diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
index ec2a3d16b1a2..cde0e80474a1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
@@ -1806,8 +1806,10 @@ void phy_detach(struct phy_device *phydev)
 	struct module *ndev_owner = NULL;
 	struct mii_bus *bus;
 
-	if (phydev->devlink)
+	if (phydev->devlink) {
 		device_link_del(phydev->devlink);
+		phydev->devlink = NULL;
+	}
 
 	if (phydev->sysfs_links) {
 		if (dev)