diff --git a/drivers/net/davinci_mdio.c b/drivers/net/davinci_mdio.c
index d34a53a..8cd6d28 100644
--- a/drivers/net/davinci_mdio.c
+++ b/drivers/net/davinci_mdio.c
@@ -157,6 +157,56 @@ static int davinci_mdio_write(struct mii_bus *bus, int phy_id,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+#if 0 /* DM365 */
+#define EMAC_BASE			(0x01D07000)
+#define EMAC_CNTRL_OFFSET		(0x0000)
+#define PHY_ADDR			1
+#endif
+
+#if 1 /* DA8XX */
+#define EMAC_BASE			(0x01e20000)
+#define EMAC_CNTRL_OFFSET		(0x3000)
+#define PHY_ADDR			1	/* 1-3 is ok on da830 evm */
+#endif
+
+#define EMAC_SOFTRESET			(0x174)
+#define PHY_REG				MII_PHYSID1
+
+static void mdio_emac_soft_reset_test(struct davinci_mdio_data *data)
+{
+	struct davinci_mdio_regs __iomem *regs = data->regs;
+	int loops = 0, status_ok = 0;
+	void __iomem *emac;
+	u32 reg;
+
+	emac = ioremap(EMAC_BASE + EMAC_CNTRL_OFFSET, SZ_4K);
+	if (WARN_ON(!emac))
+		return;
+
+	for (loops = 0; loops < 10000; loops++) {
+		while (__raw_readl(&regs->user[0].access) &
+				USERACCESS_GO)
+			;
+
+		reg = (USERACCESS_GO | USERACCESS_READ |
+		       (PHY_REG << 21) | (PHY_ADDR << 16));
+		__raw_writel(reg, &regs->user[0].access);
+
+		while (__raw_readl(&regs->user[0].access) &
+				USERACCESS_GO) {
+			__raw_writel(1, emac + EMAC_SOFTRESET);
+			if (__raw_readl(&regs->control) & CONTROL_IDLE) {
+				printk(KERN_ERR "idle triggered!!\n");
+				return;
+			}
+		}
+		if (__raw_readl(&regs->user[0].access) & USERACCESS_ACK)
+			status_ok++;
+	}
+	printk(KERN_ERR "%d test loops completed, %d reads ok\n", loops,
+			status_ok);
+}
+
 static int __devinit davinci_mdio_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct mdio_platform_data *pdata = pdev->dev.platform_data;
@@ -262,6 +312,8 @@ static int __devinit davinci_mdio_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	}
 	data->bus->phy_mask = phy_mask;
 
+	mdio_emac_soft_reset_test(data);
+
 	/* register the mii bus */
 	ret = mdiobus_register(data->bus);
 	if (ret)