diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_mdio.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_mdio.c
index ea76129dafc2bc6e6e0d602bb1da9a66b39810e1..af09ced53bd89faf9c59aee5f8fe3460961472b4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_mdio.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_mdio.c
@@ -199,12 +199,21 @@ int stmmac_mdio_register(struct net_device *ndev)
 	struct stmmac_priv *priv = netdev_priv(ndev);
 	struct stmmac_mdio_bus_data *mdio_bus_data = priv->plat->mdio_bus_data;
 	int addr, found;
-	struct device_node *mdio_node = priv->plat->mdio_node;
+	struct device_node *mdio_node = NULL;
+	struct device_node *child_node = NULL;
 
 	if (!mdio_bus_data)
 		return 0;
 
 	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_OF)) {
+		for_each_child_of_node(priv->device->of_node, child_node) {
+			if (of_device_is_compatible(child_node,
+						    "snps,dwmac-mdio")) {
+				mdio_node = child_node;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+
 		if (mdio_node) {
 			netdev_dbg(ndev, "FOUND MDIO subnode\n");
 		} else {
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_platform.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_platform.c
index dcbd2a1601e89a620bb2dc1c77887e374d3fe2ba..9cf181f839fd3dcda71aa32f6a4476846a2e4287 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_platform.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_platform.c
@@ -146,7 +146,6 @@ stmmac_probe_config_dt(struct platform_device *pdev, const char **mac)
 	struct device_node *np = pdev->dev.of_node;
 	struct plat_stmmacenet_data *plat;
 	struct stmmac_dma_cfg *dma_cfg;
-	struct device_node *child_node = NULL;
 
 	plat = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*plat), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!plat)
@@ -177,19 +176,13 @@ stmmac_probe_config_dt(struct platform_device *pdev, const char **mac)
 		plat->phy_node = of_node_get(np);
 	}
 
-	for_each_child_of_node(np, child_node)
-		if (of_device_is_compatible(child_node,	"snps,dwmac-mdio")) {
-			plat->mdio_node = child_node;
-			break;
-		}
-
 	/* "snps,phy-addr" is not a standard property. Mark it as deprecated
 	 * and warn of its use. Remove this when phy node support is added.
 	 */
 	if (of_property_read_u32(np, "snps,phy-addr", &plat->phy_addr) == 0)
 		dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "snps,phy-addr property is deprecated\n");
 
-	if ((plat->phy_node && !of_phy_is_fixed_link(np)) || !plat->mdio_node)
+	if ((plat->phy_node && !of_phy_is_fixed_link(np)) || plat->phy_bus_name)
 		plat->mdio_bus_data = NULL;
 	else
 		plat->mdio_bus_data =
diff --git a/include/linux/stmmac.h b/include/linux/stmmac.h
index 4bcf5a61aada05b02d33c33928dc4d7d7e9f0bb2..6e53fa8942a470cb74b9baa2dc2b7d228c23876c 100644
--- a/include/linux/stmmac.h
+++ b/include/linux/stmmac.h
@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@ struct plat_stmmacenet_data {
 	int interface;
 	struct stmmac_mdio_bus_data *mdio_bus_data;
 	struct device_node *phy_node;
-	struct device_node *mdio_node;
 	struct stmmac_dma_cfg *dma_cfg;
 	int clk_csr;
 	int has_gmac;