diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/bcm_sf2.c b/drivers/net/dsa/bcm_sf2.c
index 33499fcd8848..6afb5db8244c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dsa/bcm_sf2.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dsa/bcm_sf2.c
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ static int bcm_sf2_mdio_register(struct dsa_switch *ds)
 	get_device(&priv->master_mii_bus->dev);
 	priv->master_mii_dn = dn;
 
-	priv->slave_mii_bus = devm_mdiobus_alloc(ds->dev);
+	priv->slave_mii_bus = mdiobus_alloc();
 	if (!priv->slave_mii_bus) {
 		of_node_put(dn);
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -681,8 +681,10 @@ static int bcm_sf2_mdio_register(struct dsa_switch *ds)
 	}
 
 	err = mdiobus_register(priv->slave_mii_bus);
-	if (err && dn)
+	if (err && dn) {
+		mdiobus_free(priv->slave_mii_bus);
 		of_node_put(dn);
+	}
 
 	return err;
 }
@@ -690,6 +692,7 @@ static int bcm_sf2_mdio_register(struct dsa_switch *ds)
 static void bcm_sf2_mdio_unregister(struct bcm_sf2_priv *priv)
 {
 	mdiobus_unregister(priv->slave_mii_bus);
+	mdiobus_free(priv->slave_mii_bus);
 	of_node_put(priv->master_mii_dn);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/lantiq_gswip.c b/drivers/net/dsa/lantiq_gswip.c
index 46ed953e787e..320ee7fe91a8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dsa/lantiq_gswip.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dsa/lantiq_gswip.c
@@ -498,8 +498,9 @@ static int gswip_mdio_rd(struct mii_bus *bus, int addr, int reg)
 static int gswip_mdio(struct gswip_priv *priv, struct device_node *mdio_np)
 {
 	struct dsa_switch *ds = priv->ds;
+	int err;
 
-	ds->slave_mii_bus = devm_mdiobus_alloc(priv->dev);
+	ds->slave_mii_bus = mdiobus_alloc();
 	if (!ds->slave_mii_bus)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -512,7 +513,11 @@ static int gswip_mdio(struct gswip_priv *priv, struct device_node *mdio_np)
 	ds->slave_mii_bus->parent = priv->dev;
 	ds->slave_mii_bus->phy_mask = ~ds->phys_mii_mask;
 
-	return of_mdiobus_register(ds->slave_mii_bus, mdio_np);
+	err = of_mdiobus_register(ds->slave_mii_bus, mdio_np);
+	if (err)
+		mdiobus_free(ds->slave_mii_bus);
+
+	return err;
 }
 
 static int gswip_pce_table_entry_read(struct gswip_priv *priv,
@@ -2145,8 +2150,10 @@ disable_switch:
 	gswip_mdio_mask(priv, GSWIP_MDIO_GLOB_ENABLE, 0, GSWIP_MDIO_GLOB);
 	dsa_unregister_switch(priv->ds);
 mdio_bus:
-	if (mdio_np)
+	if (mdio_np) {
 		mdiobus_unregister(priv->ds->slave_mii_bus);
+		mdiobus_free(priv->ds->slave_mii_bus);
+	}
 put_mdio_node:
 	of_node_put(mdio_np);
 	for (i = 0; i < priv->num_gphy_fw; i++)
@@ -2169,6 +2176,7 @@ static int gswip_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	if (priv->ds->slave_mii_bus) {
 		mdiobus_unregister(priv->ds->slave_mii_bus);
+		mdiobus_free(priv->ds->slave_mii_bus);
 		of_node_put(priv->ds->slave_mii_bus->dev.of_node);
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/mt7530.c b/drivers/net/dsa/mt7530.c
index b82512e5b33b..ff3c267d0f26 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dsa/mt7530.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dsa/mt7530.c
@@ -2074,7 +2074,7 @@ mt7530_setup_mdio(struct mt7530_priv *priv)
 	if (priv->irq)
 		mt7530_setup_mdio_irq(priv);
 
-	ret = mdiobus_register(bus);
+	ret = devm_mdiobus_register(dev, bus);
 	if (ret) {
 		dev_err(dev, "failed to register MDIO bus: %d\n", ret);
 		if (priv->irq)
diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/mv88e6xxx/chip.c b/drivers/net/dsa/mv88e6xxx/chip.c
index 58ca684d73f7..659f29582406 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dsa/mv88e6xxx/chip.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dsa/mv88e6xxx/chip.c
@@ -3399,7 +3399,7 @@ static int mv88e6xxx_mdio_register(struct mv88e6xxx_chip *chip,
 			return err;
 	}
 
