diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst b/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst
index bfe2eda8580d..0b5712d7c0cb 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`` identifies the Ethernet PHY the message relates to.
+As there are numerous commands that are related to PHY configuration, and because
+there may be 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.
 
 Bit sets
 ========
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/ethtool_netlink.h b/include/uapi/linux/ethtool_netlink.h
index 840dabdc9d88..754e662ffdf4 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/ethtool_netlink.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/ethtool_netlink.h
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ 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 81fe2e5b95f6..65cc453b60dd 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/netlink.c
+++ b/net/ethtool/netlink.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 #include <net/sock.h>
 #include <linux/ethtool_netlink.h>
+#include <linux/phy_link_topology.h>
 #include <linux/pm_runtime.h>
 #include "netlink.h"
 #include "module_fw.h"
@@ -31,6 +32,24 @@ const struct nla_policy ethnl_header_policy_stats[] = {
 							  ETHTOOL_FLAGS_STATS),
 };
 
+const struct nla_policy ethnl_header_policy_phy[] = {
+	[ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_DEV_INDEX]	= { .type = NLA_U32 },
+	[ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_DEV_NAME]	= { .type = NLA_NUL_STRING,
+					    .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_phy_stats[] = {
+	[ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_DEV_INDEX]	= { .type = NLA_U32 },
+	[ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_DEV_NAME]	= { .type = NLA_NUL_STRING,
+					    .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_sock_priv_set(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev, u32 portid,
 			enum ethnl_sock_type type)
 {
@@ -119,7 +138,7 @@ int ethnl_parse_header_dev_get(struct ethnl_req_info *req_info,
 			       const struct nlattr *header, struct net *net,
 			       struct netlink_ext_ack *extack, bool require_dev)
 {
-	struct nlattr *tb[ARRAY_SIZE(ethnl_header_policy)];
+	struct nlattr *tb[ARRAY_SIZE(ethnl_header_policy_phy)];
 	const struct nlattr *devname_attr;
 	struct net_device *dev = NULL;
 	u32 flags = 0;
@@ -134,7 +153,7 @@ int ethnl_parse_header_dev_get(struct ethnl_req_info *req_info,
 	/* No validation here, command policy should have a nested policy set
 	 * for the header, therefore validation should have already been done.
 	 */
-	ret = nla_parse_nested(tb, ARRAY_SIZE(ethnl_header_policy) - 1, header,
+	ret = nla_parse_nested(tb, ARRAY_SIZE(ethnl_header_policy_phy) - 1, header,
 			       NULL, extack);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
@@ -175,11 +194,45 @@ int ethnl_parse_header_dev_get(struct ethnl_req_info *req_info,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	if (tb[ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_PHY_INDEX]) {
+		if (dev) {
+			req_info->phy_index = nla_get_u32(tb[ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_PHY_INDEX]);
+		} else {
+			NL_SET_ERR_MSG_ATTR(extack, header,
+					    "phy_index set without a netdev");
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+	}
+
 	req_info->dev = dev;
 	req_info->flags = flags;
 	return 0;
 }
 
+struct phy_device *ethnl_req_get_phydev(const struct ethnl_req_info *req_info,
+					const struct nlattr *header,
+					struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
+{
+	struct phy_device *phydev;
+
+	ASSERT_RTNL();
+
+	if (!req_info->dev)
+		return NULL;
+
+	if (!req_info->phy_index)
+		return req_info->dev->phydev;
+
+	phydev = phy_link_topo_get_phy(req_info->dev, req_info->phy_index);
+	if (!phydev) {
+		NL_SET_ERR_MSG_ATTR(extack, header,
+				    "no phy matching phyindex");
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
+	}
+
+	return phydev;
+}
+
 /**
  * ethnl_fill_reply_header() - Put common header into a reply message
  * @skb:      skb with the message
diff --git a/net/ethtool/netlink.h b/net/ethtool/netlink.h
index 46ec273a87c5..4db16048f8d4 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/netlink.h
+++ b/net/ethtool/netlink.h
@@ -251,6 +251,9 @@ 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
+ * @phy_index: phy_device index connected to @dev this request is for. Can be
+ *	       0 if the request doesn't target a phy, or if the @dev's attached
+ *	       phy is targeted.
  *
  * This is a common base for request specific structures holding data from
  * parsed userspace request. These always embed struct ethnl_req_info at
@@ -260,6 +263,7 @@ struct ethnl_req_info {
 	struct net_device	*dev;
 	netdevice_tracker	dev_tracker;
 	u32			flags;
+	u32			phy_index;
 };
 
 static inline void ethnl_parse_header_dev_put(struct ethnl_req_info *req_info)
@@ -267,6 +271,27 @@ static inline void ethnl_parse_header_dev_put(struct ethnl_req_info *req_info)
 	netdev_put(req_info->dev, &req_info->dev_tracker);
 }
 
+/**
+ * ethnl_req_get_phydev() - Gets the phy_device targeted by this request,
+ *			    if any. Must be called under rntl_lock().
+ * @req_info:	The ethnl request to get the phy from.
+ * @header:	The netlink header, used for error reporting.
+ * @extack:	The netlink extended ACK, for error reporting.
+ *
+ * The caller must hold RTNL, until it's done interacting with the returned
+ * phy_device.
+ *
+ * Return: A phy_device pointer corresponding either to the passed phy_index
+ *	   if one is provided. If not, the phy_device attached to the
+ *	   net_device targeted by this request is returned. If there's no
+ *	   targeted net_device, or no phy_device is attached, NULL is
+ *	   returned. If the provided phy_index is invalid, an error pointer
+ *	   is returned.
+ */
+struct phy_device *ethnl_req_get_phydev(const struct ethnl_req_info *req_info,
+					const struct nlattr *header,
+					struct netlink_ext_ack *extack);
+
 /**
  * struct ethnl_reply_data - base type of reply data for GET requests
  * @dev:       device for current reply message; in single shot requests it is
@@ -409,9 +434,12 @@ 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_phy[ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_PHY_INDEX + 1];
+extern const struct nla_policy ethnl_header_policy_phy_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];
