diff --git a/rtl837x_port.c b/rtl837x_port.c
index d0e7611..d7cbba9 100644
--- a/rtl837x_port.c
+++ b/rtl837x_port.c
@@ -429,29 +429,32 @@ void port_eee_enable(__xdata uint8_t port,__xdata uint8_t speed) __banked
 		return;
 
 	// Enable all speeds up to the specified speed
-	if (speed == EEE_100) {
+	if ((speed & (EEE_100 | EEE_1000 | EEE_2G5)) == EEE_100) {
 			REG_SET(RTL8373_EEE_CTRL_BASE + (port << 2), EEE_100);
 			// Enable EEE advertisement for 100BASE-T via EEE Advertisement Reg
 			phy_write(port, PHY_MMD_AN, PHY_EEE_ADV, PHY_EEE_BIT_100M);
-			phy_reset(port);
+			if (!(speed & EEE_NORESET))
+				phy_reset(port);
 			return;
 	}
-	if (speed == EEE_1000) {
+	if ((speed & (EEE_100 | EEE_1000 | EEE_2G5)) == EEE_1000) {
 			REG_SET(RTL8373_EEE_CTRL_BASE + (port << 2), EEE_100 | EEE_1000);
 			// Disable EEE advertisement for 2.5GBASE-T via EEE Advertisement Reg 2
 			phy_write(port, PHY_MMD_AN, PHY_EEE_ADV2, 0);
 			// Enable EEE advertisement for 100/1000BASE-T via EEE Advertisement Reg
 			phy_write(port, PHY_MMD_AN, PHY_EEE_ADV, PHY_EEE_BIT_1G | PHY_EEE_BIT_100M);
-			phy_reset(port);
+			if (!(speed & EEE_NORESET))
+				phy_reset(port);
 			return;
 	}
-	if (speed == EEE_2G5) {
+	if ((speed & (EEE_100 | EEE_1000 | EEE_2G5)) == EEE_2G5) {
 			REG_SET(RTL8373_EEE_CTRL_BASE + (port << 2), EEE_100 | EEE_1000 | EEE_2G5);
 			// Enable EEE advertisement for 100/1000BASE-T via EEE Advertisement Reg
 			phy_write(port, PHY_MMD_AN, PHY_EEE_ADV, PHY_EEE_BIT_1G | PHY_EEE_BIT_100M);
 			// Enable EEE advertisement for 2.5GBASE-T via EEE Advertisement Reg 2
 			phy_write(port, PHY_MMD_AN, PHY_EEE_ADV2, PHY_EEE_BIT_2G5);
-			phy_reset(port);
+			if (!(speed & EEE_NORESET))
+				phy_reset(port);
 			return;
 	}
 
diff --git a/rtl837x_regs.h b/rtl837x_regs.h
index cd7a2eb..fcb2928 100644
--- a/rtl837x_regs.h
+++ b/rtl837x_regs.h
@@ -257,6 +257,7 @@
 #define EEE_100 	0x01
 #define EEE_1000	0x04
 #define EEE_2G5		0x10
+#define EEE_NORESET	0x80
 
 /*
  * RANDOM
diff --git a/rtlplayground.c b/rtlplayground.c
index b2bc882..a24eaf8 100644
--- a/rtlplayground.c
+++ b/rtlplayground.c
@@ -1637,6 +1637,9 @@ void rtl8373_init(void)
 
 	reg_bit_set(RTL837X_REG_HW_CONF, 0);
 
+	// enable EEE for all ports at 2.5G and 10G, but don't reset the PHYs
+	port_eee_enable_all(EEE_2G5 | EEE_NORESET);
+
 	// TODO: patch the PHYs
 
 	// Re-enable PHY after configuration
@@ -1700,6 +1703,10 @@ void rtl8372_init(void)
 
 	reg_bit_set(RTL837X_REG_HW_CONF, 0);
 
+
+	// enable EEE for all ports at 2.5G and 10G, but don't reset the PHYs
+	port_eee_enable_all(EEE_2G5 | EEE_NORESET);
+	
 	// TODO: patch the PHYs
 
 	// Re-enable PHY after configuration
@@ -1954,6 +1961,8 @@ void bootloader(void)
 
 	REG_SET(RTL837X_PIN_MUX_2, 0x0); // Disable pins for ACL
 	init_smi();
+
+
 	rtl8373_revision();
 	if (machine_detected.isRTL8373)
 		rtl8373_init();