diff --git a/drivers/of/of_mdio.c b/drivers/of/of_mdio.c
index e3a8b22ef9dd..23049aeca662 100644
--- a/drivers/of/of_mdio.c
+++ b/drivers/of/of_mdio.c
@@ -34,7 +34,10 @@ int of_mdiobus_register(struct mii_bus *mdio, struct device_node *np)
 {
 	struct phy_device *phy;
 	struct device_node *child;
-	int rc, i;
+	const __be32 *paddr;
+	u32 addr;
+	bool is_c45, scanphys = false;
+	int rc, i, len;
 
 	/* Mask out all PHYs from auto probing.  Instead the PHYs listed in
 	 * the device tree are populated after the bus has been registered */
@@ -54,14 +57,10 @@ int of_mdiobus_register(struct mii_bus *mdio, struct device_node *np)
 
 	/* Loop over the child nodes and register a phy_device for each one */
 	for_each_available_child_of_node(np, child) {
-		const __be32 *paddr;
-		u32 addr;
-		int len;
-		bool is_c45;
-
 		/* A PHY must have a reg property in the range [0-31] */
 		paddr = of_get_property(child, "reg", &len);
 		if (!paddr || len < sizeof(*paddr)) {
+			scanphys = true;
 			dev_err(&mdio->dev, "%s has invalid PHY address\n",
 				child->full_name);
 			continue;
@@ -111,6 +110,59 @@ int of_mdiobus_register(struct mii_bus *mdio, struct device_node *np)
 			child->name, addr);
 	}
 
+	if (!scanphys)
+		return 0;
+
+	/* auto scan for PHYs with empty reg property */
+	for_each_available_child_of_node(np, child) {
+		/* Skip PHYs with reg property set */
+		paddr = of_get_property(child, "reg", &len);
+		if (paddr)
+			continue;
+
+		is_c45 = of_device_is_compatible(child,
+						 "ethernet-phy-ieee802.3-c45");
+
+		for (addr = 0; addr < PHY_MAX_ADDR; addr++) {
+			/* skip already registered PHYs */
+			if (mdio->phy_map[addr])
+				continue;
+
+			/* be noisy to encourage people to set reg property */
+			dev_info(&mdio->dev, "scan phy %s at address %i\n",
+				 child->name, addr);
+
+			phy = get_phy_device(mdio, addr, is_c45);
+			if (!phy || IS_ERR(phy))
+				continue;
+
+			if (mdio->irq) {
+				mdio->irq[addr] =
+					irq_of_parse_and_map(child, 0);
+				if (!mdio->irq[addr])
+					mdio->irq[addr] = PHY_POLL;
+			}
+
+			/* Associate the OF node with the device structure so it
+			 * can be looked up later */
+			of_node_get(child);
+			phy->dev.of_node = child;
+
+			/* All data is now stored in the phy struct;
+			 * register it */
+			rc = phy_device_register(phy);
+			if (rc) {
+				phy_device_free(phy);
+				of_node_put(child);
+				continue;
+			}
+
+			dev_info(&mdio->dev, "registered phy %s at address %i\n",
+				 child->name, addr);
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(of_mdiobus_register);