diff --git a/drivers/net/ipq6018/ipq6018_uniphy.c b/drivers/net/ipq6018/ipq6018_uniphy.c
index a450e1a87c..35687a67bd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ipq6018/ipq6018_uniphy.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ipq6018/ipq6018_uniphy.c
@@ -77,10 +77,12 @@ static void ppe_gcc_uniphy_xpcs_reset(uint32_t uniphy_index, bool enable)
 {
 	uint32_t reg_value;
 
+	reg_value = readl(GCC_UNIPHY0_MISC + (uniphy_index * GCC_UNIPHY_REG_INC));
+
 	if(enable)
-		reg_value = GCC_UNIPHY_USXGMII_XPCS_RESET;
+		reg_value |= GCC_UNIPHY_USXGMII_XPCS_RESET;
 	else
-		reg_value = GCC_UNIPHY_USXGMII_XPCS_RELEASE_RESET;
+		reg_value &= ~GCC_UNIPHY_USXGMII_XPCS_RESET;
 
 	writel(reg_value, GCC_UNIPHY0_MISC + (uniphy_index * GCC_UNIPHY_REG_INC));
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/ipq6018/ipq6018_uniphy.h b/drivers/net/ipq6018/ipq6018_uniphy.h
index 224fb69b21..04151ef7de 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ipq6018/ipq6018_uniphy.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ipq6018/ipq6018_uniphy.h
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 #define GCC_UNIPHY0_MISC			0x01856004
 #define GCC_UNIPHY_REG_INC 			0x100
 #define GCC_UNIPHY_USXGMII_XPCS_RESET 		0x4
-#define GCC_UNIPHY_USXGMII_XPCS_RELEASE_RESET	0x0
 
 #define PPE_UNIPHY_OFFSET_CALIB_4		0x1E0
 #define UNIPHY_CALIBRATION_DONE			0x1