return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 }
 
+static int match_first_device(struct device *dev, void *data)
+{
+       return !strncmp(dev_name(dev), "davinci_mdio", 12);
+}
+
 /**
  * emac_dev_open - EMAC device open
  * @ndev: The DaVinci EMAC network adapter
 
        /* use the first phy on the bus if pdata did not give us a phy id */
        if (!phydev && !priv->phy_id) {
-               phy = bus_find_device_by_name(&mdio_bus_type, NULL,
-                                             "davinci_mdio");
+               /* NOTE: we can't use bus_find_device_by_name() here because
+                * the device name is not guaranteed to be 'davinci_mdio'. On
+                * some systems it can be 'davinci_mdio.0' so we need to use
+                * strncmp() against the first part of the string to correctly
+                * match it.
+                */
+               phy = bus_find_device(&mdio_bus_type, NULL, NULL,
+                                     match_first_device);
                if (phy) {
                        priv->phy_id = dev_name(phy);
                        if (!priv->phy_id || !*priv->phy_id)