diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
index 8cff61dbc4b5..716870a4499c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
@@ -1512,6 +1512,15 @@ int phy_attach_direct(struct net_device *dev, struct phy_device *phydev,
 	phy_resume(phydev);
 	phy_led_triggers_register(phydev);
 
+	/**
+	 * If the external phy used by current mac interface is managed by
+	 * another mac interface, so we should create a device link between
+	 * phy dev and mac dev.
+	 */
+	if (phydev->mdio.bus->parent && dev->dev.parent != phydev->mdio.bus->parent)
+		phydev->devlink = device_link_add(dev->dev.parent, &phydev->mdio.dev,
+						  DL_FLAG_PM_RUNTIME | DL_FLAG_STATELESS);
+
 	return err;
 
 error:
@@ -1750,6 +1759,9 @@ void phy_detach(struct phy_device *phydev)
 	struct module *ndev_owner = NULL;
 	struct mii_bus *bus;
 
+	if (phydev->devlink)
+		device_link_del(phydev->devlink);
+
 	if (phydev->sysfs_links) {
 		if (dev)
 			sysfs_remove_link(&dev->dev.kobj, "phydev");
diff --git a/include/linux/phy.h b/include/linux/phy.h
index 9a3752c0c444..71eeb4e3b1fd 100644
--- a/include/linux/phy.h
+++ b/include/linux/phy.h
@@ -529,6 +529,8 @@ struct macsec_ops;
  *
  * @mdio: MDIO bus this PHY is on
  * @drv: Pointer to the driver for this PHY instance
+ * @devlink: Create a link between phy dev and mac dev, if the external phy
+ *           used by current mac interface is managed by another mac interface.
  * @phy_id: UID for this device found during discovery
  * @c45_ids: 802.3-c45 Device Identifiers if is_c45.
  * @is_c45:  Set to true if this PHY uses clause 45 addressing.
@@ -618,6 +620,8 @@ struct phy_device {
 	/* And management functions */
 	struct phy_driver *drv;
 
+	struct device_link *devlink;
+
 	u32 phy_id;
 
 	struct phy_c45_device_ids c45_ids;