diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpsw_ale.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpsw_ale.c
index e15db39a2b69c920da84bafff9a64a654196b7d9..62a18d61e0aaf88229fcc97f3496a6bb04bef0aa 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpsw_ale.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/cpsw_ale.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 
 /* ALE Registers */
 #define ALE_IDVER		0x00
+#define ALE_STATUS		0x04
 #define ALE_CONTROL		0x08
 #define ALE_PRESCALE		0x10
 #define ALE_UNKNOWNVLAN		0x18
@@ -58,6 +59,10 @@
 #define ALE_UCAST_OUI			2
 #define ALE_UCAST_TOUCHED		3
 
+#define ALE_TABLE_SIZE_MULTIPLIER	1024
+#define ALE_STATUS_SIZE_MASK		0x1f
+#define ALE_TABLE_SIZE_DEFAULT		64
+
 static inline int cpsw_ale_get_field(u32 *ale_entry, u32 start, u32 bits)
 {
 	int idx;
@@ -728,7 +733,7 @@ static void cpsw_ale_timer(unsigned long arg)
 
 void cpsw_ale_start(struct cpsw_ale *ale)
 {
-	u32 rev;
+	u32 rev, ale_entries;
 
 	rev = __raw_readl(ale->params.ale_regs + ALE_IDVER);
 	if (!ale->params.major_ver_mask)
@@ -740,6 +745,30 @@ void cpsw_ale_start(struct cpsw_ale *ale)
 		 ALE_VERSION_MAJOR(rev, ale->params.major_ver_mask),
 		 ALE_VERSION_MINOR(rev));
 
+	if (!ale->params.ale_entries) {
+		ale_entries =
+			__raw_readl(ale->params.ale_regs + ALE_STATUS) &
+				    ALE_STATUS_SIZE_MASK;
+		/* ALE available on newer NetCP switches has introduced
+		 * a register, ALE_STATUS, to indicate the size of ALE
+		 * table which shows the size as a multiple of 1024 entries.
+		 * For these, params.ale_entries will be set to zero. So
+		 * read the register and update the value of ale_entries.
+		 * ALE table on NetCP lite, is much smaller and is indicated
+		 * by a value of zero in ALE_STATUS. So use a default value
+		 * of ALE_TABLE_SIZE_DEFAULT for this. Caller is expected
+		 * to set the value of ale_entries for all other versions
+		 * of ALE.
+		 */
+		if (!ale_entries)
+			ale_entries = ALE_TABLE_SIZE_DEFAULT;
+		else
+			ale_entries *= ALE_TABLE_SIZE_MULTIPLIER;
+		ale->params.ale_entries = ale_entries;
+	}
+	dev_info(ale->params.dev,
+		 "ALE Table size %ld\n", ale->params.ale_entries);
+
 	if (ale->params.nu_switch_ale) {
 		/* Separate registers for unknown vlan configuration.
 		 * Also there are N bits, where N is number of ale
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/netcp_ethss.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/netcp_ethss.c
index e4a18628d23d767f231906b02da4116033514986..f7bb241b17abb69c7a114078afefe658f95ca0c5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/netcp_ethss.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/netcp_ethss.c
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@
 #define GBENU_CPTS_OFFSET		0x1d000
 #define GBENU_ALE_OFFSET		0x1e000
 #define GBENU_HOST_PORT_NUM		0
-#define GBENU_NUM_ALE_ENTRIES		1024
 #define GBENU_SGMII_MODULE_SIZE		0x100
 
 /* 10G Ethernet SS defines */
@@ -103,7 +102,7 @@
 #define XGBE10_ALE_OFFSET		0x700
 #define XGBE10_HW_STATS_OFFSET		0x800
 #define XGBE10_HOST_PORT_NUM		0
-#define XGBE10_NUM_ALE_ENTRIES		1024
+#define XGBE10_NUM_ALE_ENTRIES		2048
 
 #define	GBE_TIMER_INTERVAL			(HZ / 2)
 
@@ -3441,7 +3440,6 @@ static int set_gbenu_ethss_priv(struct gbe_priv *gbe_dev,
 	gbe_dev->ale_reg = gbe_dev->switch_regs + GBENU_ALE_OFFSET;
 	gbe_dev->ale_ports = gbe_dev->max_num_ports;
 	gbe_dev->host_port = GBENU_HOST_PORT_NUM;
-	gbe_dev->ale_entries = GBE13_NUM_ALE_ENTRIES;
 	gbe_dev->stats_en_mask = (1 << (gbe_dev->max_num_ports)) - 1;
 
 	/* Subsystem registers */