diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
index 914fe8e6ac86..04780db4c963 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
@@ -471,8 +471,14 @@ static int phy_config_aneg(struct phy_device *phydev)
 {
 	if (phydev->drv->config_aneg)
 		return phydev->drv->config_aneg(phydev);
-	else
-		return genphy_config_aneg(phydev);
+
+	/* Clause 45 PHYs that don't implement Clause 22 registers are not
+	 * allowed to call genphy_config_aneg()
+	 */
+	if (phydev->is_c45 && !(phydev->c45_ids.devices_in_package & BIT(0)))
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
+	return genphy_config_aneg(phydev);
 }
 
 /**