diff --git a/drivers/net/pcs/pcs-xpcs.c b/drivers/net/pcs/pcs-xpcs.c
index 70f88eae2a9e038f5c58bfc1dc1b9333f89e1e89..f6a038a1d51e43fdea07eb4d4e640d475d6e83e1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/pcs/pcs-xpcs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/pcs/pcs-xpcs.c
@@ -188,18 +188,12 @@ static bool __xpcs_linkmode_supported(const struct xpcs_compat *compat,
 
 int xpcs_read(struct dw_xpcs *xpcs, int dev, u32 reg)
 {
-	struct mii_bus *bus = xpcs->mdiodev->bus;
-	int addr = xpcs->mdiodev->addr;
-
-	return mdiobus_c45_read(bus, addr, dev, reg);
+	return mdiodev_c45_read(xpcs->mdiodev, dev, reg);
 }
 
 int xpcs_write(struct dw_xpcs *xpcs, int dev, u32 reg, u16 val)
 {
-	struct mii_bus *bus = xpcs->mdiodev->bus;
-	int addr = xpcs->mdiodev->addr;
-
-	return mdiobus_c45_write(bus, addr, dev, reg, val);
+	return mdiodev_c45_write(xpcs->mdiodev, dev, reg, val);
 }
 
 static int xpcs_modify_changed(struct dw_xpcs *xpcs, int dev, u32 reg,
diff --git a/include/linux/mdio.h b/include/linux/mdio.h
index 00177567cfef8c900b3924439628c5d30d17b247..f7fbbf3069e758b00c4ea53e1f088fd998882c58 100644
--- a/include/linux/mdio.h
+++ b/include/linux/mdio.h
@@ -488,6 +488,19 @@ static inline int mdiobus_c45_write(struct mii_bus *bus, int prtad, int devad,
 	return mdiobus_write(bus, prtad, mdiobus_c45_addr(devad, regnum), val);
 }
 
+static inline int mdiodev_c45_read(struct mdio_device *mdiodev, int devad,
+				   u16 regnum)
+{
+	return mdiobus_c45_read(mdiodev->bus, mdiodev->addr, devad, regnum);
+}
+
+static inline int mdiodev_c45_write(struct mdio_device *mdiodev, u32 devad,
+				    u16 regnum, u16 val)
+{
+	return mdiobus_c45_write(mdiodev->bus, mdiodev->addr, devad, regnum,
+				 val);
+}
+
 int mdiobus_register_device(struct mdio_device *mdiodev);
 int mdiobus_unregister_device(struct mdio_device *mdiodev);
 bool mdiobus_is_registered_device(struct mii_bus *bus, int addr);