diff --git a/target/linux/mvebu/patches-4.14/403-net-mvneta-convert-to-phylink.patch b/target/linux/mvebu/patches-4.14/403-net-mvneta-convert-to-phylink.patch
index 577317a84d..34a2d342db 100644
--- a/target/linux/mvebu/patches-4.14/403-net-mvneta-convert-to-phylink.patch
+++ b/target/linux/mvebu/patches-4.14/403-net-mvneta-convert-to-phylink.patch
@@ -905,7 +905,7 @@ Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
 +	phylink = phylink_create(dev, dn, phy_mode, &mvneta_phylink_ops);
 +	if (IS_ERR(phylink)) {
 +		err = PTR_ERR(phylink);
-+		goto err_free_stats;
++		goto err_netdev;
 +	}
 +
 +	pp->phylink = phylink;