diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.c
index 3f9d4de8173cdd0f86589925cf48a78d0ab7648d..a12c65604f9d3cbfa5a75845114ec4f17b3fca48 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.c
@@ -2432,6 +2432,13 @@ static void bcmgenet_set_hw_params(struct bcmgenet_priv *priv)
 	dev_info(&priv->pdev->dev, "GENET " GENET_VER_FMT,
 		 major, (reg >> 16) & 0x0f, reg & 0xffff);
 
+	/* Store the integrated PHY revision for the MDIO probing function
+	 * to pass this information to the PHY driver. The PHY driver expects
+	 * to find the PHY major revision in bits 15:8 while the GENET register
+	 * stores that information in bits 7:0, account for that.
+	 */
+	priv->gphy_rev = (reg & 0xffff) << 8;
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_PHYS_ADDR_T_64BIT
 	if (!(params->flags & GENET_HAS_40BITS))
 		pr_warn("GENET does not support 40-bits PA\n");
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.h
index c862d06667719d1037eaa86bdf6924b46f6b06e6..ad95fe57ebcdbfc463d127ea3b0b910ca2a6c661 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.h
@@ -545,6 +545,7 @@ struct bcmgenet_priv {
 	struct phy_device *phydev;
 	struct device_node *phy_dn;
 	struct mii_bus *mii_bus;
+	u16 gphy_rev;
 
 	/* PHY device variables */
 	int old_duplex;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmmii.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmmii.c
index 71f2ef7d33a9e9af9ff388cd2f182a6622d462cb..75b26cbaa7c1f0ae2b7cbda401a2908e3419a567 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmmii.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmmii.c
@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@ 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;
+	u32 phy_flags;
 	int ret;
 
 	if (priv->phydev) {
@@ -314,8 +315,11 @@ static int bcmgenet_mii_probe(struct net_device *dev)
 		priv->phy_dn = of_node_get(dn);
 	}
 
-	phydev = of_phy_connect(dev, priv->phy_dn, bcmgenet_mii_setup, 0,
-				priv->phy_interface);
+	/* Communicate the integrated PHY revision */
+	phy_flags = priv->gphy_rev;
+
+	phydev = of_phy_connect(dev, priv->phy_dn, bcmgenet_mii_setup,
+				phy_flags, priv->phy_interface);
 	if (!phydev) {
 		pr_err("could not attach to PHY\n");
 		return -ENODEV;