diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/enetc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/enetc.c
index 0c8d8e0ed3b4..7ac72e1bf1e3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/enetc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/enetc.c
@@ -321,6 +321,8 @@ static int enetc_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
 	int work_done;
 	int i;
 
+	enetc_lock_mdio();
+
 	for (i = 0; i < v->count_tx_rings; i++)
 		if (!enetc_clean_tx_ring(&v->tx_ring[i], budget))
 			complete = false;
@@ -331,8 +333,10 @@ static int enetc_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
 	if (work_done)
 		v->rx_napi_work = true;
 
-	if (!complete)
+	if (!complete) {
+		enetc_unlock_mdio();
 		return budget;
+	}
 
 	napi_complete_done(napi, work_done);
 
@@ -341,8 +345,6 @@ static int enetc_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
 
 	v->rx_napi_work = false;
 
-	enetc_lock_mdio();
-
 	/* enable interrupts */
 	enetc_wr_reg_hot(v->rbier, ENETC_RBIER_RXTIE);
 
@@ -367,8 +369,8 @@ static void enetc_get_tx_tstamp(struct enetc_hw *hw, union enetc_tx_bd *txbd,
 {
 	u32 lo, hi, tstamp_lo;
 
-	lo = enetc_rd(hw, ENETC_SICTR0);
-	hi = enetc_rd(hw, ENETC_SICTR1);
+	lo = enetc_rd_hot(hw, ENETC_SICTR0);
+	hi = enetc_rd_hot(hw, ENETC_SICTR1);
 	tstamp_lo = le32_to_cpu(txbd->wb.tstamp);
 	if (lo <= tstamp_lo)
 		hi -= 1;
@@ -398,9 +400,7 @@ static bool enetc_clean_tx_ring(struct enetc_bdr *tx_ring, int napi_budget)
 	i = tx_ring->next_to_clean;
 	tx_swbd = &tx_ring->tx_swbd[i];
 
-	enetc_lock_mdio();
 	bds_to_clean = enetc_bd_ready_count(tx_ring, i);
-	enetc_unlock_mdio();
 
 	do_tstamp = false;
 
@@ -443,8 +443,6 @@ static bool enetc_clean_tx_ring(struct enetc_bdr *tx_ring, int napi_budget)
 			tx_swbd = tx_ring->tx_swbd;
 		}
 
-		enetc_lock_mdio();
-
 		/* BD iteration loop end */
 		if (is_eof) {
 			tx_frm_cnt++;
@@ -455,8 +453,6 @@ static bool enetc_clean_tx_ring(struct enetc_bdr *tx_ring, int napi_budget)
 
 		if (unlikely(!bds_to_clean))
 			bds_to_clean = enetc_bd_ready_count(tx_ring, i);
-
-		enetc_unlock_mdio();
 	}
 
 	tx_ring->next_to_clean = i;
@@ -700,8 +696,6 @@ static int enetc_clean_rx_ring(struct enetc_bdr *rx_ring,
 		u32 bd_status;
 		u16 size;
 
-		enetc_lock_mdio();
-
 		if (cleaned_cnt >= ENETC_RXBD_BUNDLE) {
 			int count = enetc_refill_rx_ring(rx_ring, cleaned_cnt);
 
@@ -712,19 +706,15 @@ static int enetc_clean_rx_ring(struct enetc_bdr *rx_ring,
 
 		rxbd = enetc_rxbd(rx_ring, i);
 		bd_status = le32_to_cpu(rxbd->r.lstatus);
-		if (!bd_status) {
-			enetc_unlock_mdio();
+		if (!bd_status)
 			break;
-		}
 
 		enetc_wr_reg_hot(rx_ring->idr, BIT(rx_ring->index));
 		dma_rmb(); /* for reading other rxbd fields */
 		size = le16_to_cpu(rxbd->r.buf_len);
 		skb = enetc_map_rx_buff_to_skb(rx_ring, i, size);
-		if (!skb) {
-			enetc_unlock_mdio();
+		if (!skb)
 			break;
-		}
 
 		enetc_get_offloads(rx_ring, rxbd, skb);
 
@@ -736,7 +726,6 @@ static int enetc_clean_rx_ring(struct enetc_bdr *rx_ring,
 
 		if (unlikely(bd_status &
 			     ENETC_RXBD_LSTATUS(ENETC_RXBD_ERR_MASK))) {
-			enetc_unlock_mdio();
 			dev_kfree_skb(skb);
 			while (!(bd_status & ENETC_RXBD_LSTATUS_F)) {
 				dma_rmb();
@@ -776,8 +765,6 @@ static int enetc_clean_rx_ring(struct enetc_bdr *rx_ring,
 
 		enetc_process_skb(rx_ring, skb);
 
-		enetc_unlock_mdio();
-
 		napi_gro_receive(napi, skb);
 
 		rx_frm_cnt++;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/enetc_hw.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/enetc_hw.h
index 014ca6ae121f..f0f9e6bce2b9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/enetc_hw.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/enetc/enetc_hw.h
@@ -453,6 +453,8 @@ static inline u64 _enetc_rd_reg64_wa(void __iomem *reg)
 #define enetc_wr_reg(reg, val)		_enetc_wr_reg_wa((reg), (val))
 #define enetc_rd(hw, off)		enetc_rd_reg((hw)->reg + (off))
 #define enetc_wr(hw, off, val)		enetc_wr_reg((hw)->reg + (off), val)
+#define enetc_rd_hot(hw, off)		enetc_rd_reg_hot((hw)->reg + (off))
+#define enetc_wr_hot(hw, off, val)	enetc_wr_reg_hot((hw)->reg + (off), val)
 #define enetc_rd64(hw, off)		_enetc_rd_reg64_wa((hw)->reg + (off))
 /* port register accessors - PF only */
 #define enetc_port_rd(hw, off)		enetc_rd_reg((hw)->port + (off))