diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/mdio_device.c b/drivers/net/phy/mdio_device.c
index 044828d081d22..73f6539b9e506 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/mdio_device.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/mdio_device.c
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ struct mdio_device *mdio_device_create(struct mii_bus *bus, int addr)
 	mdiodev->device_remove = mdio_device_remove;
 	mdiodev->bus = bus;
 	mdiodev->addr = addr;
+	mdiodev->reset_state = -1;
 
 	dev_set_name(&mdiodev->dev, PHY_ID_FMT, bus->id, addr);
 
@@ -122,6 +123,9 @@ void mdio_device_reset(struct mdio_device *mdiodev, int value)
 	if (!mdiodev->reset_gpio && !mdiodev->reset_ctrl)
 		return;
 
+	if (mdiodev->reset_state == value)
+		return;
+
 	if (mdiodev->reset_gpio)
 		gpiod_set_value_cansleep(mdiodev->reset_gpio, value);
 
@@ -135,6 +139,8 @@ void mdio_device_reset(struct mdio_device *mdiodev, int value)
 	d = value ? mdiodev->reset_assert_delay : mdiodev->reset_deassert_delay;
 	if (d)
 		fsleep(d);
+
+	mdiodev->reset_state = value;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(mdio_device_reset);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
index 400fb09d9cd6b..d8e9335d415ca 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
@@ -654,6 +654,7 @@ struct phy_device *phy_device_create(struct mii_bus *bus, int addr, u32 phy_id,
 	mdiodev->flags = MDIO_DEVICE_FLAG_PHY;
 	mdiodev->device_free = phy_mdio_device_free;
 	mdiodev->device_remove = phy_mdio_device_remove;
+	mdiodev->reset_state = -1;
 
 	dev->speed = SPEED_UNKNOWN;
 	dev->duplex = DUPLEX_UNKNOWN;
diff --git a/include/linux/mdio.h b/include/linux/mdio.h
index 007fd9c3e4b62..79ceee3c8673e 100644
--- a/include/linux/mdio.h
+++ b/include/linux/mdio.h
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ struct mdio_device {
 	/* Bus address of the MDIO device (0-31) */
 	int addr;
 	int flags;
+	int reset_state;
 	struct gpio_desc *reset_gpio;
 	struct reset_control *reset_ctrl;
 	unsigned int reset_assert_delay;