2 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c b/drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c
index ad93b0da87f0..5eab9c42a111 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ int mdiobus_register(struct mii_bus *bus)
         for (i = 0; i < PHY_MAX_ADDR; i++) {
                 struct phy_device *phydev;
 
+                if (bus->phy_mask & (1 << i))
+                        continue;
+
                 phydev = get_phy_device(bus, i);
 
                 if (IS_ERR(phydev))
diff --git a/include/linux/phy.h b/include/linux/phy.h
index 72cb67b66e0c..92a9696fdebe 100644
--- a/include/linux/phy.h
+++ b/include/linux/phy.h
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ struct mii_bus {
         /* list of all PHYs on bus */
         struct phy_device *phy_map[PHY_MAX_ADDR];
 
+        /* Phy addresses to be ignored when probing */
+        u32 phy_mask;
+
         /* Pointer to an array of interrupts, each PHY's
          * interrupt at the index matching its address */
         int *irq;