diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mv643xx_eth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mv643xx_eth.c
index 7fb5677451f9fb7aee3ebccd31a82b476cfac4df..2c210ec35d59da72e0a55257665538d184bc04ef 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mv643xx_eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mv643xx_eth.c
@@ -1131,15 +1131,13 @@ static void mib_counters_update(struct mv643xx_eth_private *mp)
 	p->rx_discard += rdlp(mp, RX_DISCARD_FRAME_CNT);
 	p->rx_overrun += rdlp(mp, RX_OVERRUN_FRAME_CNT);
 	spin_unlock_bh(&mp->mib_counters_lock);
-
-	mod_timer(&mp->mib_counters_timer, jiffies + 30 * HZ);
 }
 
 static void mib_counters_timer_wrapper(unsigned long _mp)
 {
 	struct mv643xx_eth_private *mp = (void *)_mp;
-
 	mib_counters_update(mp);
+	mod_timer(&mp->mib_counters_timer, jiffies + 30 * HZ);
 }
 
 
@@ -2237,6 +2235,7 @@ static int mv643xx_eth_open(struct net_device *dev)
 		mp->int_mask |= INT_TX_END_0 << i;
 	}
 
+	add_timer(&mp->mib_counters_timer);
 	port_start(mp);
 
 	wrlp(mp, INT_MASK_EXT, INT_EXT_LINK_PHY | INT_EXT_TX);
@@ -2534,6 +2533,7 @@ static int mv643xx_eth_shared_of_add_port(struct platform_device *pdev,
 	if (!ppdev)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	ppdev->dev.coherent_dma_mask = DMA_BIT_MASK(32);
+	ppdev->dev.of_node = pnp;
 
 	ret = platform_device_add_resources(ppdev, &res, 1);
 	if (ret)
@@ -2916,7 +2916,6 @@ static int mv643xx_eth_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	mp->mib_counters_timer.data = (unsigned long)mp;
 	mp->mib_counters_timer.function = mib_counters_timer_wrapper;
 	mp->mib_counters_timer.expires = jiffies + 30 * HZ;
-	add_timer(&mp->mib_counters_timer);
 
 	spin_lock_init(&mp->mib_counters_lock);