diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/ocelot/seville_vsc9953.c b/drivers/net/dsa/ocelot/seville_vsc9953.c
index 287b64b788db..563ad338da25 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dsa/ocelot/seville_vsc9953.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dsa/ocelot/seville_vsc9953.c
@@ -893,8 +893,8 @@ static int vsc9953_mdio_bus_alloc(struct ocelot *ocelot)
 
 	rc = mscc_miim_setup(dev, &bus, "VSC9953 internal MDIO bus",
 			     ocelot->targets[GCB],
-			     ocelot->map[GCB][GCB_MIIM_MII_STATUS & REG_MASK]);
-
+			     ocelot->map[GCB][GCB_MIIM_MII_STATUS & REG_MASK],
+			     true);
 	if (rc) {
 		dev_err(dev, "failed to setup MDIO bus\n");
 		return rc;
diff --git a/drivers/net/mdio/mdio-mscc-miim.c b/drivers/net/mdio/mdio-mscc-miim.c
index c87e991d1a17..1a1b95ae95fa 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mdio/mdio-mscc-miim.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mdio/mdio-mscc-miim.c
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ struct mscc_miim_info {
 struct mscc_miim_dev {
 	struct regmap *regs;
 	int mii_status_offset;
+	bool ignore_read_errors;
 	struct regmap *phy_regs;
 	const struct mscc_miim_info *info;
 	struct clk *clk;
@@ -135,7 +136,7 @@ static int mscc_miim_read(struct mii_bus *bus, int mii_id, int regnum)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	if (val & MSCC_MIIM_DATA_ERROR) {
+	if (!miim->ignore_read_errors && !!(val & MSCC_MIIM_DATA_ERROR)) {
 		ret = -EIO;
 		goto out;
 	}
@@ -212,7 +213,8 @@ static const struct regmap_config mscc_miim_phy_regmap_config = {
 };
 
 int mscc_miim_setup(struct device *dev, struct mii_bus **pbus, const char *name,
-		    struct regmap *mii_regmap, int status_offset)
+		    struct regmap *mii_regmap, int status_offset,
+		    bool ignore_read_errors)
 {
 	struct mscc_miim_dev *miim;
 	struct mii_bus *bus;
@@ -234,6 +236,7 @@ int mscc_miim_setup(struct device *dev, struct mii_bus **pbus, const char *name,
 
 	miim->regs = mii_regmap;
 	miim->mii_status_offset = status_offset;
+	miim->ignore_read_errors = ignore_read_errors;
 
 	*pbus = bus;
 
@@ -285,7 +288,7 @@ static int mscc_miim_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		return dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(phy_regmap),
 				     "Unable to create phy register regmap\n");
 
-	ret = mscc_miim_setup(dev, &bus, "mscc_miim", mii_regmap, 0);
+	ret = mscc_miim_setup(dev, &bus, "mscc_miim", mii_regmap, 0, false);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		dev_err(dev, "Unable to setup the MDIO bus\n");
 		return ret;
diff --git a/include/linux/mdio/mdio-mscc-miim.h b/include/linux/mdio/mdio-mscc-miim.h
index 5b4ed2c3cbb9..1ce699740af6 100644
--- a/include/linux/mdio/mdio-mscc-miim.h
+++ b/include/linux/mdio/mdio-mscc-miim.h
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@
 
 int mscc_miim_setup(struct device *device, struct mii_bus **bus,
 		    const char *name, struct regmap *mii_regmap,
-		    int status_offset);
+		    int status_offset, bool ignore_read_errors);
 
 #endif