diff --git a/drivers/phy/phy-core.c b/drivers/phy/phy-core.c
index 35fd38c5a4a1..600a4e554d17 100644
--- a/drivers/phy/phy-core.c
+++ b/drivers/phy/phy-core.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ static void devm_phy_release(struct device *dev, void *res)
 {
 	struct phy *phy = *(struct phy **)res;
 
-	phy_put(phy);
+	phy_put(dev, phy);
 }
 
 static void devm_phy_provider_release(struct device *dev, void *res)
@@ -490,12 +490,12 @@ struct phy *of_phy_get(struct device_node *np, const char *con_id)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_phy_get);
 
 /**
- * phy_put() - release the PHY
- * @phy: the phy returned by phy_get()
+ * of_phy_put() - release the PHY
+ * @phy: the phy returned by of_phy_get()
  *
- * Releases a refcount the caller received from phy_get().
+ * Releases a refcount the caller received from of_phy_get().
  */
-void phy_put(struct phy *phy)
+void of_phy_put(struct phy *phy)
 {
 	if (!phy || IS_ERR(phy))
 		return;
@@ -503,6 +503,20 @@ void phy_put(struct phy *phy)
 	module_put(phy->ops->owner);
 	put_device(&phy->dev);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_phy_put);
+
+/**
+ * phy_put() - release the PHY
+ * @dev: device that wants to release this phy
+ * @phy: the phy returned by phy_get()
+ *
+ * Releases a refcount the caller received from phy_get().
+ */
+void phy_put(struct device *dev, struct phy *phy)
+{
+	device_link_remove(dev, &phy->dev);
+	of_phy_put(phy);
+}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(phy_put);
 
 /**
@@ -570,6 +584,7 @@ struct phy *phy_get(struct device *dev, const char *string)
 {
 	int index = 0;
 	struct phy *phy;
+	struct device_link *link;
 
 	if (string == NULL) {
 		dev_WARN(dev, "missing string\n");
@@ -591,6 +606,13 @@ struct phy *phy_get(struct device *dev, const char *string)
 
 	get_device(&phy->dev);
 
+	link = device_link_add(dev, &phy->dev, DL_FLAG_STATELESS);
+	if (!link) {
+		dev_err(dev, "failed to create device link to %s\n",
+			dev_name(phy->dev.parent));
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+	}
+
 	return phy;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(phy_get);
@@ -684,6 +706,7 @@ struct phy *devm_of_phy_get(struct device *dev, struct device_node *np,
 			    const char *con_id)
 {
 	struct phy **ptr, *phy;
+	struct device_link *link;
 
 	ptr = devres_alloc(devm_phy_release, sizeof(*ptr), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!ptr)
@@ -695,6 +718,14 @@ struct phy *devm_of_phy_get(struct device *dev, struct device_node *np,
 		devres_add(dev, ptr);
 	} else {
 		devres_free(ptr);
+		return phy;
+	}
+
+	link = device_link_add(dev, &phy->dev, DL_FLAG_STATELESS);
+	if (!link) {
+		dev_err(dev, "failed to create device link to %s\n",
+			dev_name(phy->dev.parent));
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 	}
 
 	return phy;
@@ -717,6 +748,7 @@ struct phy *devm_of_phy_get_by_index(struct device *dev, struct device_node *np,
 				     int index)
 {
 	struct phy **ptr, *phy;
+	struct device_link *link;
 
 	ptr = devres_alloc(devm_phy_release, sizeof(*ptr), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!ptr)
@@ -738,6 +770,13 @@ struct phy *devm_of_phy_get_by_index(struct device *dev, struct device_node *np,
 	*ptr = phy;
 	devres_add(dev, ptr);
 
+	link = device_link_add(dev, &phy->dev, DL_FLAG_STATELESS);
+	if (!link) {
+		dev_err(dev, "failed to create device link to %s\n",
+			dev_name(phy->dev.parent));
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+	}
+
 	return phy;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devm_of_phy_get_by_index);
diff --git a/drivers/usb/renesas_usbhs/rcar2.c b/drivers/usb/renesas_usbhs/rcar2.c
index 0027092b1118..c52d36c384e7 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/renesas_usbhs/rcar2.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/renesas_usbhs/rcar2.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ static int usbhs_rcar2_hardware_exit(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct usbhs_priv *priv = usbhs_pdev_to_priv(pdev);
 
 	if (priv->phy) {
-		phy_put(priv->phy);
+		phy_put(&pdev->dev, priv->phy);
 		priv->phy = NULL;
 	}
 
diff --git a/include/linux/phy/phy.h b/include/linux/phy/phy.h
index 9713aebdd348..e969b604cb54 100644
--- a/include/linux/phy/phy.h
+++ b/include/linux/phy/phy.h
@@ -185,7 +185,8 @@ struct phy *devm_of_phy_get(struct device *dev, struct device_node *np,
 			    const char *con_id);
 struct phy *devm_of_phy_get_by_index(struct device *dev, struct device_node *np,
 				     int index);
-void phy_put(struct phy *phy);
+void of_phy_put(struct phy *phy);
+void phy_put(struct device *dev, struct phy *phy);
 void devm_phy_put(struct device *dev, struct phy *phy);
 struct phy *of_phy_get(struct device_node *np, const char *con_id);
 struct phy *of_phy_simple_xlate(struct device *dev,
@@ -348,7 +349,11 @@ static inline struct phy *devm_of_phy_get_by_index(struct device *dev,
 	return ERR_PTR(-ENOSYS);
 }
 
-static inline void phy_put(struct phy *phy)
+static inline void of_phy_put(struct phy *phy)
+{
+}
+
+static inline void phy_put(struct device *dev, struct phy *phy)
 {
 }
 
