diff --git a/sys/dev/mii/rlphy.c b/sys/dev/mii/rlphy.c
index f6a4436e2004..27825fa07e7d 100644
--- a/sys/dev/mii/rlphy.c
+++ b/sys/dev/mii/rlphy.c
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ static driver_t rlphy_driver = {
 DRIVER_MODULE(rlphy, miibus, rlphy_driver, rlphy_devclass, 0, 0);
 
 static int	rlphy_service __P((struct mii_softc *, struct mii_data *, int));
-static void	rlphy_reset __P((struct mii_softc *));
 
 static int rlphy_probe(dev)
 	device_t		dev;
@@ -150,7 +149,7 @@ static int rlphy_attach(dev)
 	ADD(IFM_MAKEWORD(IFM_ETHER, IFM_100_TX, IFM_LOOP, sc->mii_inst),
 	    BMCR_LOOP|BMCR_S100);
 
-	rlphy_reset(sc);
+	mii_phy_reset(sc);
 
 	sc->mii_capabilities =
 	    PHY_READ(sc, MII_BMSR) & ma->mii_capmask;
@@ -257,17 +256,3 @@ rlphy_service(sc, mii, cmd)
 	mii_phy_update(sc, cmd);
 	return (0);
 }
-
-static void
-rlphy_reset(sc)
-	struct mii_softc *sc;
-{
-
-	mii_phy_reset(sc);
-
-	/*
-	 * XXX RealTek PHY doesn't set the BMCR properly after
-	 * XXX reset, which breaks autonegotiation.
-	 */
-	PHY_WRITE(sc, MII_BMCR, BMCR_S100|BMCR_AUTOEN|BMCR_FDX);
-}