diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/mii_timestamper.c b/drivers/net/phy/mii_timestamper.c
index 2f12c5d901df..b71b7456462d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/mii_timestamper.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/mii_timestamper.c
@@ -111,6 +111,13 @@ void unregister_mii_timestamper(struct mii_timestamper *mii_ts)
 	struct mii_timestamping_desc *desc;
 	struct list_head *this;
 
+	/* mii_timestamper statically registered by the PHY driver won't use the
+	 * register_mii_timestamper() and thus don't have ->device set. Don't
+	 * try to unregister these.
+	 */
+	if (!mii_ts->device)
+		return;
+
 	mutex_lock(&tstamping_devices_lock);
 	list_for_each(this, &mii_timestamping_devices) {
 		desc = list_entry(this, struct mii_timestamping_desc, list);
diff --git a/drivers/of/of_mdio.c b/drivers/of/of_mdio.c
index db0ed5879803..8270bbf505fb 100644
--- a/drivers/of/of_mdio.c
+++ b/drivers/of/of_mdio.c
@@ -124,7 +124,13 @@ static int of_mdiobus_register_phy(struct mii_bus *mdio,
 		of_node_put(child);
 		return rc;
 	}
-	phy->mii_ts = mii_ts;
+
+	/* phy->mii_ts may already be defined by the PHY driver. A
+	 * mii_timestamper probed via the device tree will still have
+	 * precedence.
+	 */
+	if (mii_ts)
+		phy->mii_ts = mii_ts;
 
 	dev_dbg(&mdio->dev, "registered phy %pOFn at address %i\n",
 		child, addr);