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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/emac/emac-phy.c7
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/emac/emac-phy.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/emac/emac-phy.c
index 99a14df28b96..2851b4c56570 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/emac/emac-phy.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/emac/emac-phy.c
@@ -201,6 +201,13 @@ int emac_phy_config(struct platform_device *pdev, struct emac_adapter *adpt)
else
adpt->phydev = mdiobus_get_phy(mii_bus, phy_addr);
+ /* of_phy_find_device() claims a reference to the phydev,
+ * so we do that here manually as well. When the driver
+ * later unloads, it can unilaterally drop the reference
+ * without worrying about ACPI vs DT.
+ */
+ if (adpt->phydev)
+ get_device(&adpt->phydev->mdio.dev);
} else {
struct device_node *phy_np;
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