diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
index cda4caa803..78205a3948 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ static struct phy_driver *get_phy_driver(struct phy_device *phydev,
 }
 
 static struct phy_device *phy_device_create(struct mii_dev *bus, int addr,
-					    u32 phy_id,
+					    u32 phy_id, bool is_c45,
 					    phy_interface_t interface)
 {
 	struct phy_device *dev;
@@ -650,6 +650,7 @@ static struct phy_device *phy_device_create(struct mii_dev *bus, int addr,
 
 	dev->addr = addr;
 	dev->phy_id = phy_id;
+	dev->is_c45 = is_c45;
 	dev->bus = bus;
 
 	dev->drv = get_phy_driver(dev, interface);
@@ -702,13 +703,17 @@ static struct phy_device *create_phy_by_mask(struct mii_dev *bus,
 					     phy_interface_t interface)
 {
 	u32 phy_id = 0xffffffff;
+	bool is_c45;
 
 	while (phy_mask) {
 		int addr = ffs(phy_mask) - 1;
 		int r = get_phy_id(bus, addr, devad, &phy_id);
 		/* If the PHY ID is mostly f's, we didn't find anything */
-		if (r == 0 && (phy_id & 0x1fffffff) != 0x1fffffff)
-			return phy_device_create(bus, addr, phy_id, interface);
+		if (r == 0 && (phy_id & 0x1fffffff) != 0x1fffffff) {
+			is_c45 = (devad == MDIO_DEVAD_NONE) ? false : true;
+			return phy_device_create(bus, addr, phy_id, is_c45,
+						 interface);
+		}
 		phy_mask &= ~(1 << addr);
 	}
 	return NULL;
@@ -895,8 +900,8 @@ struct phy_device *phy_connect(struct mii_dev *bus, int addr,
 	while (sn > 0) {
 		name = fdt_get_name(gd->fdt_blob, sn, NULL);
 		if (name && strcmp(name, "fixed-link") == 0) {
-			phydev = phy_device_create(bus,
-						   sn, PHY_FIXED_ID, interface);
+			phydev = phy_device_create(bus, sn, PHY_FIXED_ID, false,
+						   interface);
 			break;
 		}
 		sn = fdt_next_subnode(gd->fdt_blob, sn);
diff --git a/include/phy.h b/include/phy.h
index b86fdfb2ce..f23ca63f3b 100644
--- a/include/phy.h
+++ b/include/phy.h
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ struct phy_device {
 	int pause;
 	int asym_pause;
 	u32 phy_id;
+	bool is_c45;
 	u32 flags;
 };