diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/aquantia/aquantia_firmware.c b/drivers/net/phy/aquantia/aquantia_firmware.c
index 0c9640ef153b..524627a36c6f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/aquantia/aquantia_firmware.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/aquantia/aquantia_firmware.c
@@ -353,6 +353,10 @@ int aqr_firmware_load(struct phy_device *phydev)
 {
 	int ret;
 
+	ret = aqr_wait_reset_complete(phydev);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
 	/* Check if the firmware is not already loaded by pooling
 	 * the current version returned by the PHY. If 0 is returned,
 	 * no firmware is loaded.