diff --git a/drivers/staging/mt7621-dts/gbpc2.dts b/drivers/staging/mt7621-dts/gbpc2.dts
index 6fe603c7711d73d7ff50b506f84a02cd5326b010..03d6bb6735ac0ba055950e727f6d103095723141 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/mt7621-dts/gbpc2.dts
+++ b/drivers/staging/mt7621-dts/gbpc2.dts
@@ -13,10 +13,16 @@
 	function = "gpio";
 };
 
-&gmac1 {
-	status = "ok";
-};
+&ethernet {
+	gmac1: mac@1 {
+		status = "ok";
+		phy-handle = <&phy_external>;
+	};
 
-&phy_external {
-	status = "ok";
+	mdio-bus {
+		phy_external: ethernet-phy@5 {
+			reg = <5>;
+			phy-mode = "rgmii-rxid";
+		};
+	};
 };
diff --git a/drivers/staging/mt7621-dts/mt7621.dtsi b/drivers/staging/mt7621-dts/mt7621.dtsi
index 489754f6ed7726013df4de755bf7df5fc9b80b25..38ab6447756a2a5b7eb8ab286dab3b1f4323b1d9 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/mt7621-dts/mt7621.dtsi
+++ b/drivers/staging/mt7621-dts/mt7621.dtsi
@@ -325,6 +325,9 @@
 
 		mediatek,ethsys = <&sysc>;
 
+		pinctrl-names = "default";
+		pinctrl-0 = <&rgmii1_pins &rgmii2_pins &mdio_pins>;
+
 		gmac0: mac@0 {
 			compatible = "mediatek,eth-mac";
 			reg = <0>;
@@ -342,22 +345,12 @@
 			reg = <1>;
 			status = "off";
 			phy-mode = "rgmii-rxid";
-			phy-handle = <&phy_external>;
 		};
 
 		mdio-bus {
 			#address-cells = <1>;
 			#size-cells = <0>;
 
-			phy_external: ethernet-phy@5 {
-				status = "off";
-				reg = <5>;
-				phy-mode = "rgmii-rxid";
-
-				pinctrl-names = "default";
-				pinctrl-0 = <&rgmii2_pins>;
-			};
-
 			switch0: switch0@0 {
 				compatible = "mediatek,mt7621";
 				reg = <0>;