diff --git a/board/freescale/ls2080a/ls2080a.c b/board/freescale/ls2080a/ls2080a.c
index 9e7701d..ecf4bd6 100644
--- a/board/freescale/ls2080a/ls2080a.c
+++ b/board/freescale/ls2080a/ls2080a.c
@@ -135,3 +135,9 @@ int ft_board_setup(void *blob, bd_t *bd)
 	return 0;
 }
 #endif
+
+#if defined(CONFIG_RESET_PHY_R)
+void reset_phy(void)
+{
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/board/freescale/ls2080aqds/eth.c b/board/freescale/ls2080aqds/eth.c
index 59361e9..8c44aac 100644
--- a/board/freescale/ls2080aqds/eth.c
+++ b/board/freescale/ls2080aqds/eth.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <fm_eth.h>
 #include <i2c.h>
 #include <miiphy.h>
+#include <fsl-mc/fsl_mc.h>
 #include <fsl-mc/ldpaa_wriop.h>
 
 #include "../common/qixis.h"
@@ -834,7 +835,6 @@ void ls2080a_handle_phy_interface_xsgmii(int i)
 int board_eth_init(bd_t *bis)
 {
 	int error;
-	char *mc_boot_env_var;
 #ifdef CONFIG_FSL_MC_ENET
 	struct ccsr_gur __iomem *gur = (void *)CONFIG_SYS_FSL_GUTS_ADDR;
 	int serdes1_prtcl = (in_le32(&gur->rcwsr[28]) &
@@ -902,9 +902,6 @@ int board_eth_init(bd_t *bis)
 		}
 	}
 
-	mc_boot_env_var = getenv(MC_BOOT_ENV_VAR);
-	if (mc_boot_env_var)
-		run_command_list(mc_boot_env_var, -1, 0);
 	error = cpu_eth_init(bis);
 
 	if (hwconfig_f("xqsgmii", env_hwconfig)) {
@@ -919,6 +916,9 @@ int board_eth_init(bd_t *bis)
 	return error;
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_FSL_MC_ENET
-
-#endif
+#if defined(CONFIG_RESET_PHY_R)
+void reset_phy(void)
+{
+	mc_env_boot();
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_RESET_PHY_R */
diff --git a/board/freescale/ls2080ardb/eth_ls2080rdb.c b/board/freescale/ls2080ardb/eth_ls2080rdb.c
index ba584c8..32677f7 100644
--- a/board/freescale/ls2080ardb/eth_ls2080rdb.c
+++ b/board/freescale/ls2080ardb/eth_ls2080rdb.c
@@ -16,15 +16,14 @@
 #include <asm/io.h>
 #include <exports.h>
 #include <asm/arch/fsl_serdes.h>
+#include <fsl-mc/fsl_mc.h>
 #include <fsl-mc/ldpaa_wriop.h>
 
 DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
 
-#define MC_BOOT_ENV_VAR "mcinitcmd"
 int board_eth_init(bd_t *bis)
 {
 #if defined(CONFIG_FSL_MC_ENET)
-	char *mc_boot_env_var;
 	int i, interface;
 	struct memac_mdio_info mdio_info;
 	struct mii_dev *dev;
@@ -98,11 +97,8 @@ int board_eth_init(bd_t *bis)
 		}
 	}
 
-	mc_boot_env_var = getenv(MC_BOOT_ENV_VAR);
-	if (mc_boot_env_var)
-		run_command_list(mc_boot_env_var, -1, 0);
 	cpu_eth_init(bis);
-#endif /* CONFIG_FMAN_ENET */
+#endif /* CONFIG_FSL_MC_ENET */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PHY_AQUANTIA
 	/*
@@ -118,3 +114,10 @@ int board_eth_init(bd_t *bis)
 #endif
 	return pci_eth_init(bis);
 }
+
+#if defined(CONFIG_RESET_PHY_R)
+void reset_phy(void)
+{
+	mc_env_boot();
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_RESET_PHY_R */
diff --git a/drivers/net/fsl-mc/mc.c b/drivers/net/fsl-mc/mc.c
index 0a74e3e..8da0428 100644
--- a/drivers/net/fsl-mc/mc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/fsl-mc/mc.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 
 #define MC_MEM_SIZE_ENV_VAR	"mcmemsize"
 #define MC_BOOT_TIMEOUT_ENV_VAR	"mcboottimeout"
+#define MC_BOOT_ENV_VAR		"mcinitcmd"
 
 DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
 static int mc_boot_status = -1;
@@ -1368,3 +1369,18 @@ U_BOOT_CMD(
 	"fsl_mc lazyapply DPL [DPL_addr] - Apply DPL file on exit\n"
 	"fsl_mc start aiop [FW_addr] - Start AIOP\n"
 );
+
+void mc_env_boot(void)
+{
+#if defined(CONFIG_FSL_MC_ENET)
+	char *mc_boot_env_var;
+	/* The MC may only be initialized in the reset PHY function
+	 * because otherwise U-Boot has not yet set up all the MAC
+	 * address info properly. Without MAC addresses, the MC code
+	 * can not properly initialize the DPC.
+	 */
+	mc_boot_env_var = getenv(MC_BOOT_ENV_VAR);
+	if (mc_boot_env_var)
+		run_command_list(mc_boot_env_var, -1, 0);
+#endif /* CONFIG_FSL_MC_ENET */
+}
diff --git a/include/configs/ls2080a_common.h b/include/configs/ls2080a_common.h
index b044768..3706b1a 100644
--- a/include/configs/ls2080a_common.h
+++ b/include/configs/ls2080a_common.h
@@ -156,6 +156,11 @@ unsigned long long get_qixis_addr(void);
 #define CONFIG_SYS_LS_MC_AIOP_IMG_MAX_LENGTH	0x200000
 #define CONFIG_SYS_LS_MC_DRAM_AIOP_IMG_OFFSET	0x07000000
 
+/* Define phy_reset function to boot the MC based on mcinitcmd.
+ * This happens late enough to properly fixup u-boot env MAC addresses.
+ */
+#define CONFIG_RESET_PHY_R
+
 /*
  * Carve out a DDR region which will not be used by u-boot/Linux
  *
diff --git a/include/fsl-mc/fsl_mc.h b/include/fsl-mc/fsl_mc.h
index ffe6da5..60088ec 100644
--- a/include/fsl-mc/fsl_mc.h
+++ b/include/fsl-mc/fsl_mc.h
@@ -61,4 +61,5 @@ u64 mc_get_dram_addr(void);
 unsigned long mc_get_dram_block_size(void);
 int fsl_mc_ldpaa_init(bd_t *bis);
 int fsl_mc_ldpaa_exit(bd_t *bd);
+void mc_env_boot(void);
 #endif