diff --git a/drivers/net/arm/ixp4xx_eth.c b/drivers/net/arm/ixp4xx_eth.c
index ee2f8425dbe70836d8920e002f857489a270b092..4f1cc7164ad9f41435e338a31286c4746120f90b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/arm/ixp4xx_eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/arm/ixp4xx_eth.c
@@ -782,7 +782,8 @@ static int eth_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *req, int cmd)
 
 	if (!netif_running(dev))
 		return -EINVAL;
-	return phy_mii_ioctl(port->phydev, if_mii(req), cmd);
+
+	return phy_mii_ioctl(port->phydev, req, cmd);
 }
 
 /* ethtool support */
diff --git a/drivers/net/au1000_eth.c b/drivers/net/au1000_eth.c
index ece6128bef146aa330f98f486d23f2bed1c15ed5..386d4feec652b4d33ec0b5648c176b3b2048d0bf 100644
--- a/drivers/net/au1000_eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/au1000_eth.c
@@ -978,7 +978,7 @@ static int au1000_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *rq, int cmd)
 	if (!aup->phy_dev)
 		return -EINVAL; /* PHY not controllable */
 
-	return phy_mii_ioctl(aup->phy_dev, if_mii(rq), cmd);
+	return phy_mii_ioctl(aup->phy_dev, rq, cmd);
 }
 
 static const struct net_device_ops au1000_netdev_ops = {
diff --git a/drivers/net/bcm63xx_enet.c b/drivers/net/bcm63xx_enet.c
index faf5add894d7788ebb8b1621951f164d772505d8..0d2c5da08937d33ad4a381e8a08ef04de378df86 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bcm63xx_enet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bcm63xx_enet.c
@@ -1496,7 +1496,7 @@ static int bcm_enet_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *rq, int cmd)
 	if (priv->has_phy) {
 		if (!priv->phydev)
 			return -ENODEV;
-		return phy_mii_ioctl(priv->phydev, if_mii(rq), cmd);
+		return phy_mii_ioctl(priv->phydev, rq, cmd);
 	} else {
 		struct mii_if_info mii;
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/cpmac.c b/drivers/net/cpmac.c
index 38de1a4f825f18d735c4b5103d2d4f9b240ba426..e1f6156b3710e9888f779610ddb10a52fcfd5d9d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/cpmac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/cpmac.c
@@ -846,11 +846,8 @@ static int cpmac_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *ifr, int cmd)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	if (!priv->phy)
 		return -EINVAL;
-	if ((cmd == SIOCGMIIPHY) || (cmd == SIOCGMIIREG) ||
-	    (cmd == SIOCSMIIREG))
-		return phy_mii_ioctl(priv->phy, if_mii(ifr), cmd);
 
-	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+	return phy_mii_ioctl(priv->phy, ifr, cmd);
 }
 
 static int cpmac_get_settings(struct net_device *dev, struct ethtool_cmd *cmd)
diff --git a/drivers/net/dnet.c b/drivers/net/dnet.c
index 8b0f50bbf3e5cd13bfa4b240387071b3d2a939c9..4ea7141f525d513aa899b56e1f358c0845662c67 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dnet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dnet.c
@@ -797,7 +797,7 @@ static int dnet_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *rq, int cmd)
 	if (!phydev)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	return phy_mii_ioctl(phydev, if_mii(rq), cmd);
+	return phy_mii_ioctl(phydev, rq, cmd);
 }
 
 static void dnet_get_drvinfo(struct net_device *dev,
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethoc.c b/drivers/net/ethoc.c
index 5bb6bb74c40eb6f2692db9c1e1c596976c21aecc..38c282e6565bcb42d3c482cd4945bd74a81a38bb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethoc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethoc.c
@@ -730,7 +730,7 @@ static int ethoc_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *ifr, int cmd)
 		phy = priv->phy;
 	}
 
