diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/mscc/mscc.h b/drivers/net/phy/mscc/mscc.h
index a50235fdf7d99..defe5cc6d4fce 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/mscc/mscc.h
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/mscc/mscc.h
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ enum rgmii_clock_delay {
 #define VSC8502_RGMII_CNTL		  20
 #define VSC8502_RGMII_RX_DELAY_MASK	  0x0070
 #define VSC8502_RGMII_TX_DELAY_MASK	  0x0007
+#define VSC8502_RGMII_RX_CLK_DISABLE	  0x0800
 
 #define MSCC_PHY_WOL_LOWER_MAC_ADDR	  21
 #define MSCC_PHY_WOL_MID_MAC_ADDR	  22
@@ -276,6 +277,7 @@ enum rgmii_clock_delay {
 /* Microsemi PHY ID's
  *   Code assumes lowest nibble is 0
  */
+#define PHY_ID_VSC8501			  0x00070530
 #define PHY_ID_VSC8502			  0x00070630
 #define PHY_ID_VSC8504			  0x000704c0
 #define PHY_ID_VSC8514			  0x00070670
diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/mscc/mscc_main.c b/drivers/net/phy/mscc/mscc_main.c
index 62bf99e45af16..28df8a2e4230f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/mscc/mscc_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/mscc/mscc_main.c
@@ -519,16 +519,27 @@ static int vsc85xx_mac_if_set(struct phy_device *phydev,
  *  * 2.0 ns (which causes the data to be sampled at exactly half way between
  *    clock transitions at 1000 Mbps) if delays should be enabled
  */
-static int vsc85xx_rgmii_set_skews(struct phy_device *phydev, u32 rgmii_cntl,
-				   u16 rgmii_rx_delay_mask,
-				   u16 rgmii_tx_delay_mask)
+static int vsc85xx_update_rgmii_cntl(struct phy_device *phydev, u32 rgmii_cntl,
+				     u16 rgmii_rx_delay_mask,
+				     u16 rgmii_tx_delay_mask)
 {
 	u16 rgmii_rx_delay_pos = ffs(rgmii_rx_delay_mask) - 1;
 	u16 rgmii_tx_delay_pos = ffs(rgmii_tx_delay_mask) - 1;
 	u16 reg_val = 0;
-	int rc;
+	u16 mask = 0;
+	int rc = 0;
 
-	mutex_lock(&phydev->lock);
+	/* For traffic to pass, the VSC8502 family needs the RX_CLK disable bit
+	 * to be unset for all PHY modes, so do that as part of the paged
+	 * register modification.
+	 * For some family members (like VSC8530/31/40/41) this bit is reserved
+	 * and read-only, and the RX clock is enabled by default.
+	 */
+	if (rgmii_cntl == VSC8502_RGMII_CNTL)
+		mask |= VSC8502_RGMII_RX_CLK_DISABLE;
+
+	if (phy_interface_is_rgmii(phydev))
+		mask |= rgmii_rx_delay_mask | rgmii_tx_delay_mask;
 
 	if (phydev->interface == PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_RGMII_RXID ||
 	    phydev->interface == PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_RGMII_ID)
@@ -537,31 +548,20 @@ static int vsc85xx_rgmii_set_skews(struct phy_device *phydev, u32 rgmii_cntl,
 	    phydev->interface == PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_RGMII_ID)
 		reg_val |= RGMII_CLK_DELAY_2_0_NS << rgmii_tx_delay_pos;
 
-	rc = phy_modify_paged(phydev, MSCC_PHY_PAGE_EXTENDED_2,
-			      rgmii_cntl,
-			      rgmii_rx_delay_mask | rgmii_tx_delay_mask,
-			      reg_val);
-
-	mutex_unlock(&phydev->lock);
+	if (mask)
+		rc = phy_modify_paged(phydev, MSCC_PHY_PAGE_EXTENDED_2,
+				      rgmii_cntl, mask, reg_val);
 
 	return rc;
 }
 
 static int vsc85xx_default_config(struct phy_device *phydev)
 {
-	int rc;
-
 	phydev->mdix_ctrl = ETH_TP_MDI_AUTO;
 
