diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/apm-xgene-enet.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/apm-xgene-enet.txt
index 078060a97f95e677789fc7f6fd5f00904424d66b..05f705e32a4a651e4a724b9450560a4a7d343e00 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/apm-xgene-enet.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/apm-xgene-enet.txt
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ Required properties for all the ethernet interfaces:
   - First is the Rx interrupt.  This irq is mandatory.
   - Second is the Tx completion interrupt.
     This is supported only on SGMII based 1GbE and 10GbE interfaces.
+- channel: Ethernet to CPU, start channel (prefetch buffer) number
+  - Must map to the first irq and irqs must be sequential
 - port-id: Port number (0 or 1)
 - clocks: Reference to the clock entry.
 - local-mac-address: MAC address assigned to this device
diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/apm/apm-shadowcat.dtsi b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/apm/apm-shadowcat.dtsi
index a055a5d443b76b83dde3c5f68739e54f9bb9ac2d..ba04877515245bfd4c4649488ce518a868533fdd 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/apm/apm-shadowcat.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/apm/apm-shadowcat.dtsi
@@ -653,6 +653,7 @@
 				     <0 113 4>,
 				     <0 114 4>,
 				     <0 115 4>;
+			channel = <12>;
 			port-id = <1>;
 			dma-coherent;
 			clocks = <&xge1clk 0>;
diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/apm/apm-storm.dtsi b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/apm/apm-storm.dtsi
index ae4a173df493a08c092b67a2aba4d08121ce8d55..5147d76989241612bb242025487bbb1aa7f55aa4 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/apm/apm-storm.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/apm/apm-storm.dtsi
@@ -993,6 +993,7 @@
 				     <0x0 0x65 0x4>,
 				     <0x0 0x66 0x4>,
 				     <0x0 0x67 0x4>;
+			channel = <0>;
 			dma-coherent;
 			clocks = <&xge0clk 0>;
 			/* mac address will be overwritten by the bootloader */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/apm/xgene/xgene_enet_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/apm/xgene/xgene_enet_main.c
index 8d4c1ad2fc6051f66ffc059456927511e9dd2fe3..409152b211915ca81d4883a3730a46d0894b9c82 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/apm/xgene/xgene_enet_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/apm/xgene/xgene_enet_main.c
@@ -973,6 +973,17 @@ static enum xgene_ring_owner xgene_derive_ring_owner(struct xgene_enet_pdata *p)
 	return owner;
 }
 
+static u8 xgene_start_cpu_bufnum(struct xgene_enet_pdata *pdata)
+{
+	struct device *dev = &pdata->pdev->dev;
+	u32 cpu_bufnum;
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = device_property_read_u32(dev, "channel", &cpu_bufnum);
+
+	return (!ret) ? cpu_bufnum : pdata->cpu_bufnum;
+}
+
 static int xgene_enet_create_desc_rings(struct net_device *ndev)
 {
 	struct xgene_enet_pdata *pdata = netdev_priv(ndev);
@@ -981,13 +992,15 @@ static int xgene_enet_create_desc_rings(struct net_device *ndev)
 	struct xgene_enet_desc_ring *buf_pool = NULL;
 	enum xgene_ring_owner owner;
 	dma_addr_t dma_exp_bufs;
-	u8 cpu_bufnum = pdata->cpu_bufnum;
+	u8 cpu_bufnum;
 	u8 eth_bufnum = pdata->eth_bufnum;
 	u8 bp_bufnum = pdata->bp_bufnum;
 	u16 ring_num = pdata->ring_num;
 	u16 ring_id;
 	int i, ret, size;
 
+	cpu_bufnum = xgene_start_cpu_bufnum(pdata);
+
 	for (i = 0; i < pdata->rxq_cnt; i++) {
 		/* allocate rx descriptor ring */
 		owner = xgene_derive_ring_owner(pdata);