diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c b/drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c
index c992a9fd8b012e22aa9ac221c1bd165af5aa135e..f71ba6ab85a707155d901aa10a0829b3abc008bf 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c
@@ -766,7 +766,10 @@ int __mdiobus_read(struct mii_bus *bus, int addr, u32 regnum)
 
 	lockdep_assert_held_once(&bus->mdio_lock);
 
-	retval = bus->read(bus, addr, regnum);
+	if (bus->read)
+		retval = bus->read(bus, addr, regnum);
+	else
+		retval = -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
 	trace_mdio_access(bus, 1, addr, regnum, retval, retval);
 	mdiobus_stats_acct(&bus->stats[addr], true, retval);
@@ -792,7 +795,10 @@ int __mdiobus_write(struct mii_bus *bus, int addr, u32 regnum, u16 val)
 
 	lockdep_assert_held_once(&bus->mdio_lock);
 
-	err = bus->write(bus, addr, regnum, val);
+	if (bus->write)
+		err = bus->write(bus, addr, regnum, val);
+	else
+		err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
 	trace_mdio_access(bus, 0, addr, regnum, val, err);
 	mdiobus_stats_acct(&bus->stats[addr], false, err);