diff --git a/arch/mips/bcm63xx/dev-enet.c b/arch/mips/bcm63xx/dev-enet.c
index e8284771d62036d04c8f1942b80d56bd3bb71d15..07b4c65a88a43708467626b410baf79936bac203 100644
--- a/arch/mips/bcm63xx/dev-enet.c
+++ b/arch/mips/bcm63xx/dev-enet.c
@@ -265,6 +265,14 @@ int __init bcm63xx_enet_register(int unit,
 		dpd->dma_chan_width = ENETDMA_CHAN_WIDTH;
 	}
 
+	if (unit == 0) {
+		dpd->rx_chan = 0;
+		dpd->tx_chan = 1;
+	} else {
+		dpd->rx_chan = 2;
+		dpd->tx_chan = 3;
+	}
+
 	ret = platform_device_register(pdev);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/mach-bcm63xx/bcm63xx_dev_enet.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/mach-bcm63xx/bcm63xx_dev_enet.h
index c0bd47444cffdee2bc244efaf6b41a9b990bb01a..da39e4d326baa7aa2b5dc7a20f6ab92956216b55 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/mach-bcm63xx/bcm63xx_dev_enet.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/mach-bcm63xx/bcm63xx_dev_enet.h
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ struct bcm63xx_enet_platform_data {
 
 	/* DMA descriptor shift */
 	unsigned int dma_desc_shift;
+
+	/* dma channel ids */
+	int rx_chan;
+	int tx_chan;
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bcm63xx_enet.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bcm63xx_enet.c
index 5a5886345da2d38db9b321c8fecba3308af37013..e603a6fe63494457d0cb34d8c9197ad5a46ea999 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bcm63xx_enet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bcm63xx_enet.c
@@ -1752,15 +1752,6 @@ static int bcm_enet_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	priv->irq_tx = res_irq_tx->start;
 	priv->mac_id = pdev->id;
 
-	/* get rx & tx dma channel id for this mac */
-	if (priv->mac_id == 0) {
-		priv->rx_chan = 0;
-		priv->tx_chan = 1;
-	} else {
-		priv->rx_chan = 2;
-		priv->tx_chan = 3;
-	}
-
 	priv->mac_clk = devm_clk_get(&pdev->dev, "enet");
 	if (IS_ERR(priv->mac_clk)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(priv->mac_clk);
@@ -1792,6 +1783,8 @@ static int bcm_enet_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		priv->dma_chan_width = pd->dma_chan_width;
 		priv->dma_has_sram = pd->dma_has_sram;
 		priv->dma_desc_shift = pd->dma_desc_shift;
+		priv->rx_chan = pd->rx_chan;
+		priv->tx_chan = pd->tx_chan;
 	}
 
 	if (priv->mac_id == 0 && priv->has_phy && !priv->use_external_mii) {