diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_emac.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_emac.c
index 58d58f002559f627040a8bfb3fa452f671c62e44..f56d66e6ec155194e1f432ee42950d9db915c697 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_emac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_emac.c
@@ -1512,7 +1512,10 @@ static int emac_devioctl(struct net_device *ndev, struct ifreq *ifrq, int cmd)
 
 	/* TODO: Add phy read and write and private statistics get feature */
 
-	return phy_mii_ioctl(priv->phydev, ifrq, cmd);
+	if (priv->phydev)
+		return phy_mii_ioctl(priv->phydev, ifrq, cmd);
+	else
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 }
 
 static int match_first_device(struct device *dev, void *data)