diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
index 0ce606624296a80492b18d89a27634614aad5497..466ae3e063220179580c48d351ceaa0eac5ee615 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
@@ -1067,7 +1067,7 @@ int genphy_soft_reset(struct phy_device *phydev)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(genphy_soft_reset);
 
-static int genphy_config_init(struct phy_device *phydev)
+int genphy_config_init(struct phy_device *phydev)
 {
 	int val;
 	u32 features;
@@ -1118,6 +1118,7 @@ static int gen10g_soft_reset(struct phy_device *phydev)
 	/* Do nothing for now */
 	return 0;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(genphy_config_init);
 
 static int gen10g_config_init(struct phy_device *phydev)
 {
diff --git a/include/linux/phy.h b/include/linux/phy.h
index 4d0221fd0688df5d572072d8b9f871a5637ff460..51d15f684e7e0b0259b2183c83097ec77baf541e 100644
--- a/include/linux/phy.h
+++ b/include/linux/phy.h
@@ -666,6 +666,7 @@ static inline int phy_read_status(struct phy_device *phydev)
 	return phydev->drv->read_status(phydev);
 }
 
+int genphy_config_init(struct phy_device *phydev);
 int genphy_setup_forced(struct phy_device *phydev);
 int genphy_restart_aneg(struct phy_device *phydev);
 int genphy_config_aneg(struct phy_device *phydev);