-	bus = devm_mdiobus_alloc_size(chip->dev, sizeof(*mdio_bus));
+	bus = mdiobus_alloc_size(sizeof(*mdio_bus));
 	if (!bus)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -3424,14 +3424,14 @@ static int mv88e6xxx_mdio_register(struct mv88e6xxx_chip *chip,
 	if (!external) {
 		err = mv88e6xxx_g2_irq_mdio_setup(chip, bus);
 		if (err)
-			return err;
+			goto out;
 	}
 
 	err = of_mdiobus_register(bus, np);
 	if (err) {
 		dev_err(chip->dev, "Cannot register MDIO bus (%d)\n", err);
 		mv88e6xxx_g2_irq_mdio_free(chip, bus);
-		return err;
+		goto out;
 	}
 
 	if (external)
@@ -3440,6 +3440,10 @@ static int mv88e6xxx_mdio_register(struct mv88e6xxx_chip *chip,
 		list_add(&mdio_bus->list, &chip->mdios);
 
 	return 0;
+
+out:
+	mdiobus_free(bus);
+	return err;
 }
 
 static void mv88e6xxx_mdios_unregister(struct mv88e6xxx_chip *chip)
@@ -3455,6 +3459,7 @@ static void mv88e6xxx_mdios_unregister(struct mv88e6xxx_chip *chip)
 			mv88e6xxx_g2_irq_mdio_free(chip, bus);
 
 		mdiobus_unregister(bus);
+		mdiobus_free(bus);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/ocelot/felix_vsc9959.c b/drivers/net/dsa/ocelot/felix_vsc9959.c
index bf8d38239e7e..33f0ceae381d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dsa/ocelot/felix_vsc9959.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dsa/ocelot/felix_vsc9959.c
@@ -1061,7 +1061,7 @@ static int vsc9959_mdio_bus_alloc(struct ocelot *ocelot)
 		return PTR_ERR(hw);
 	}
 
-	bus = devm_mdiobus_alloc_size(dev, sizeof(*mdio_priv));
+	bus = mdiobus_alloc_size(sizeof(*mdio_priv));
 	if (!bus)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -1081,6 +1081,7 @@ static int vsc9959_mdio_bus_alloc(struct ocelot *ocelot)
 	rc = mdiobus_register(bus);
 	if (rc < 0) {
 		dev_err(dev, "failed to register MDIO bus\n");
+		mdiobus_free(bus);
 		return rc;
 	}
 
@@ -1132,6 +1133,7 @@ static void vsc9959_mdio_bus_free(struct ocelot *ocelot)
 		lynx_pcs_destroy(phylink_pcs);
 	}
 	mdiobus_unregister(felix->imdio);
+	mdiobus_free(felix->imdio);
 }
 
 static void vsc9959_sched_speed_set(struct ocelot *ocelot, int port,
diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/ocelot/seville_vsc9953.c b/drivers/net/dsa/ocelot/seville_vsc9953.c
index 8c1c9da61602..f2f1608a476c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dsa/ocelot/seville_vsc9953.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dsa/ocelot/seville_vsc9953.c
@@ -1029,7 +1029,7 @@ static int vsc9953_mdio_bus_alloc(struct ocelot *ocelot)
 	}
 
 	/* Needed in order to initialize the bus mutex lock */
-	rc = of_mdiobus_register(bus, NULL);
+	rc = devm_of_mdiobus_register(dev, bus, NULL);
 	if (rc < 0) {
 		dev_err(dev, "failed to register MDIO bus\n");
 		return rc;
@@ -1083,7 +1083,8 @@ static void vsc9953_mdio_bus_free(struct ocelot *ocelot)
 		mdio_device_free(mdio_device);
 		lynx_pcs_destroy(phylink_pcs);
 	}
-	mdiobus_unregister(felix->imdio);
+
+	/* mdiobus_unregister and mdiobus_free handled by devres */
 }
 
 static const struct felix_info seville_info_vsc9953 = {
diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/qca/ar9331.c b/drivers/net/dsa/qca/ar9331.c
index da0d7e68643a..c39de2a4c1fe 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dsa/qca/ar9331.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dsa/qca/ar9331.c
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ static int ar9331_sw_mbus_init(struct ar9331_sw_priv *priv)
 	if (!mnp)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	ret = of_mdiobus_register(mbus, mnp);
+	ret = devm_of_mdiobus_register(dev, mbus, mnp);
 	of_node_put(mnp);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
@@ -1091,7 +1091,6 @@ static void ar9331_sw_remove(struct mdio_device *mdiodev)
 	}
 
 	irq_domain_remove(priv->irqdomain);
-	mdiobus_unregister(priv->mbus);
 	dsa_unregister_switch(&priv->ds);
 
 	reset_control_assert(priv->sw_reset);