diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
index 6be0709e34..80a7664e49 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
@@ -256,11 +256,11 @@ int genphy_update_link(struct phy_device *phydev)
 				return -EINTR;
 			}
 
-			if ((i++ % 500) == 0)
+			if ((i++ % 10) == 0)
 				printf(".");
 
-			udelay(1000);	/* 1 ms */
 			mii_reg = phy_read(phydev, MDIO_DEVAD_NONE, MII_BMSR);
+			mdelay(50);	/* 50 ms */
 		}
 		printf(" done\n");
 		phydev->link = 1;