diff --git a/sys/dev/mii/mii.c b/sys/dev/mii/mii.c
index 8d14704e4faa..2fa3df095a5c 100644
--- a/sys/dev/mii/mii.c
+++ b/sys/dev/mii/mii.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$NetBSD: mii.c,v 1.43 2007/12/29 19:34:55 dyoung Exp $	*/
+/*	$NetBSD: mii.c,v 1.44 2008/01/10 07:29:41 dyoung Exp $	*/
 
 /*-
  * Copyright (c) 1998, 2000 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <sys/cdefs.h>
-__KERNEL_RCSID(0, "$NetBSD: mii.c,v 1.43 2007/12/29 19:34:55 dyoung Exp $");
+__KERNEL_RCSID(0, "$NetBSD: mii.c,v 1.44 2008/01/10 07:29:41 dyoung Exp $");
 
 #include <sys/param.h>
 #include <sys/device.h>
@@ -212,7 +212,6 @@ mii_detach(struct mii_data *mii, int phyloc, int offloc)
 			    offloc != child->mii_offset)
 				continue;
 		}
-		LIST_REMOVE(child, mii_list);
 		(void) config_detach(&child->mii_dev, DETACH_FORCE);
 	}
 }
@@ -239,6 +238,12 @@ phy_service(struct mii_softc *sc, struct mii_data *mii, int cmd)
 	return PHY_SERVICE(sc, mii, cmd);
 }
 
+int
+mii_ifmedia_change(struct mii_data *mii)
+{
+	return ifmedia_change(&mii->mii_media, mii->mii_ifp);
+}
+
 /*
  * Media changed; notify all PHYs.
  */
diff --git a/sys/dev/mii/mii_physubr.c b/sys/dev/mii/mii_physubr.c
index 7d4a8444a217..246f97218449 100644
--- a/sys/dev/mii/mii_physubr.c
+++ b/sys/dev/mii/mii_physubr.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$NetBSD: mii_physubr.c,v 1.55 2007/12/29 19:34:55 dyoung Exp $	*/
+/*	$NetBSD: mii_physubr.c,v 1.56 2008/01/10 07:29:41 dyoung Exp $	*/
 
 /*-
  * Copyright (c) 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <sys/cdefs.h>
-__KERNEL_RCSID(0, "$NetBSD: mii_physubr.c,v 1.55 2007/12/29 19:34:55 dyoung Exp $");
+__KERNEL_RCSID(0, "$NetBSD: mii_physubr.c,v 1.56 2008/01/10 07:29:41 dyoung Exp $");
 
 #include <sys/param.h>
 #include <sys/device.h>
@@ -572,6 +572,7 @@ mii_phy_detach(struct device *self, int flags)
 		callout_stop(&sc->mii_nway_ch);
 
 	mii_phy_delete_media(sc);
+	LIST_REMOVE(sc, mii_list);
 
 	return (0);
 }
diff --git a/sys/dev/mii/miivar.h b/sys/dev/mii/miivar.h
index 17cac6a965de..487fb7b4944e 100644
--- a/sys/dev/mii/miivar.h
+++ b/sys/dev/mii/miivar.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$NetBSD: miivar.h,v 1.48 2007/12/09 20:28:03 jmcneill Exp $	*/
+/*	$NetBSD: miivar.h,v 1.49 2008/01/10 07:29:42 dyoung Exp $	*/
 
 /*-
  * Copyright (c) 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
@@ -240,6 +240,8 @@ void	mii_tick(struct mii_data *);
 void	mii_pollstat(struct mii_data *);
 void	mii_down(struct mii_data *);
 
+int mii_ifmedia_change(struct mii_data *);
+
 int	mii_phy_activate(struct device *, enum devact);
 int	mii_phy_detach(struct device *, int);