diff --git a/drivers/net/mdio/fwnode_mdio.c b/drivers/net/mdio/fwnode_mdio.c
index e96766da8de4..283ddb1185bd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mdio/fwnode_mdio.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mdio/fwnode_mdio.c
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ int fwnode_mdiobus_phy_device_register(struct mii_bus *mdio,
 	 * can be looked up later
 	 */
 	fwnode_handle_get(child);
+	phy->mdio.dev.of_node = to_of_node(child);
 	phy->mdio.dev.fwnode = child;
 
 	/* All data is now stored in the phy struct;