diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/mediatek-net.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/mediatek-net.txt
index f09525772369b6049f9319c3d0422a107629277d..c010fafc66a8e4d6f0b1543104ac352f82ec992f 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/mediatek-net.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/mediatek-net.txt
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ Required properties:
 Optional properties:
 - interrupt-parent: Should be the phandle for the interrupt controller
   that services interrupts for this device
-- mediatek,hwlro: the capability if the hardware supports LRO functions
 
 * Ethernet MAC node
 
@@ -54,7 +53,6 @@ eth: ethernet@1b100000 {
 	reset-names = "eth";
 	mediatek,ethsys = <&ethsys>;
 	mediatek,pctl = <&syscfg_pctl_a>;
-	mediatek,hwlro;
 	#address-cells = <1>;
 	#size-cells = <0>;
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_eth_soc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_eth_soc.c
index ad4ab979507b94989e7a1cf318aa2d96ba32135d..4a62ffd7729d0327f35b16d4a5b4e3dc89adbb01 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_eth_soc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_eth_soc.c
@@ -2323,6 +2323,41 @@ static int mtk_add_mac(struct mtk_eth *eth, struct device_node *np)
 	return err;
 }
 
+static int mtk_get_chip_id(struct mtk_eth *eth, u32 *chip_id)
+{
+	u32 val[2], id[4];
+
+	regmap_read(eth->ethsys, ETHSYS_CHIPID0_3, &val[0]);
+	regmap_read(eth->ethsys, ETHSYS_CHIPID4_7, &val[1]);
+
+	id[3] = ((val[0] >> 16) & 0xff) - '0';
+	id[2] = ((val[0] >> 24) & 0xff) - '0';
+	id[1] = (val[1] & 0xff) - '0';
+	id[0] = ((val[1] >> 8) & 0xff) - '0';
+
+	*chip_id = (id[3] * 1000) + (id[2] * 100) +
+		   (id[1] * 10) + id[0];
+
+	if (!(*chip_id)) {
+		dev_err(eth->dev, "failed to get chip id\n");
+		return -ENODEV;
+	}
+
+	dev_info(eth->dev, "chip id = %d\n", *chip_id);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static bool mtk_is_hwlro_supported(struct mtk_eth *eth)
+{
+	switch (eth->chip_id) {
+	case MT7623_ETH:
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	return false;
+}
+
 static int mtk_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct resource *res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
@@ -2362,8 +2397,6 @@ static int mtk_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		return PTR_ERR(eth->pctl);
 	}
 
-	eth->hwlro = of_property_read_bool(pdev->dev.of_node, "mediatek,hwlro");
-
 	for (i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
 		eth->irq[i] = platform_get_irq(pdev, i);
 		if (eth->irq[i] < 0) {
@@ -2388,6 +2421,12 @@ static int mtk_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
+	err = mtk_get_chip_id(eth, &eth->chip_id);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	eth->hwlro = mtk_is_hwlro_supported(eth);
+
 	for_each_child_of_node(pdev->dev.of_node, mac_np) {
 		if (!of_device_is_compatible(mac_np,
 					     "mediatek,eth-mac"))
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_eth_soc.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_eth_soc.h
index 30031959d6de28e09d4c5c7cf339085070dbbe1a..99b1c8e9f16f981a0603f906280dcd98f7fa1b54 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_eth_soc.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_eth_soc.h
@@ -342,6 +342,11 @@
 #define GPIO_BIAS_CTRL		0xed0
 #define GPIO_DRV_SEL10		0xf00
 
+/* ethernet subsystem chip id register */
+#define ETHSYS_CHIPID0_3	0x0
+#define ETHSYS_CHIPID4_7	0x4
+#define MT7623_ETH		7623
+
 /* ethernet subsystem config register */
 #define ETHSYS_SYSCFG0		0x14
 #define SYSCFG0_GE_MASK		0x3
@@ -534,6 +539,7 @@ struct mtk_eth {
 	unsigned long			sysclk;
 	struct regmap			*ethsys;
 	struct regmap			*pctl;
+	u32				chip_id;
 	bool				hwlro;
 	atomic_t			dma_refcnt;
 	struct mtk_tx_ring		tx_ring;