diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/aeroflex/greth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/aeroflex/greth.c
index f8df8248035e..93def92f9997 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/aeroflex/greth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/aeroflex/greth.c
@@ -1290,15 +1290,6 @@ static int greth_mdio_probe(struct net_device *dev)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static inline int phy_aneg_done(struct phy_device *phydev)
-{
-	int retval;
-
-	retval = phy_read(phydev, MII_BMSR);
-
-	return (retval < 0) ? retval : (retval & BMSR_ANEGCOMPLETE);
-}
-
 static int greth_mdio_init(struct greth_private *greth)
 {
 	int ret;
diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
index 2f94c60d4939..e6dd222fddb1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
@@ -143,13 +143,14 @@ static int phy_config_interrupt(struct phy_device *phydev, u32 interrupts)
  * Returns > 0 on success or < 0 on error. 0 means that auto-negotiation
  * is still pending.
  */
-static inline int phy_aneg_done(struct phy_device *phydev)
+int phy_aneg_done(struct phy_device *phydev)
 {
 	if (phydev->drv->aneg_done)
 		return phydev->drv->aneg_done(phydev);
 
 	return genphy_aneg_done(phydev);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(phy_aneg_done);
 
 /* A structure for mapping a particular speed and duplex
  * combination to a particular SUPPORTED and ADVERTISED value
diff --git a/include/linux/phy.h b/include/linux/phy.h
index e7e1fd382564..9880d73a2c3d 100644
--- a/include/linux/phy.h
+++ b/include/linux/phy.h
@@ -786,6 +786,7 @@ void phy_detach(struct phy_device *phydev);
 void phy_start(struct phy_device *phydev);
 void phy_stop(struct phy_device *phydev);
 int phy_start_aneg(struct phy_device *phydev);
+int phy_aneg_done(struct phy_device *phydev);
 
 int phy_stop_interrupts(struct phy_device *phydev);