diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
index 0780e9f9e1677efc6ce4ea47c15a6f77185fdb38..f84414b8f2ee9686dac356dbf37c634993f7f6bf 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
@@ -960,6 +960,15 @@ int phy_attach_direct(struct net_device *dev, struct phy_device *phydev,
 
 	phydev->attached_dev = dev;
 	dev->phydev = phydev;
+	err = sysfs_create_link(&phydev->mdio.dev.kobj, &dev->dev.kobj,
+				"attached_dev");
+	if (err)
+		goto error;
+
+	err = sysfs_create_link(&dev->dev.kobj, &phydev->mdio.dev.kobj,
+				"phydev");
+	if (err)
+		goto error;
 
 	phydev->dev_flags = flags;
 
@@ -1050,6 +1059,8 @@ void phy_detach(struct phy_device *phydev)
 	struct mii_bus *bus;
 	int i;
 
+	sysfs_remove_link(&dev->dev.kobj, "phydev");
+	sysfs_remove_link(&phydev->mdio.dev.kobj, "attached_dev");
 	phydev->attached_dev->phydev = NULL;
 	phydev->attached_dev = NULL;
 	phy_suspend(phydev);