diff --git a/Documentation/phy.txt b/Documentation/phy.txt
index 371361c69a4b591a84a6380917521bc4868185cd..b388c5af9e726fe8fdd2eaec09eb1b9374f16b87 100644
--- a/Documentation/phy.txt
+++ b/Documentation/phy.txt
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ struct phy *phy_get(struct device *dev, const char *string);
 struct phy *phy_optional_get(struct device *dev, const char *string);
 struct phy *devm_phy_get(struct device *dev, const char *string);
 struct phy *devm_phy_optional_get(struct device *dev, const char *string);
+struct phy *devm_of_phy_get_by_index(struct device *dev, struct device_node *np,
+				     int index);
 
 phy_get, phy_optional_get, devm_phy_get and devm_phy_optional_get can
 be used to get the PHY. In the case of dt boot, the string arguments
@@ -86,7 +88,10 @@ successful PHY get. On driver detach, release function is invoked on
 the the devres data and devres data is freed. phy_optional_get and
 devm_phy_optional_get should be used when the phy is optional. These
 two functions will never return -ENODEV, but instead returns NULL when
-the phy cannot be found.
+the phy cannot be found.Some generic drivers, such as ehci, may use multiple
+phys and for such drivers referencing phy(s) by name(s) does not make sense. In
+this case, devm_of_phy_get_by_index can be used to get a phy reference based on
+the index.
 
 It should be noted that NULL is a valid phy reference. All phy
 consumer calls on the NULL phy become NOPs. That is the release calls,
diff --git a/drivers/phy/phy-core.c b/drivers/phy/phy-core.c
index 3791838f4bd4b14e145dd5718a3030c4b89d9f3b..964a84d5a580e9e4112a40195918323cf8e573f4 100644
--- a/drivers/phy/phy-core.c
+++ b/drivers/phy/phy-core.c
@@ -622,6 +622,38 @@ struct phy *devm_of_phy_get(struct device *dev, struct device_node *np,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devm_of_phy_get);
 
+/**
+ * devm_of_phy_get_by_index() - lookup and obtain a reference to a phy by index.
+ * @dev: device that requests this phy
+ * @np: node containing the phy
+ * @index: index of the phy
+ *
+ * Gets the phy using _of_phy_get(), and associates a device with it using
+ * devres. On driver detach, release function is invoked on the devres data,
+ * then, devres data is freed.
+ *
+ */
+struct phy *devm_of_phy_get_by_index(struct device *dev, struct device_node *np,
+				     int index)
+{
+	struct phy **ptr, *phy;
+
+	ptr = devres_alloc(devm_phy_release, sizeof(*ptr), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!ptr)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+	phy = _of_phy_get(np, index);
+	if (!IS_ERR(phy)) {
+		*ptr = phy;
+		devres_add(dev, ptr);
+	} else {
+		devres_free(ptr);
+	}
+
+	return phy;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devm_of_phy_get_by_index);
+
 /**
  * phy_create() - create a new phy
  * @dev: device that is creating the new phy
diff --git a/include/linux/phy/phy.h b/include/linux/phy/phy.h
index a0197fa1b1163b928c5562c7eb9fdcb5d1c68e61..8cf05e341cff916257d7de401820e015a20c88b4 100644
--- a/include/linux/phy/phy.h
+++ b/include/linux/phy/phy.h
@@ -133,6 +133,8 @@ struct phy *devm_phy_get(struct device *dev, const char *string);
 struct phy *devm_phy_optional_get(struct device *dev, const char *string);
 struct phy *devm_of_phy_get(struct device *dev, struct device_node *np,
 			    const char *con_id);
+struct phy *devm_of_phy_get_by_index(struct device *dev, struct device_node *np,
+				     int index);
 void phy_put(struct phy *phy);
 void devm_phy_put(struct device *dev, struct phy *phy);
 struct phy *of_phy_get(struct device_node *np, const char *con_id);
@@ -261,6 +263,13 @@ static inline struct phy *devm_of_phy_get(struct device *dev,
 	return ERR_PTR(-ENOSYS);
 }
 
+static inline struct phy *devm_of_phy_get_by_index(struct device *dev,
+						   struct device_node *np,
+						   int index)
+{
+	return ERR_PTR(-ENOSYS);
+}
+
 static inline void phy_put(struct phy *phy)
 {
 }