diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/broadcom.c b/drivers/net/phy/broadcom.c
index 583ef8a2ec8d..3a64b3d8eca8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/broadcom.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/broadcom.c
@@ -30,6 +30,16 @@ MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Broadcom PHY driver");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Maciej W. Rozycki");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 
+static int bcm54xx_auxctl_read(struct phy_device *phydev, u16 regnum)
+{
+	/* The register must be written to both the Shadow Register Select and
+	 * the Shadow Read Register Selector
+	 */
+	phy_write(phydev, MII_BCM54XX_AUX_CTL, regnum |
+		  regnum << MII_BCM54XX_AUXCTL_SHDWSEL_READ_SHIFT);
+	return phy_read(phydev, MII_BCM54XX_AUX_CTL);
+}
+
 static int bcm54xx_auxctl_write(struct phy_device *phydev, u16 regnum, u16 val)
 {
 	return phy_write(phydev, MII_BCM54XX_AUX_CTL, regnum | val);
diff --git a/include/linux/brcmphy.h b/include/linux/brcmphy.h
index 60def78c4e12..0ed66914b61c 100644
--- a/include/linux/brcmphy.h
+++ b/include/linux/brcmphy.h
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@
 #define MII_BCM54XX_AUXCTL_MISC_FORCE_AMDIX	0x0200
 #define MII_BCM54XX_AUXCTL_MISC_RDSEL_MISC	0x7000
 #define MII_BCM54XX_AUXCTL_SHDWSEL_MISC	0x0007
+#define MII_BCM54XX_AUXCTL_SHDWSEL_READ_SHIFT	12
 
 #define MII_BCM54XX_AUXCTL_SHDWSEL_MASK	0x0007