diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
index bb1410821ce4618f84457b795bbc05e71820d821..c02669270c413c3f9c177985eebcf09c2d9f4f83 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
@@ -1277,6 +1277,36 @@ struct phy_device *phy_attach(struct net_device *dev, const char *bus_id,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(phy_attach);
 
+static bool phy_driver_is_genphy_kind(struct phy_device *phydev,
+				      struct device_driver *driver)
+{
+	struct device *d = &phydev->mdio.dev;
+	bool ret = false;
+
+	if (!phydev->drv)
+		return ret;
+
+	get_device(d);
+	ret = d->driver == driver;
+	put_device(d);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+bool phy_driver_is_genphy(struct phy_device *phydev)
+{
+	return phy_driver_is_genphy_kind(phydev,
+					 &genphy_driver.mdiodrv.driver);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(phy_driver_is_genphy);
+
+bool phy_driver_is_genphy_10g(struct phy_device *phydev)
+{
+	return phy_driver_is_genphy_kind(phydev,
+					 &genphy_10g_driver.mdiodrv.driver);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(phy_driver_is_genphy_10g);
+
 /**
  * phy_detach - detach a PHY device from its network device
  * @phydev: target phy_device struct
@@ -1308,8 +1338,8 @@ void phy_detach(struct phy_device *phydev)
 	 * from the generic driver so that there's a chance a
 	 * real driver could be loaded
 	 */
-	if (phydev->mdio.dev.driver == &genphy_10g_driver.mdiodrv.driver ||
-	    phydev->mdio.dev.driver == &genphy_driver.mdiodrv.driver)
+	if (phy_driver_is_genphy(phydev) ||
+	    phy_driver_is_genphy_10g(phydev))
 		device_release_driver(&phydev->mdio.dev);
 
 	/*
diff --git a/include/linux/phy.h b/include/linux/phy.h
index 3b051f7614505ada10ac2a5bebbabf4f6cf9c8b4..f1c19bf8c658ff20bd5578758112b6572b4a121b 100644
--- a/include/linux/phy.h
+++ b/include/linux/phy.h
@@ -1183,4 +1183,7 @@ module_exit(phy_module_exit)
 #define module_phy_driver(__phy_drivers)				\
 	phy_module_driver(__phy_drivers, ARRAY_SIZE(__phy_drivers))
 
+bool phy_driver_is_genphy(struct phy_device *phydev);
+bool phy_driver_is_genphy_10g(struct phy_device *phydev);
+
 #endif /* __PHY_H */