diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/stmmac.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/stmmac.txt
index d132513e8fac447fb8920eefbca55793feb58f42..aefb63949619eaeba843a64ca0f323fa6ba4164c 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/stmmac.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/stmmac.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ Required properties:
   property
 - phy-mode: String, operation mode of the PHY interface.
   Supported values are: "mii", "rmii", "gmii", "rgmii".
-- snps,phy-addr		phy address to connect to.
 - snps,reset-gpio 	gpio number for phy reset.
 - snps,reset-active-low boolean flag to indicate if phy reset is active low.
 - snps,reset-delays-us  is triplet of delays
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_platform.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_platform.c
index 634260e7dd3bcd355bd30e5fc670606ee8672f0a..82110f141d09d89b4240880519e3d8f29bfe94f0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_platform.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_platform.c
@@ -50,7 +50,14 @@ static int stmmac_probe_config_dt(struct platform_device *pdev,
 	if (plat->bus_id < 0)
 		plat->bus_id = 0;
 
-	of_property_read_u32(np, "snps,phy-addr", &plat->phy_addr);
+	/* Default to phy auto-detection */
+	plat->phy_addr = -1;
+
+	/* "snps,phy-addr" is not a standard property. Mark it as deprecated
+	 * and warn of its use. Remove this when phy node support is added.
+	 */
+	if (of_property_read_u32(np, "snps,phy-addr", &plat->phy_addr) == 0)
+		dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "snps,phy-addr property is deprecated\n");
 
 	plat->mdio_bus_data = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev,
 					   sizeof(struct stmmac_mdio_bus_data),