diff --git a/components/esp_eth/src/phy/esp_eth_phy_802_3.c b/components/esp_eth/src/phy/esp_eth_phy_802_3.c
index af69afa8f6e..61414f5787b 100644
--- a/components/esp_eth/src/phy/esp_eth_phy_802_3.c
+++ b/components/esp_eth/src/phy/esp_eth_phy_802_3.c
@@ -435,6 +435,20 @@ esp_err_t esp_eth_phy_802_3_del(phy_802_3_t *phy_802_3)
     return ESP_OK;
 }
 
+/* Delays for at least delay_us. Anything shorter than a FreeRTOS tick has to be busy waited since
+   the scheduler cannot express it. Longer delays are slept off by a single vTaskDelay which returns
+   after n-1 to n tick periods, because the call is placed somewhere inside an already running tick,
+   hence one extra tick is requested to not undershoot the delay. */
+static void phy_802_3_delay_us(uint32_t delay_us)
+{
+    uint32_t tick_period_us = portTICK_PERIOD_MS * 1000;
+    if (delay_us < tick_period_us) {
+        esp_rom_delay_us(delay_us);
+    } else {
+        vTaskDelay((delay_us + tick_period_us - 1) / tick_period_us + 1);
+    }
+}
+
 esp_err_t esp_eth_phy_802_3_reset_hw(phy_802_3_t *phy_802_3)
 {
     esp_err_t ret = ESP_OK;
@@ -442,14 +456,10 @@ esp_err_t esp_eth_phy_802_3_reset_hw(phy_802_3_t *phy_802_3)
         gpio_func_sel(phy_802_3->reset_gpio_num, PIN_FUNC_GPIO);
         gpio_set_level(phy_802_3->reset_gpio_num, 0);
         gpio_output_enable(phy_802_3->reset_gpio_num);
-        if (phy_802_3->hw_reset_assert_time_us < 10000) {
-            esp_rom_delay_us(phy_802_3->hw_reset_assert_time_us);
-        } else {
-            vTaskDelay(pdMS_TO_TICKS(phy_802_3->hw_reset_assert_time_us/1000));
-        }
+        phy_802_3_delay_us(phy_802_3->hw_reset_assert_time_us);
         gpio_set_level(phy_802_3->reset_gpio_num, 1);
         if (phy_802_3->post_hw_reset_delay_ms > 0) {
-            vTaskDelay(pdMS_TO_TICKS(phy_802_3->post_hw_reset_delay_ms));
+            phy_802_3_delay_us((uint32_t)phy_802_3->post_hw_reset_delay_ms * 1000);
         }
         return ESP_OK;
     }