diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/bcm_sf2.c b/drivers/net/dsa/bcm_sf2.c
index 972982f8bea7..079897b3a955 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dsa/bcm_sf2.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dsa/bcm_sf2.c
@@ -696,9 +696,20 @@ static int bcm_sf2_sw_setup(struct dsa_switch *ds)
 	}
 
 	/* Include the pseudo-PHY address and the broadcast PHY address to
-	 * divert reads towards our workaround
+	 * divert reads towards our workaround. This is only required for
+	 * 7445D0, since 7445E0 disconnects the internal switch pseudo-PHY such
+	 * that we can use the regular SWITCH_MDIO master controller instead.
+	 *
+	 * By default, DSA initializes ds->phys_mii_mask to ds->phys_port_mask
+	 * to have a 1:1 mapping between Port address and PHY address in order
+	 * to utilize the slave_mii_bus instance to read from Port PHYs. This is
+	 * not what we want here, so we initialize phys_mii_mask 0 to always
+	 * utilize the "master" MDIO bus backed by the "mdio-unimac" driver.
 	 */
-	ds->phys_mii_mask |= ((1 << BRCM_PSEUDO_PHY_ADDR) | (1 << 0));
+	if (of_machine_is_compatible("brcm,bcm7445d0"))
+		ds->phys_mii_mask |= ((1 << BRCM_PSEUDO_PHY_ADDR) | (1 << 0));
+	else
+		ds->phys_mii_mask = 0;
 
 	rev = reg_readl(priv, REG_SWITCH_REVISION);
 	priv->hw_params.top_rev = (rev >> SWITCH_TOP_REV_SHIFT) &