diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/mdio-gpio.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/mdio-gpio.txt
index c79bab025369af4bb6320ba0e90f7fb386942cc1..8dbcf8295c6c9ceaa4eb7518694acf3b09095dc1 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/mdio-gpio.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/mdio-gpio.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ node.
 Example:
 
 aliases {
-	mdio-gpio0 = <&mdio0>;
+	mdio-gpio0 = &mdio0;
 };
 
 mdio0: mdio {
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpsw.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpsw.c
index 36aa109416c4c3a387a440795a8d3611cf3d4ded..c331b7ebc8124585f989d6fb3dcdbaf8a3d7d3ed 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpsw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpsw.c
@@ -1871,18 +1871,13 @@ static int cpsw_probe_dt(struct cpsw_platform_data *data,
 		mdio_node = of_find_node_by_phandle(be32_to_cpup(parp));
 		phyid = be32_to_cpup(parp+1);
 		mdio = of_find_device_by_node(mdio_node);
-
-		if (strncmp(mdio->name, "gpio", 4) == 0) {
-			/* GPIO bitbang MDIO driver attached */
-			struct mii_bus *bus = dev_get_drvdata(&mdio->dev);
-
-			snprintf(slave_data->phy_id, sizeof(slave_data->phy_id),
-				 PHY_ID_FMT, bus->id, phyid);
-		} else {
-			/* davinci MDIO driver attached */
-			snprintf(slave_data->phy_id, sizeof(slave_data->phy_id),
-				 PHY_ID_FMT, mdio->name, phyid);
+		of_node_put(mdio_node);
+		if (!mdio) {
+			pr_err("Missing mdio platform device\n");
+			return -EINVAL;
 		}
+		snprintf(slave_data->phy_id, sizeof(slave_data->phy_id),
+			 PHY_ID_FMT, mdio->name, phyid);
 
 		mac_addr = of_get_mac_address(slave_node);
 		if (mac_addr)
diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/mdio-gpio.c b/drivers/net/phy/mdio-gpio.c
index 9c4defdec67b09299f38f1b06bf8eacbccd007d1..5f1a2250018fec5ba01a2a1a1a11f2d736f544a9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/mdio-gpio.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/mdio-gpio.c
@@ -215,6 +215,10 @@ static int mdio_gpio_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (pdev->dev.of_node) {
 		pdata = mdio_gpio_of_get_data(pdev);
 		bus_id = of_alias_get_id(pdev->dev.of_node, "mdio-gpio");
+		if (bus_id < 0) {
+			dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "failed to get alias id\n");
+			bus_id = 0;
+		}
 	} else {
 		pdata = dev_get_platdata(&pdev->dev);
 		bus_id = pdev->id;