diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/meson-gxl.c b/drivers/net/phy/meson-gxl.c
index ccf70c9..5f4ecb1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/meson-gxl.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/meson-gxl.c
@@ -10,8 +10,94 @@
 #include <config.h>
 #include <common.h>
 #include <linux/bitops.h>
+#include <dm.h>
 #include <phy.h>
 
+/* This function is provided to cope with the possible failures of this phy
+ * during aneg process. When aneg fails, the PHY reports that aneg is done
+ * but the value found in MII_LPA is wrong:
+ *  - Early failures: MII_LPA is just 0x0001. if MII_EXPANSION reports that
+ *    the link partner (LP) supports aneg but the LP never acked our base
+ *    code word, it is likely that we never sent it to begin with.
+ *  - Late failures: MII_LPA is filled with a value which seems to make sense
+ *    but it actually is not what the LP is advertising. It seems that we
+ *    can detect this using a magic bit in the WOL bank (reg 12 - bit 12).
+ *    If this particular bit is not set when aneg is reported being done,
+ *    it means MII_LPA is likely to be wrong.
+ *
+ * In both case, forcing a restart of the aneg process solve the problem.
+ * When this failure happens, the first retry is usually successful but,
+ * in some cases, it may take up to 6 retries to get a decent result
+ */
+int meson_gxl_startup(struct phy_device *phydev)
+{
+	unsigned int retries = 10;
+	int ret, wol, lpa, exp;
+
+restart_aneg:
+	ret = genphy_update_link(phydev);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	if (phydev->autoneg == AUTONEG_ENABLE) {
+		/* Need to access WOL bank, make sure the access is open */
+		ret = phy_write(phydev, MDIO_DEVAD_NONE, 0x14, 0x0000);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+		ret = phy_write(phydev, MDIO_DEVAD_NONE, 0x14, 0x0400);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+		ret = phy_write(phydev, MDIO_DEVAD_NONE, 0x14, 0x0000);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+		ret = phy_write(phydev, MDIO_DEVAD_NONE, 0x14, 0x0400);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+
+		/* Request LPI_STATUS WOL register */
+		ret = phy_write(phydev, MDIO_DEVAD_NONE, 0x14, 0x8D80);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+
+		/* Read LPI_STATUS value */
+		wol = phy_read(phydev, MDIO_DEVAD_NONE, 0x15);
+		if (wol < 0)
+			return wol;
+
+		lpa = phy_read(phydev, MDIO_DEVAD_NONE, MII_LPA);
+		if (lpa < 0)
+			return lpa;
+
+		exp = phy_read(phydev, MDIO_DEVAD_NONE, MII_EXPANSION);
+		if (exp < 0)
+			return exp;
+
+		if (!(wol & BIT(12)) ||
+			((exp & EXPANSION_NWAY) && !(lpa & LPA_LPACK))) {
+			
+			/* Looks like aneg failed after all */
+			if (!retries) {
+				printf("%s LPA corruption max attempts\n",
+					phydev->dev->name);
+				return -ETIMEDOUT;
+			}
+
+			printf("%s LPA corruption - aneg restart\n",
+				phydev->dev->name);
+
+			ret = genphy_restart_aneg(phydev);
+			if (ret)
+				return ret;
+
+			--retries;
+
+			goto restart_aneg;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return genphy_parse_link(phydev);
+}
+
 static int meson_gxl_phy_config(struct phy_device *phydev)
 {
 	/* Enable Analog and DSP register Bank access by */
@@ -45,7 +131,7 @@
 	.mask = 0xfffffff0,
 	.features = PHY_BASIC_FEATURES,
 	.config = &meson_gxl_phy_config,
-	.startup = &genphy_startup,
+	.startup = &meson_gxl_startup,
 	.shutdown = &genphy_shutdown,
 };