static int bcmgenet_mii_probe(struct net_device *dev)
 {
        struct bcmgenet_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
+       struct device_node *dn = priv->pdev->dev.of_node;
        struct phy_device *phydev;
        unsigned int phy_flags;
        int ret;
                return 0;
        }
 
-       if (priv->phy_dn)
-               phydev = of_phy_connect(dev, priv->phy_dn,
-                                       bcmgenet_mii_setup, 0,
-                                       priv->phy_interface);
-       else
-               phydev = of_phy_connect_fixed_link(dev,
-                                       bcmgenet_mii_setup,
-                                       priv->phy_interface);
+       /* In the case of a fixed PHY, the DT node associated
+        * to the PHY is the Ethernet MAC DT node.
+        */
+       if (of_phy_is_fixed_link(dn)) {
+               ret = of_phy_register_fixed_link(dn);
+               if (ret)
+                       return ret;
+
+               priv->phy_dn = dn;
+       }
 
+       phydev = of_phy_connect(dev, priv->phy_dn, bcmgenet_mii_setup, 0,
+                               priv->phy_interface);
        if (!phydev) {
                pr_err("could not attach to PHY\n");
                return -ENODEV;