diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/mdio-mux-bcm-iproc.c b/drivers/net/phy/mdio-mux-bcm-iproc.c
index 0a5f62e0efccd0e6055c81d06c0f360788a114a1..0831b7142df7a334b889296688cc3218d8efa2a1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/mdio-mux-bcm-iproc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/mdio-mux-bcm-iproc.c
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ static int mdio_mux_iproc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, md);
 
-	rc = mdio_mux_init(md->dev, mdio_mux_iproc_switch_fn,
+	rc = mdio_mux_init(md->dev, md->dev->of_node, mdio_mux_iproc_switch_fn,
 			   &md->mux_handle, md, md->mii_bus);
 	if (rc) {
 		dev_info(md->dev, "mdiomux initialization failed\n");
diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/mdio-mux-gpio.c b/drivers/net/phy/mdio-mux-gpio.c
index 919949960a108bf7dcd8cc22856095b043a448d0..082ffef0dec4e31e6f92f7b11ad020a7b9a16376 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/mdio-mux-gpio.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/mdio-mux-gpio.c
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ static int mdio_mux_gpio_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (IS_ERR(s->gpios))
 		return PTR_ERR(s->gpios);
 
-	r = mdio_mux_init(&pdev->dev,
+	r = mdio_mux_init(&pdev->dev, pdev->dev.of_node,
 			  mdio_mux_gpio_switch_fn, &s->mux_handle, s, NULL);
 
 	if (r != 0) {
diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/mdio-mux-mmioreg.c b/drivers/net/phy/mdio-mux-mmioreg.c
index c3825c7da0381aadd3096c7bca83eedefe407344..2573ab012f163ca02f14837f5f1af08d806c4fd3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/mdio-mux-mmioreg.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/mdio-mux-mmioreg.c
@@ -159,7 +159,8 @@ static int mdio_mux_mmioreg_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		}
 	}
 
-	ret = mdio_mux_init(&pdev->dev, mdio_mux_mmioreg_switch_fn,
+	ret = mdio_mux_init(&pdev->dev, pdev->dev.of_node,
+			    mdio_mux_mmioreg_switch_fn,
 			    &s->mux_handle, s, NULL);
 	if (ret) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to register mdio-mux bus %pOF\n",
diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/mdio-mux.c b/drivers/net/phy/mdio-mux.c
index 6f75e9f27fed26f7a74ef28044b158906fb85b51..0a86f1e4c02f59ac6fa4665dc3572009f60b779a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/mdio-mux.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/mdio-mux.c
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ static int mdio_mux_write(struct mii_bus *bus, int phy_id,
 static int parent_count;
 
 int mdio_mux_init(struct device *dev,
+		  struct device_node *mux_node,
 		  int (*switch_fn)(int cur, int desired, void *data),
 		  void **mux_handle,
 		  void *data,
@@ -98,11 +99,11 @@ int mdio_mux_init(struct device *dev,
 	struct mdio_mux_parent_bus *pb;
 	struct mdio_mux_child_bus *cb;
 
-	if (!dev->of_node)
+	if (!mux_node)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
 	if (!mux_bus) {
-		parent_bus_node = of_parse_phandle(dev->of_node,
+		parent_bus_node = of_parse_phandle(mux_node,
 						   "mdio-parent-bus", 0);
 
 		if (!parent_bus_node)
@@ -132,7 +133,7 @@ int mdio_mux_init(struct device *dev,
 	pb->mii_bus = parent_bus;
 
 	ret_val = -ENODEV;
-	for_each_available_child_of_node(dev->of_node, child_bus_node) {
+	for_each_available_child_of_node(mux_node, child_bus_node) {
 		int v;
 
 		r = of_property_read_u32(child_bus_node, "reg", &v);
diff --git a/include/linux/mdio-mux.h b/include/linux/mdio-mux.h
index 61f5b21b31c7782318c9cf6be916d96e91012747..a5d58f22193967d19d947b368fe3ae810079e0b5 100644
--- a/include/linux/mdio-mux.h
+++ b/include/linux/mdio-mux.h
@@ -12,7 +12,16 @@
 #include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/phy.h>
 
+/* mdio_mux_init() - Initialize a MDIO mux
+ * @dev		The device owning the MDIO mux
+ * @mux_node	The device node of the MDIO mux
+ * @switch_fn	The function called for switching target MDIO child
+ * mux_handle	A pointer to a (void *) used internaly by mdio-mux
+ * @data	Private data used by switch_fn()
+ * @mux_bus	An optional parent bus (Other case are to use parent_bus property)
+ */
 int mdio_mux_init(struct device *dev,
+		  struct device_node *mux_node,
 		  int (*switch_fn) (int cur, int desired, void *data),
 		  void **mux_handle,
 		  void *data,