diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/prom.c b/arch/mips/kernel/prom.c
index 0b2485f9a6c12bf709f50e783ffb856103e66309..3c3b0df8f48d8916c184ffdb6d4c01e0a48aa666 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/prom.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/prom.c
@@ -47,24 +47,11 @@ void * __init early_init_dt_alloc_memory_arch(u64 size, u64 align)
 	return __alloc_bootmem(size, align, __pa(MAX_DMA_ADDRESS));
 }
 
-int __init early_init_dt_scan_model(unsigned long node,	const char *uname,
-				    int depth, void *data)
-{
-	if (!depth) {
-		char *model = of_get_flat_dt_prop(node, "model", NULL);
-
-		if (model)
-			mips_set_machine_name(model);
-	}
-	return 0;
-}
-
 void __init __dt_setup_arch(struct boot_param_header *bph)
 {
 	if (!early_init_dt_scan(bph))
 		return;
 
-	/* try to load the mips machine name */
-	of_scan_flat_dt(early_init_dt_scan_model, NULL);
+	mips_set_machine_name(of_flat_dt_get_machine_name());
 }
 #endif