diff --git a/arch/mips/bcm47xx/setup.c b/arch/mips/bcm47xx/setup.c
index 17503a05938e6c3848e950acd366361fd768ab0d..6d38948f0f1ed4a95f29d883cd7fb4abe65ed327 100644
--- a/arch/mips/bcm47xx/setup.c
+++ b/arch/mips/bcm47xx/setup.c
@@ -105,11 +105,28 @@ static int bcm47xx_get_invariants(struct ssb_bus *bus,
 				  struct ssb_init_invariants *iv)
 {
 	char buf[20];
+	int len, err;
 
 	/* Fill boardinfo structure */
 	memset(&iv->boardinfo, 0 , sizeof(struct ssb_boardinfo));
 
-	bcm47xx_fill_ssb_boardinfo(&iv->boardinfo, NULL);
+	len = bcm47xx_nvram_getenv("boardvendor", buf, sizeof(buf));
+	if (len > 0) {
+		err = kstrtou16(strim(buf), 0, &iv->boardinfo.vendor);
+		if (err)
+			pr_warn("Couldn't parse nvram board vendor entry with value \"%s\"\n",
+				buf);
+	}
+	if (!iv->boardinfo.vendor)
+		iv->boardinfo.vendor = SSB_BOARDVENDOR_BCM;
+
+	len = bcm47xx_nvram_getenv("boardtype", buf, sizeof(buf));
+	if (len > 0) {
+		err = kstrtou16(strim(buf), 0, &iv->boardinfo.type);
+		if (err)
+			pr_warn("Couldn't parse nvram board type entry with value \"%s\"\n",
+				buf);
+	}
 
 	memset(&iv->sprom, 0, sizeof(struct ssb_sprom));
 	bcm47xx_fill_sprom(&iv->sprom, NULL, false);
diff --git a/arch/mips/bcm47xx/sprom.c b/arch/mips/bcm47xx/sprom.c
index 43353db9a6db04ed5467cece013630cf9a4f65ea..a7e569c7968ea7e8bc1a1ce3e629fc54cc2710ee 100644
--- a/arch/mips/bcm47xx/sprom.c
+++ b/arch/mips/bcm47xx/sprom.c
@@ -599,19 +599,6 @@ void bcm47xx_fill_sprom(struct ssb_sprom *sprom, const char *prefix,
 	bcm47xx_sprom_fill_auto(sprom, prefix, fallback);
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_BCM47XX_SSB
-void bcm47xx_fill_ssb_boardinfo(struct ssb_boardinfo *boardinfo,
-				const char *prefix)
-{
-	nvram_read_u16(prefix, NULL, "boardvendor", &boardinfo->vendor, 0,
-		       true);
-	if (!boardinfo->vendor)
-		boardinfo->vendor = SSB_BOARDVENDOR_BCM;
-
-	nvram_read_u16(prefix, NULL, "boardtype", &boardinfo->type, 0, true);
-}
-#endif
-
 #if defined(CONFIG_BCM47XX_SSB)
 static int bcm47xx_get_sprom_ssb(struct ssb_bus *bus, struct ssb_sprom *out)
 {
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/mach-bcm47xx/bcm47xx.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/mach-bcm47xx/bcm47xx.h
index 1461c10c1c4c4e9a9c5c3e0ec1384b433e4f312c..71e4096a2145667328f9535d6c3ea93617881154 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/mach-bcm47xx/bcm47xx.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/mach-bcm47xx/bcm47xx.h
@@ -48,11 +48,6 @@ extern enum bcm47xx_bus_type bcm47xx_bus_type;
 void bcm47xx_fill_sprom(struct ssb_sprom *sprom, const char *prefix,
 			bool fallback);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_BCM47XX_SSB
-void bcm47xx_fill_ssb_boardinfo(struct ssb_boardinfo *boardinfo,
-				const char *prefix);
-#endif
-
 void bcm47xx_set_system_type(u16 chip_id);
 
 #endif /* __ASM_BCM47XX_H */