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;