-	return phy_mii_ioctl(phy, mdio, cmd);
+	return phy_mii_ioctl(phy, ifr, cmd);
 }
 
 static int ethoc_config(struct net_device *dev, struct ifmap *map)
diff --git a/drivers/net/fec.c b/drivers/net/fec.c
index 937f1b4a3483ae7556cee2880c98b7a091860869..391a553a3addd314b5defc7d6d0b8d41553054be 100644
--- a/drivers/net/fec.c
+++ b/drivers/net/fec.c
@@ -825,7 +825,7 @@ static int fec_enet_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *rq, int cmd)
 	if (!phydev)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	return phy_mii_ioctl(phydev, if_mii(rq), cmd);
+	return phy_mii_ioctl(phydev, rq, cmd);
 }
 
 static void fec_enet_free_buffers(struct net_device *dev)
diff --git a/drivers/net/fec_mpc52xx.c b/drivers/net/fec_mpc52xx.c
index 5f8346369b80019d79f6c9819d535095838819a4..d1a5b17b2a95567b3466674ec61acdc85657a5b2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/fec_mpc52xx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/fec_mpc52xx.c
@@ -826,7 +826,7 @@ static int mpc52xx_fec_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *rq, int cmd)
 	if (!priv->phydev)
 		return -ENOTSUPP;
 
-	return phy_mii_ioctl(priv->phydev, if_mii(rq), cmd);
+	return phy_mii_ioctl(priv->phydev, rq, cmd);
 }
 
 static const struct net_device_ops mpc52xx_fec_netdev_ops = {
diff --git a/drivers/net/fs_enet/fs_enet-main.c b/drivers/net/fs_enet/fs_enet-main.c
index 309a0eaddd815739d33c196d94ce3aad770cec34..f08cff9020bdc4972b0f76dbaa2b61eb880d0f95 100644
--- a/drivers/net/fs_enet/fs_enet-main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/fs_enet/fs_enet-main.c
@@ -963,12 +963,11 @@ static const struct ethtool_ops fs_ethtool_ops = {
 static int fs_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *rq, int cmd)
 {
 	struct fs_enet_private *fep = netdev_priv(dev);
-	struct mii_ioctl_data *mii = (struct mii_ioctl_data *)&rq->ifr_data;
 
 	if (!netif_running(dev))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	return phy_mii_ioctl(fep->phydev, mii, cmd);
+	return phy_mii_ioctl(fep->phydev, rq, cmd);
 }
 
 extern int fs_mii_connect(struct net_device *dev);
diff --git a/drivers/net/gianfar.c b/drivers/net/gianfar.c
index 746a776a16534b404ba3cae4be3bbd254d26764c..27f02970d89874d7876d65366bacd3ac4ef3cf64 100644
--- a/drivers/net/gianfar.c
+++ b/drivers/net/gianfar.c
@@ -847,7 +847,7 @@ static int gfar_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *rq, int cmd)
 	if (!priv->phydev)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	return phy_mii_ioctl(priv->phydev, if_mii(rq), cmd);
+	return phy_mii_ioctl(priv->phydev, rq, cmd);
 }
 
 static unsigned int reverse_bitmap(unsigned int bit_map, unsigned int max_qs)
diff --git a/drivers/net/macb.c b/drivers/net/macb.c
index 40797fbdca9f774798668dba14381a96f9b68511..ff2f158ab0b92d88597bf68d1b1a13cf89ca4e41 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macb.c
@@ -1082,7 +1082,7 @@ static int macb_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *rq, int cmd)
 	if (!phydev)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	return phy_mii_ioctl(phydev, if_mii(rq), cmd);
+	return phy_mii_ioctl(phydev, rq, cmd);
 }
 
 static const struct net_device_ops macb_netdev_ops = {
diff --git a/drivers/net/mv643xx_eth.c b/drivers/net/mv643xx_eth.c
index af075af20e0c53807836ff1c6912616bfc60c378..2fcdb1e1b99d068ab4791752c53f52a42f14f97a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mv643xx_eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mv643xx_eth.c
@@ -2461,7 +2461,7 @@ static int mv643xx_eth_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *ifr, int cmd)
 	struct mv643xx_eth_private *mp = netdev_priv(dev);
 
 	if (mp->phy != NULL)
-		return phy_mii_ioctl(mp->phy, if_mii(ifr), cmd);
+		return phy_mii_ioctl(mp->phy, ifr, cmd);
 
