diff -urN -X exclude linux.orig/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c linux/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
--- linux.orig/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c	2008-11-11 17:52:13.000000000 +0100
+++ linux/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c	2008-11-12 19:20:47.000000000 +0100
@@ -227,8 +227,8 @@
 	if (r)
 		return ERR_PTR(r);
 
-	/* If the phy_id is all Fs, there is no device there */
-	if (0xffffffff == phy_id)
+	/* If the phy_id is all Fs or all 0s, there is no device there */
+	if ((0xffff == phy_id) || (0x00 == phy_id))
 		return NULL;
 
 	dev = phy_device_create(bus, addr, phy_id);