diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
index a6023f1033ecc879eff43b7719b1ca66cb6f2157..4063894bf4673404a672ee7b5f3572d5ddec2b72 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
@@ -672,7 +672,8 @@ static struct phy_device *get_phy_device_by_mask(struct mii_dev *bus,
 			return phydev;
 	}
 	printf("Phy %d not found\n", ffs(phy_mask) - 1);
-	return phy_device_create(bus, ffs(phy_mask) - 1, 0xffffffff, interface);
+
+	return NULL;
 }
 
 /**