diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
index 3fc91e89f5a564bb36ab251c81ec083fc7cab68d..bdfe51fc3a6507154edfcaf8be3413884bcf702f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
@@ -699,6 +699,7 @@ int phy_suspend(struct phy_device *phydev)
 {
 	struct phy_driver *phydrv = to_phy_driver(phydev->dev.driver);
 	struct ethtool_wolinfo wol = { .cmd = ETHTOOL_GWOL };
+	int ret = 0;
 
 	/* If the device has WOL enabled, we cannot suspend the PHY */
 	phy_ethtool_get_wol(phydev, &wol);
@@ -706,18 +707,31 @@ int phy_suspend(struct phy_device *phydev)
 		return -EBUSY;
 
 	if (phydrv->suspend)
-		return phydrv->suspend(phydev);
-	return 0;
+		ret = phydrv->suspend(phydev);
+
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	phydev->suspended = true;
+
+	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(phy_suspend);
 
 int phy_resume(struct phy_device *phydev)
 {
 	struct phy_driver *phydrv = to_phy_driver(phydev->dev.driver);
+	int ret = 0;
 
 	if (phydrv->resume)
-		return phydrv->resume(phydev);
-	return 0;
+		ret = phydrv->resume(phydev);
+
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	phydev->suspended = false;
+
+	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(phy_resume);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/phy.h b/include/linux/phy.h
index 1b3690b597d53d5d3d64fdc6bd50f770dd365a47..685809835b5c0edc5b80a3398e849c3a53d5b17c 100644
--- a/include/linux/phy.h
+++ b/include/linux/phy.h
@@ -328,6 +328,7 @@ struct phy_c45_device_ids {
  * is_c45:  Set to true if this phy uses clause 45 addressing.
  * is_internal: Set to true if this phy is internal to a MAC.
  * has_fixups: Set to true if this phy has fixups/quirks.
+ * suspended: Set to true if this phy has been suspended successfully.
  * state: state of the PHY for management purposes
  * dev_flags: Device-specific flags used by the PHY driver.
  * addr: Bus address of PHY
@@ -365,6 +366,7 @@ struct phy_device {
 	bool is_c45;
 	bool is_internal;
 	bool has_fixups;
+	bool suspended;
 
 	enum phy_state state;