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diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
index ab33d1777132..23ee3967c166 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
@@ -2197,6 +2197,14 @@ int phy_driver_register(struct phy_driver *new_driver, struct module *owner)
         new_driver->mdiodrv.driver.remove = phy_remove;
         new_driver->mdiodrv.driver.owner = owner;
 
+        /* The following works around an issue where the PHY driver doesn't bind
+         * to the device, resulting in the genphy driver being used instead of
+         * the dedicated driver. The root cause of the issue isn't known yet
+         * and seems to be in the base driver core. Once this is fixed we may
+         * remove this workaround.
+         */
+        new_driver->mdiodrv.driver.probe_type = PROBE_FORCE_SYNCHRONOUS;
+
         retval = driver_register(&new_driver->mdiodrv.driver);
         if (retval) {
                 pr_err("%s: Error %d in registering driver\n",