diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c b/drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c
index 53f034fc2ef7983527faa32fc7589e93eb8f04bc..ee8313a4ac71307c0135ed63808dfa4ef5044b01 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c
@@ -525,6 +525,10 @@ int __mdiobus_register(struct mii_bus *bus, struct module *owner)
 	    NULL == bus->read || NULL == bus->write)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	if (bus->parent && bus->parent->of_node)
+		bus->parent->of_node->fwnode.flags |=
+					FWNODE_FLAG_NEEDS_CHILD_BOUND_ON_ADD;
+
 	BUG_ON(bus->state != MDIOBUS_ALLOCATED &&
 	       bus->state != MDIOBUS_UNREGISTERED);