diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_ethdev.c
index d7d3bc73c..c21c38485 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_ethdev.c
@@ -1032,11 +1032,14 @@ mlx5_link_update_unlocked_gs(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 				ETH_LINK_HALF_DUPLEX : ETH_LINK_FULL_DUPLEX);
 	dev_link.link_autoneg = !(dev->data->dev_conf.link_speeds &
 				  ETH_LINK_SPEED_FIXED);
+#if 0
+    /* FIXME: this does not work on Azure w/ CX4-LX */
 	if (((dev_link.link_speed && !dev_link.link_status) ||
 	     (!dev_link.link_speed && dev_link.link_status))) {
 		rte_errno = EAGAIN;
 		return -rte_errno;
 	}
+#endif
 	*link = dev_link;
	return 0;
 }