diff --git a/patches.suse/net-davinci_emac-match-the-mdio-device-against-its-c.patch b/patches.suse/net-davinci_emac-match-the-mdio-device-against-its-c.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4674081
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches.suse/net-davinci_emac-match-the-mdio-device-against-its-c.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+From 10e6479325ce46aa3f670bad4a127b194dcd60c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@baylibre.com>
+Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2018 10:03:56 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH 4/7] net: davinci_emac: match the mdio device against its
+ compatible if possible
+References: git-fixes
+Patch-mainline: v4.18-rc3
+Git-commit: ea0820bb771175c7d4192fc6f5b5c56b3c6d5239
+
+Device tree based systems without of_dev_auxdata will have the mdio
+device named differently than "davinci_mdio(.0)". In this case use the
+device's parent's compatible string for matching
+
+Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@baylibre.com>
+Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
+Signed-off-by: Denis Kirjanov <denis.kirjanov@suse.com>
+---
+ drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_emac.c | 4 ++++
+ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_emac.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_emac.c
+index ab2c7bad7089..0fc5a15f2b8a 100644
+--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_emac.c
++++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_emac.c
+@@ -1387,6 +1387,10 @@ static int emac_devioctl(struct net_device *ndev, struct ifreq *ifrq, int cmd)
+ 
+ static int match_first_device(struct device *dev, void *data)
+ {
++	if (dev->parent && dev->parent->of_node)
++		return of_device_is_compatible(dev->parent->of_node,
++					       "ti,davinci_mdio");
++
+ 	return !strncmp(dev_name(dev), "davinci_mdio", 12);
+ }
+ 
+-- 
+2.16.4
+
diff --git a/series.conf b/series.conf
index 06fc5de..88db0a6 100644
--- a/series.conf
+++ b/series.conf
@@ -35391,6 +35391,7 @@
 	patches.suse/x86-microcode-intel-fix-memleak-in-save_microcode_patch
 	patches.suse/x86-cpu-amd-fix-llc-id-bit-shift-calculation
 	patches.suse/uprobes-x86-Remove-incorrect-WARN_ON-in-uprobe_init_.patch
+	patches.suse/net-davinci_emac-match-the-mdio-device-against-its-c.patch
 	patches.suse/bpf-enforce-correct-alignment-for-instructions.patch
 	patches.suse/sctp-fix-erroneous-inc-of-snmp-SctpFragUsrMsgs.patch
 	patches.suse/ipvlan-fix-IFLA_MTU-ignored-on-NEWLINK.patch