diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
index 0d371a0a49f27588db2cc29157eb250fa8172396..9ba8f973f26fff87d6641311c9010f7e017482a2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
@@ -946,7 +946,7 @@ struct phy_device *get_phy_device(struct mii_bus *bus, int addr, bool is_c45)
 	 * probe with C45 to see if we're able to get a valid PHY ID in the C45
 	 * space, if successful, create the C45 PHY device.
 	 */
-	if (!is_c45 && phy_id == 0 && bus->probe_capabilities >= MDIOBUS_C45) {
+	if (!is_c45 && phy_id == 0 && bus->read_c45) {
 		r = get_phy_c45_ids(bus, addr, &c45_ids);
 		if (!r)
 			return phy_device_create(bus, addr, phy_id,