diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c b/drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c
index a6284964b71144055511dd7ecdc91b09ae09b02a..2e58aa54484c9ca4e3154e231a3af2766bc84933 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c
@@ -300,6 +300,12 @@ struct phy_device *mdiobus_scan(struct mii_bus *bus, int addr)
 	if (IS_ERR(phydev) || phydev == NULL)
 		return phydev;
 
+	/*
+	 * For DT, see if the auto-probed phy has a correspoding child
+	 * in the bus node, and set the of_node pointer in this case.
+	 */
+	of_mdiobus_link_phydev(bus, phydev);
+
 	err = phy_device_register(phydev);
 	if (err) {
 		phy_device_free(phydev);
diff --git a/drivers/of/of_mdio.c b/drivers/of/of_mdio.c
index 731d3d9052d71ebbe1db148a59160b679efc99a3..7c8c142e4eb84396b83c9b0f50ae10bc7fb2b570 100644
--- a/drivers/of/of_mdio.c
+++ b/drivers/of/of_mdio.c
@@ -183,6 +183,39 @@ int of_mdiobus_register(struct mii_bus *mdio, struct device_node *np)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(of_mdiobus_register);
 
+/**
+ * of_mdiobus_link_phydev - Find a device node for a phy
+ * @mdio: pointer to mii_bus structure
+ * @phydev: phydev for which the of_node pointer should be set
+ *
+ * Walk the list of subnodes of a mdio bus and look for a node that matches the
+ * phy's address with its 'reg' property. If found, set the of_node pointer for
+ * the phy. This allows auto-probed pyh devices to be supplied with information
+ * passed in via DT.
+ */
+void of_mdiobus_link_phydev(struct mii_bus *mdio,
+			    struct phy_device *phydev)
+{
+	struct device *dev = &phydev->dev;
+	struct device_node *child;
+
+	if (dev->of_node || !mdio->dev.of_node)
+		return;
+
+	for_each_available_child_of_node(mdio->dev.of_node, child) {
+		int addr;
+
+		addr = of_mdio_parse_addr(&mdio->dev, child);
+		if (addr < 0)
+			continue;
+
+		if (addr == phydev->addr) {
+			dev->of_node = child;
+			return;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 /* Helper function for of_phy_find_device */
 static int of_phy_match(struct device *dev, void *phy_np)
 {
diff --git a/include/linux/of_mdio.h b/include/linux/of_mdio.h
index d449018d07265200f4d8d6eeaf8ddac1a9010ebd..a70c9493d55a4c01976b093b965cc91b270aaf92 100644
--- a/include/linux/of_mdio.h
+++ b/include/linux/of_mdio.h
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ struct phy_device *of_phy_attach(struct net_device *dev,
 
 extern struct mii_bus *of_mdio_find_bus(struct device_node *mdio_np);
 
+extern void of_mdiobus_link_phydev(struct mii_bus *mdio,
+				   struct phy_device *phydev);
+
 #else /* CONFIG_OF */
 static inline int of_mdiobus_register(struct mii_bus *mdio, struct device_node *np)
 {
@@ -60,6 +63,11 @@ static inline struct mii_bus *of_mdio_find_bus(struct device_node *mdio_np)
 {
 	return NULL;
 }
+
+static inline void of_mdiobus_link_phydev(struct mii_bus *mdio,
+					  struct phy_device *phydev)
+{
+}
 #endif /* CONFIG_OF */
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_OF) && defined(CONFIG_FIXED_PHY)