diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mq-zii-ultra.dtsi b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mq-zii-ultra.dtsi
index 6a55165bd76a..0d1088dcaa02 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mq-zii-ultra.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/freescale/imx8mq-zii-ultra.dtsi
@@ -131,6 +131,8 @@ &fec1 {
 	mdio {
 		#address-cells = <1>;
 		#size-cells = <0>;
+		clock-frequency = <12500000>;
+		suppress-preamble;
 		status = "okay";
 
 		switch: switch@0 {