diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index fe463af4819e..ff9fcca7c729 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 6683ece36e3531fc8c75f69e7165c5f20930be88
+refs/heads/master: f8f76db1db369f3a130ac3fd33e2eee5f1610d9c
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c b/trunk/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
index adbc0fded130..db1794546c56 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
@@ -276,6 +276,22 @@ int phy_device_register(struct phy_device *phydev)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(phy_device_register);
 
+/**
+ * phy_find_first - finds the first PHY device on the bus
+ * @bus: the target MII bus
+ */
+struct phy_device *phy_find_first(struct mii_bus *bus)
+{
+	int addr;
+
+	for (addr = 0; addr < PHY_MAX_ADDR; addr++) {
+		if (bus->phy_map[addr])
+			return bus->phy_map[addr];
+	}
+	return NULL;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(phy_find_first);
+
 /**
  * phy_prepare_link - prepares the PHY layer to monitor link status
  * @phydev: target phy_device struct
diff --git a/trunk/include/linux/phy.h b/trunk/include/linux/phy.h
index 6a7eb402165d..14d7fdf6a90a 100644
--- a/trunk/include/linux/phy.h
+++ b/trunk/include/linux/phy.h
@@ -452,6 +452,7 @@ int phy_attach_direct(struct net_device *dev, struct phy_device *phydev,
 		u32 flags, phy_interface_t interface);
 struct phy_device * phy_attach(struct net_device *dev,
 		const char *bus_id, u32 flags, phy_interface_t interface);
+struct phy_device *phy_find_first(struct mii_bus *bus);
 int phy_connect_direct(struct net_device *dev, struct phy_device *phydev,
 		void (*handler)(struct net_device *), u32 flags,
 		phy_interface_t interface);