diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/thunder_bgx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/thunder_bgx.c
index 180aa9fabf4820df042f18cba8c39d5ce1668e9d..2574a7ea1c0e5c07dfb01bc7a3cbd00c1b16328a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/thunder_bgx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/thunder_bgx.c
@@ -1009,6 +1009,9 @@ static int bgx_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 	struct bgx *bgx = NULL;
 	u8 lmac;
 
+	/* Load octeon mdio driver */
+	octeon_mdiobus_force_mod_depencency();
+
 	bgx = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*bgx), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!bgx)
 		return -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/thunder_bgx.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/thunder_bgx.h
index 07b7ec66c60db8dd398b7ff60321598c9317c4c9..89a02fa26f797ee4b87fc569c228d780979a20d1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/thunder_bgx.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/thunder_bgx.h
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ enum MCAST_MODE {
 #define BCAST_ACCEPT	1
 #define CAM_ACCEPT	1
 
+void octeon_mdiobus_force_mod_depencency(void);
 void bgx_add_dmac_addr(u64 dmac, int node, int bgx_idx, int lmac);
 unsigned bgx_get_map(int node);
 int bgx_get_lmac_count(int node, int bgx);