1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
index ac23322a32e1..9e4ba8e80a18 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
@@ -535,8 +535,17 @@ static int get_phy_id(struct mii_bus *bus, int addr, u32 *phy_id,
 
         /* Grab the bits from PHYIR1, and put them in the upper half */
         phy_reg = mdiobus_read(bus, addr, MII_PHYSID1);
-        if (phy_reg < 0)
+        if (phy_reg < 0) {
+                /* if there is no device, return without an error so scanning
+                 * the bus works properly
+                 */
+                if (phy_reg == -EIO || phy_reg == -ENODEV) {
+                        *phy_id = 0xffffffff;
+                        return 0;
+                }
+
                 return -EIO;
+        }
 
         *phy_id = (phy_reg & 0xffff) << 16;