaa2_mac_disconnect(struct dpaa2_mac *mac)
+ {
+- if (!mac->phylink)
+- return;
+-
+ phylink_disconnect_phy(mac->phylink);
+ phylink_destroy(mac->phylink);
+ dpaa2_pcs_destroy(mac);