 	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/octeon/octeon_mgmt.c b/drivers/net/octeon/octeon_mgmt.c
index f4a0f08e14e1287bb14c8c9e897b9cebceabc0ad..b264f0f45605409b6cd378bb5b498b23bd73f994 100644
--- a/drivers/net/octeon/octeon_mgmt.c
+++ b/drivers/net/octeon/octeon_mgmt.c
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ static int octeon_mgmt_ioctl(struct net_device *netdev,
 	if (!p->phydev)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	return phy_mii_ioctl(p->phydev, if_mii(rq), cmd);
+	return phy_mii_ioctl(p->phydev, rq, cmd);
 }
 
 static void octeon_mgmt_adjust_link(struct net_device *netdev)
diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
index 64be4664ccab0c906f34ce05f49c66d7cbf6def3..bd88d818f0826aa8f892b6efae8b99404c41390b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
@@ -309,8 +309,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(phy_ethtool_gset);
  * current state.  Use at own risk.
  */
 int phy_mii_ioctl(struct phy_device *phydev,
-		struct mii_ioctl_data *mii_data, int cmd)
+		struct ifreq *ifr, int cmd)
 {
+	struct mii_ioctl_data *mii_data = if_mii(ifr);
 	u16 val = mii_data->val_in;
 
 	switch (cmd) {
diff --git a/drivers/net/sb1250-mac.c b/drivers/net/sb1250-mac.c
index 79eee3062083ab3b900da0c68e7df03cf5bffe9d..8e6bd45b9f311f4ea4c164d6d2528455cb64ae8e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sb1250-mac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sb1250-mac.c
@@ -2532,7 +2532,7 @@ static int sbmac_mii_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *rq, int cmd)
 	if (!netif_running(dev) || !sc->phy_dev)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	return phy_mii_ioctl(sc->phy_dev, if_mii(rq), cmd);
+	return phy_mii_ioctl(sc->phy_dev, rq, cmd);
 }
 
 static int sbmac_close(struct net_device *dev)
diff --git a/drivers/net/sh_eth.c b/drivers/net/sh_eth.c
index 7ac814d932b1271561ec49bf289aaf2b4f30a86b..32f2deaa38bb5a2f7b8964286fca1595fd82117a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sh_eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sh_eth.c
@@ -1284,7 +1284,7 @@ static int sh_eth_do_ioctl(struct net_device *ndev, struct ifreq *rq,
 	if (!phydev)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	return phy_mii_ioctl(phydev, if_mii(rq), cmd);
+	return phy_mii_ioctl(phydev, rq, cmd);
 }
 
 #if defined(SH_ETH_HAS_TSU)
diff --git a/drivers/net/smsc911x.c b/drivers/net/smsc911x.c
index cc559741b0facf24b076e8b96eabe1c90ad78170..56dc2ff75ee360cc6bd7d9805c0e0960802f9b63 100644
--- a/drivers/net/smsc911x.c
+++ b/drivers/net/smsc911x.c
@@ -1538,7 +1538,7 @@ static int smsc911x_do_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *ifr, int cmd)
 	if (!netif_running(dev) || !pdata->phy_dev)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	return phy_mii_ioctl(pdata->phy_dev, if_mii(ifr), cmd);
+	return phy_mii_ioctl(pdata->phy_dev, ifr, cmd);
 }
 
 static int
diff --git a/drivers/net/smsc9420.c b/drivers/net/smsc9420.c
index 6cdee6a15f9f2897fa06baa40ad5c34c90c2e27d..b09ee1c319e8cb56f4813cad857765bf10fce87b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/smsc9420.c
+++ b/drivers/net/smsc9420.c
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ static int smsc9420_do_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *ifr, int cmd)
 	if (!netif_running(dev) || !pd->phy_dev)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	return phy_mii_ioctl(pd->phy_dev, if_mii(ifr), cmd);
+	return phy_mii_ioctl(pd->phy_dev, ifr, cmd);
 }
 
 static int smsc9420_ethtool_get_settings(struct net_device *dev,
diff --git a/drivers/net/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
index a31d580f306d90c206bc6b90e56cf9bd82a597d9..acf06168694035253c91d584c48c45bde654138f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
@@ -1437,24 +1437,18 @@ static void stmmac_poll_controller(struct net_device *dev)
 static int stmmac_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *rq, int cmd)
 {
 	struct stmmac_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
-	int ret = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+	int ret;
 
