diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst b/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst
index d583d9abf2f8..3ca6c21e74af 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ Structure of this header is
   ``ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_DEV_INDEX``  u32     device ifindex
   ``ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_DEV_NAME``   string  device name
   ``ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_FLAGS``      u32     flags common for all requests
+  ``ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_PHY_INDEX``  u32     phy device index
   ==============================  ======  =============================
 
 ``ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_DEV_INDEX`` and ``ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_DEV_NAME`` identify the
@@ -81,6 +82,12 @@ the behaviour is backward compatible, i.e. requests from old clients not aware
 of the flag should be interpreted the way the client expects. A client must
 not set flags it does not understand.
 
+``ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_PHY_INDEX`` identify the ethernet PHY the message relates to.
+As there are numerous commands that are related to PHY configuration, and because
+we can have more than one PHY on the link, the PHY index can be passed in the
+request for the commands that needs it. It is however not mandatory, and if it
+is not passed for commands that target a PHY, the net_device.phydev pointer
+is used, as a fallback that keeps the legacy behaviour.
 
 Bit sets
 ========
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/ethtool_netlink.h b/include/uapi/linux/ethtool_netlink.h
index 3f89074aa06c..422e8cfdd98c 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/ethtool_netlink.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/ethtool_netlink.h
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ enum {
 	ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_DEV_INDEX,		/* u32 */
 	ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_DEV_NAME,		/* string */
 	ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_FLAGS,			/* u32 - ETHTOOL_FLAG_* */
+	ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_PHY_INDEX,		/* u32 */
 
 	/* add new constants above here */
 	__ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_CNT,
diff --git a/net/ethtool/netlink.c b/net/ethtool/netlink.c
index fe3553f60bf3..1c26766ce996 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/netlink.c
+++ b/net/ethtool/netlink.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <linux/ethtool_netlink.h>
 #include <linux/pm_runtime.h>
 #include "netlink.h"
+#include <linux/phy_link_topology.h>
 
 static struct genl_family ethtool_genl_family;
 
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ const struct nla_policy ethnl_header_policy[] = {
 					    .len = ALTIFNAMSIZ - 1 },
 	[ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_FLAGS]	= NLA_POLICY_MASK(NLA_U32,
 							  ETHTOOL_FLAGS_BASIC),
+	[ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_PHY_INDEX]		= NLA_POLICY_MIN(NLA_U32, 1),
 };
 
 const struct nla_policy ethnl_header_policy_stats[] = {
@@ -28,6 +30,7 @@ const struct nla_policy ethnl_header_policy_stats[] = {
 					    .len = ALTIFNAMSIZ - 1 },
 	[ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_FLAGS]	= NLA_POLICY_MASK(NLA_U32,
 							  ETHTOOL_FLAGS_STATS),
+	[ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_PHY_INDEX]		= NLA_POLICY_MIN(NLA_U32, 1),
 };
 
 int ethnl_ops_begin(struct net_device *dev)
@@ -91,6 +94,7 @@ int ethnl_parse_header_dev_get(struct ethnl_req_info *req_info,
 {
 	struct nlattr *tb[ARRAY_SIZE(ethnl_header_policy)];
 	const struct nlattr *devname_attr;
+	struct phy_device *phydev = NULL;
 	struct net_device *dev = NULL;
 	u32 flags = 0;
 	int ret;
@@ -145,6 +149,26 @@ int ethnl_parse_header_dev_get(struct ethnl_req_info *req_info,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	if (dev) {
+		if (tb[ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_PHY_INDEX]) {
+			u32 phy_index = nla_get_u32(tb[ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_PHY_INDEX]);
+
+			phydev = phy_link_topo_get_phy(&dev->link_topo,
+						       phy_index);
+			if (!phydev) {
+				NL_SET_ERR_MSG_ATTR(extack, header,
+						    "no phy matches phy index");
+				return -EINVAL;
+			}
+		} else {
+			/* If we need a PHY but no phy index is specified, fallback
+			 * to dev->phydev
+			 */
+			phydev = dev->phydev;
+		}
+	}
+
+	req_info->phydev = phydev;
 	req_info->dev = dev;
 	req_info->flags = flags;
 	return 0;
diff --git a/net/ethtool/netlink.h b/net/ethtool/netlink.h
index 9a333a8d04c1..def84e2def9e 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/netlink.h
+++ b/net/ethtool/netlink.h
@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@ static inline unsigned int ethnl_reply_header_size(void)
  * @dev:   network device the request is for (may be null)
  * @dev_tracker: refcount tracker for @dev reference
  * @flags: request flags common for all request types
+ * @phydev: phy_device connected to @dev this request is for (may be null)
  *
  * This is a common base for request specific structures holding data from
  * parsed userspace request. These always embed struct ethnl_req_info at
@@ -259,6 +260,7 @@ struct ethnl_req_info {
 	struct net_device	*dev;
 	netdevice_tracker	dev_tracker;
 	u32			flags;
+	struct phy_device	*phydev;
 };
 
 static inline void ethnl_parse_header_dev_put(struct ethnl_req_info *req_info)
@@ -395,9 +397,10 @@ extern const struct ethnl_request_ops ethnl_rss_request_ops;
 extern const struct ethnl_request_ops ethnl_plca_cfg_request_ops;
 extern const struct ethnl_request_ops ethnl_plca_status_request_ops;
 extern const struct ethnl_request_ops ethnl_mm_request_ops;
+extern const struct ethnl_request_ops ethnl_phy_request_ops;
 
-extern const struct nla_policy ethnl_header_policy[ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_FLAGS + 1];
-extern const struct nla_policy ethnl_header_policy_stats[ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_FLAGS + 1];
+extern const struct nla_policy ethnl_header_policy[ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_PHY_INDEX + 1];
+extern const struct nla_policy ethnl_header_policy_stats[ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_PHY_INDEX + 1];
 extern const struct nla_policy ethnl_strset_get_policy[ETHTOOL_A_STRSET_COUNTS_ONLY + 1];
 extern const struct nla_policy ethnl_linkinfo_get_policy[ETHTOOL_A_LINKINFO_HEADER + 1];
 extern const struct nla_policy ethnl_linkinfo_set_policy[ETHTOOL_A_LINKINFO_TP_MDIX_CTRL + 1];