diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_ethtool.c
index 693f59c3c47a..918a32f8fda8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_ethtool.c
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ static void stmmac_get_ethtool_stats(struct net_device *dev,
 					     (*(u32 *)p);
 			}
 		}
-		if (priv->eee_enabled) {
+		if (priv->dma_cap.eee) {
 			int val = phylink_get_eee_err(priv->phylink);
 			if (val)
 				priv->xstats.phy_eee_wakeup_error_n = val;