diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/kirkwood-6192.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/kirkwood-6192.dtsi
index 4f1eef36a7acad84331465ff022c1a7231ce6795..c008e9a877d5f2b2d2da460fd8ccab630a5349d0 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/kirkwood-6192.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/kirkwood-6192.dtsi
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
 	ocp@f1000000 {
 		pinctrl: pin-controller@10000 {
 			compatible = "marvell,88f6192-pinctrl";
-			reg = <0x10000 0x20>;
 
 			pmx_nand: pmx-nand {
 				marvell,pins = "mpp0", "mpp1", "mpp2", "mpp3",
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/kirkwood-6281.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/kirkwood-6281.dtsi
index d95a7a9cfd1ebd1935231ce3f9fb4df62acd7793..3674a9b9552e5eed8c7dd88bd80f7dcda5f31522 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/kirkwood-6281.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/kirkwood-6281.dtsi
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
 	ocp@f1000000 {
 		pinctrl: pin-controller@10000 {
 			compatible = "marvell,88f6281-pinctrl";
-			reg = <0x10000 0x20>;
 
 			pmx_nand: pmx-nand {
 				marvell,pins = "mpp0", "mpp1", "mpp2", "mpp3",
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/kirkwood-6282.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/kirkwood-6282.dtsi
index 523d6feeaf1948153eabd04bd5726e9b85748eb9..89a6ba149ec2701b701bcbb96926b5f5e050454e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/kirkwood-6282.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/kirkwood-6282.dtsi
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@
 
 		pinctrl: pin-controller@10000 {
 			compatible = "marvell,88f6282-pinctrl";
-			reg = <0x10000 0x20>;
 
 			pmx_nand: pmx-nand {
 				marvell,pins = "mpp0", "mpp1", "mpp2", "mpp3",
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/kirkwood-98dx4122.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/kirkwood-98dx4122.dtsi
index c59e7b75b16949ab4fa39bc18a8dd09e47fecea5..4a2d1b12d1ca9f72081d62dea651ba9582d0645c 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/kirkwood-98dx4122.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/kirkwood-98dx4122.dtsi
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 	ocp@f1000000 {
 		pinctrl: pin-controller@10000 {
 			compatible = "marvell,98dx4122-pinctrl";
-			reg = <0x10000 0x20>;
 
 			pmx_nand: pmx-nand {
 				marvell,pins = "mpp0", "mpp1", "mpp2", "mpp3",
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/kirkwood.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/kirkwood.dtsi
index 2570e0f1673f40d8e9a430921ae00d9f3a9f9723..028003e1211180c4dd5c9df3eb633145b7e24bc6 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/kirkwood.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/kirkwood.dtsi
@@ -71,6 +71,11 @@
 		#address-cells = <1>;
 		#size-cells = <1>;
 
+		pinctrl: pin-controller@10000 {
+			/* set compatible property in SoC file */
+			reg = <0x10000 0x20>;
+		};
+
 		core_clk: core-clocks@10030 {
 			compatible = "marvell,kirkwood-core-clock";
 			reg = <0x10030 0x4>;