diff --git a/board/qca/arm/ipq5018/ipq5018.c b/board/qca/arm/ipq5018/ipq5018.c
index 52fbde6b78..22b05c0449 100644
--- a/board/qca/arm/ipq5018/ipq5018.c
+++ b/board/qca/arm/ipq5018/ipq5018.c
@@ -1639,7 +1639,7 @@ void fdt_fixup_bt_debug(void *blob)
 	if ((gd->bd->bi_arch_number == MACH_TYPE_IPQ5018_AP_MP02_1) ||
 		(gd->bd->bi_arch_number == MACH_TYPE_IPQ5018_DB_MP02_1)) {
 		node = fdt_path_offset(blob, "/soc/pinctrl@1000000/btss_pins");
-		if (node) {
+		if (node >= 0) {
 			phandle = fdtdec_get_int(blob, node, "phandle", 0);
 			snprintf(node_name,
 				sizeof(node_name),
@@ -1649,6 +1649,8 @@ void fdt_fixup_bt_debug(void *blob)
 			parse_fdt_fixup("/soc/bt@7000000%pinctrl-names%?btss_pins", blob);
 			parse_fdt_fixup(node_name, blob);
 		}
+		parse_fdt_fixup("/soc/mdio@90000/%delete%status", blob);
+		parse_fdt_fixup("/soc/mdio@90000/%status%?disabled", blob);
 	}
 	parse_fdt_fixup("/soc/serial@78b0000/%status%?ok", blob);