/* HW Lock for shared dual port PHYs */
 static void bnx2x_acquire_phy_lock(struct bnx2x *bp)
 {
-       u32 ext_phy_type = XGXS_EXT_PHY_TYPE(bp->link_params.ext_phy_config);
-
        mutex_lock(&bp->port.phy_mutex);
 
-       if ((ext_phy_type == PORT_HW_CFG_XGXS_EXT_PHY_TYPE_BCM8072) ||
-           (ext_phy_type == PORT_HW_CFG_XGXS_EXT_PHY_TYPE_BCM8073))
-               bnx2x_acquire_hw_lock(bp, HW_LOCK_RESOURCE_8072_MDIO);
+       if (bp->port.need_hw_lock)
+               bnx2x_acquire_hw_lock(bp, HW_LOCK_RESOURCE_MDIO);
 }
 
 static void bnx2x_release_phy_lock(struct bnx2x *bp)
 {
-       u32 ext_phy_type = XGXS_EXT_PHY_TYPE(bp->link_params.ext_phy_config);
-
-       if ((ext_phy_type == PORT_HW_CFG_XGXS_EXT_PHY_TYPE_BCM8072) ||
-           (ext_phy_type == PORT_HW_CFG_XGXS_EXT_PHY_TYPE_BCM8073))
-               bnx2x_release_hw_lock(bp, HW_LOCK_RESOURCE_8072_MDIO);
+       if (bp->port.need_hw_lock)
+               bnx2x_release_hw_lock(bp, HW_LOCK_RESOURCE_MDIO);
 
        mutex_unlock(&bp->port.phy_mutex);
 }
        }
 
        switch (XGXS_EXT_PHY_TYPE(bp->link_params.ext_phy_config)) {
+       case PORT_HW_CFG_XGXS_EXT_PHY_TYPE_BCM8072:
+       case PORT_HW_CFG_XGXS_EXT_PHY_TYPE_BCM8073:
+       case PORT_HW_CFG_XGXS_EXT_PHY_TYPE_BCM8726:
+               bp->port.need_hw_lock = 1;
+               break;
+
        case PORT_HW_CFG_XGXS_EXT_PHY_TYPE_SFX7101:
                /* Fan failure is indicated by SPIO 5 */
                bnx2x_set_spio(bp, MISC_REGISTERS_SPIO_5,
 
 #define MISC_REGISTERS_SPIO_OUTPUT_LOW                          0
 #define MISC_REGISTERS_SPIO_SET_POS                             8
 #define HW_LOCK_MAX_RESOURCE_VALUE                              31
-#define HW_LOCK_RESOURCE_8072_MDIO                              0
 #define HW_LOCK_RESOURCE_GPIO                                   1
+#define HW_LOCK_RESOURCE_MDIO                                   0
 #define HW_LOCK_RESOURCE_PORT0_ATT_MASK                         3
 #define HW_LOCK_RESOURCE_SPIO                                   2
 #define HW_LOCK_RESOURCE_UNDI                                   5