diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c
index a94b874982dca404d722910b57f4430c1faee2bf..9a5e2969df6197cd3383e263b2336dca5faa1a2d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c
@@ -4072,13 +4072,12 @@ static void rtl8169_init_phy(struct net_device *dev, struct rtl8169_private *tp)
 
 	genphy_soft_reset(dev->phydev);
 
-	/* It was reported that chip version 33 ends up with 10MBit/Half on a
+	/* It was reported that several chips end up with 10MBit/Half on a
 	 * 1GBit link after resuming from S3. For whatever reason the PHY on
-	 * this chip doesn't properly start a renegotiation when soft-reset.
+	 * these chips doesn't properly start a renegotiation when soft-reset.
 	 * Explicitly requesting a renegotiation fixes this.
 	 */
-	if (tp->mac_version == RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_33 &&
-	    dev->phydev->autoneg == AUTONEG_ENABLE)
+	if (dev->phydev->autoneg == AUTONEG_ENABLE)
 		phy_restart_aneg(dev->phydev);
 }