 	if (!netif_running(dev))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	switch (cmd) {
-	case SIOCGMIIPHY:
-	case SIOCGMIIREG:
-	case SIOCSMIIREG:
-		if (!priv->phydev)
-			return -EINVAL;
-
-		spin_lock(&priv->lock);
-		ret = phy_mii_ioctl(priv->phydev, if_mii(rq), cmd);
-		spin_unlock(&priv->lock);
-	default:
-		break;
-	}
+	if (!priv->phydev)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	spin_lock(&priv->lock);
+	ret = phy_mii_ioctl(priv->phydev, rq, cmd);
+	spin_unlock(&priv->lock);
+
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/tc35815.c b/drivers/net/tc35815.c
index be08b75dbc15a3d2d6adaf8d76c6d1de83c4d362..99e423a5b9f1d556211235ae52bfe3ce422a0254 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tc35815.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tc35815.c
@@ -2066,7 +2066,7 @@ static int tc35815_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *rq, int cmd)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	if (!lp->phy_dev)
 		return -ENODEV;
-	return phy_mii_ioctl(lp->phy_dev, if_mii(rq), cmd);
+	return phy_mii_ioctl(lp->phy_dev, rq, cmd);
 }
 
 static void tc35815_chip_reset(struct net_device *dev)
diff --git a/drivers/net/tg3.c b/drivers/net/tg3.c
index 5769e1507d2f1fa01532684bbfa54928a4ef6f9e..b26a577829390003fd1af2b80923624dec482e8d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tg3.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tg3.c
@@ -10932,7 +10932,7 @@ static int tg3_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *ifr, int cmd)
 		if (!(tp->tg3_flags3 & TG3_FLG3_PHY_CONNECTED))
 			return -EAGAIN;
 		phydev = tp->mdio_bus->phy_map[TG3_PHY_MII_ADDR];
-		return phy_mii_ioctl(phydev, data, cmd);
+		return phy_mii_ioctl(phydev, ifr, cmd);
 	}
 
 	switch (cmd) {
diff --git a/drivers/net/ucc_geth.c b/drivers/net/ucc_geth.c
index dc32a62e611c7d8d3e3a9cb29690027fe18d5d09..e17dd743091532a394fd4671d71623775b5a1cdc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ucc_geth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ucc_geth.c
@@ -3714,7 +3714,7 @@ static int ucc_geth_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *rq, int cmd)
 	if (!ugeth->phydev)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	return phy_mii_ioctl(ugeth->phydev, if_mii(rq), cmd);
+	return phy_mii_ioctl(ugeth->phydev, rq, cmd);
 }
 
 static const struct net_device_ops ucc_geth_netdev_ops = {
diff --git a/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-mdio.c b/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-mdio.c
index 7e0be8d00dc3a55c2d4cb031c443d8c43c0de164..10a82ef3021529071476d6f5cc1ddbce9f093544 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-mdio.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-mdio.c
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ int cvm_oct_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *rq, int cmd)
 	if (!priv->phydev)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	return phy_mii_ioctl(priv->phydev, if_mii(rq), cmd);
+	return phy_mii_ioctl(priv->phydev, rq, cmd);
 }
 
 static void cvm_oct_adjust_link(struct net_device *dev)
diff --git a/include/linux/phy.h b/include/linux/phy.h
index 987e111f7b112ec1c72ab86243819666614c0676..d63736a84002e3c1a1945e616158cf734fe2b510 100644
--- a/include/linux/phy.h
+++ b/include/linux/phy.h
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ void phy_stop_machine(struct phy_device *phydev);
 int phy_ethtool_sset(struct phy_device *phydev, struct ethtool_cmd *cmd);
 int phy_ethtool_gset(struct phy_device *phydev, struct ethtool_cmd *cmd);
 int phy_mii_ioctl(struct phy_device *phydev,
-		struct mii_ioctl_data *mii_data, int cmd);
+		struct ifreq *ifr, int cmd);
 int phy_start_interrupts(struct phy_device *phydev);
 void phy_print_status(struct phy_device *phydev);
 struct phy_device* phy_device_create(struct mii_bus *bus, int addr, int phy_id);
diff --git a/net/dsa/slave.c b/net/dsa/slave.c
index 8fdca56bb08f33817645ae55f179fbe6a8ad9c1e..64ca2a6fa0d4449f58c9befbdcbd4d8c31b3cdb0 100644
--- a/net/dsa/slave.c
+++ b/net/dsa/slave.c
@@ -164,10 +164,9 @@ out:
 static int dsa_slave_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *ifr, int cmd)
 {
 	struct dsa_slave_priv *p = netdev_priv(dev);
-	struct mii_ioctl_data *mii_data = if_mii(ifr);
 
 	if (p->phy != NULL)
-		return phy_mii_ioctl(p->phy, mii_data, cmd);
+		return phy_mii_ioctl(p->phy, ifr, cmd);
 
 	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 }