diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
index 1ee25877c4d1..a5e0f0721035 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
@@ -861,6 +861,8 @@ void phy_stop(struct phy_device *phydev)
 out_unlock:
 	mutex_unlock(&phydev->lock);
 
+	phy_state_machine(&phydev->state_queue.work);
+
 	/* Cannot call flush_scheduled_work() here as desired because
 	 * of rtnl_lock(), but PHY_HALTED shall guarantee phy_change()
 	 * will not reenable interrupts.