-	if (phy_interface_mode_is_rgmii(phydev->interface)) {
-		rc = vsc85xx_rgmii_set_skews(phydev, VSC8502_RGMII_CNTL,
-					     VSC8502_RGMII_RX_DELAY_MASK,
-					     VSC8502_RGMII_TX_DELAY_MASK);
-		if (rc)
-			return rc;
-	}
-
-	return 0;
+	return vsc85xx_update_rgmii_cntl(phydev, VSC8502_RGMII_CNTL,
+					 VSC8502_RGMII_RX_DELAY_MASK,
+					 VSC8502_RGMII_TX_DELAY_MASK);
 }
 
 static int vsc85xx_get_tunable(struct phy_device *phydev,
@@ -1758,13 +1758,11 @@ static int vsc8584_config_init(struct phy_device *phydev)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	if (phy_interface_is_rgmii(phydev)) {
-		ret = vsc85xx_rgmii_set_skews(phydev, VSC8572_RGMII_CNTL,
-					      VSC8572_RGMII_RX_DELAY_MASK,
-					      VSC8572_RGMII_TX_DELAY_MASK);
-		if (ret)
-			return ret;
-	}
+	ret = vsc85xx_update_rgmii_cntl(phydev, VSC8572_RGMII_CNTL,
+					VSC8572_RGMII_RX_DELAY_MASK,
+					VSC8572_RGMII_TX_DELAY_MASK);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 
 	ret = genphy_soft_reset(phydev);
 	if (ret)
@@ -2316,6 +2314,30 @@ static int vsc85xx_probe(struct phy_device *phydev)
 
 /* Microsemi VSC85xx PHYs */
 static struct phy_driver vsc85xx_driver[] = {
+{
+	.phy_id		= PHY_ID_VSC8501,
+	.name		= "Microsemi GE VSC8501 SyncE",
+	.phy_id_mask	= 0xfffffff0,
+	/* PHY_BASIC_FEATURES */
+	.soft_reset	= &genphy_soft_reset,
+	.config_init	= &vsc85xx_config_init,
+	.config_aneg    = &vsc85xx_config_aneg,
+	.read_status	= &vsc85xx_read_status,
+	.handle_interrupt = vsc85xx_handle_interrupt,
+	.config_intr	= &vsc85xx_config_intr,
+	.suspend	= &genphy_suspend,
+	.resume		= &genphy_resume,
+	.probe		= &vsc85xx_probe,
+	.set_wol	= &vsc85xx_wol_set,
+	.get_wol	= &vsc85xx_wol_get,
+	.get_tunable	= &vsc85xx_get_tunable,
+	.set_tunable	= &vsc85xx_set_tunable,
+	.read_page	= &vsc85xx_phy_read_page,
+	.write_page	= &vsc85xx_phy_write_page,
+	.get_sset_count = &vsc85xx_get_sset_count,
+	.get_strings    = &vsc85xx_get_strings,
+	.get_stats      = &vsc85xx_get_stats,
+},
 {
 	.phy_id		= PHY_ID_VSC8502,
 	.name		= "Microsemi GE VSC8502 SyncE",
@@ -2656,6 +2678,8 @@ static struct phy_driver vsc85xx_driver[] = {
 module_phy_driver(vsc85xx_driver);
 
 static struct mdio_device_id __maybe_unused vsc85xx_tbl[] = {
+	{ PHY_ID_VSC8501, 0xfffffff0, },
+	{ PHY_ID_VSC8502, 0xfffffff0, },
 	{ PHY_ID_VSC8504, 0xfffffff0, },
 	{ PHY_ID_VSC8514, 0xfffffff0, },
 	{ PHY_ID_VSC8530, 0xfffffff0, },