diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc8313erdb.dts b/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc8313erdb.dts
index d4df8b6857a447c790a2f0f3e508bae22ca3e5ae..909a89cab9aca20d7bc8f651ecd1c1caef4ae10c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc8313erdb.dts
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/mpc8313erdb.dts
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@
 			cell-index = <0>;
 			device_type = "network";
 			model = "eTSEC";
-			compatible = "gianfar", "simple-bus";
+			compatible = "gianfar";
 			reg = <0x24000 0x1000>;
 			local-mac-address = [ 00 00 00 00 00 00 ];
 			interrupts = <37 0x8 36 0x8 35 0x8>;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/83xx/mpc831x_rdb.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/83xx/mpc831x_rdb.c
index 5177bdd2c62a8f7014d0f3bc216da1eff397a3de..91a2c80b9d72902cb5a23bbdc16214c261586137 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/83xx/mpc831x_rdb.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/83xx/mpc831x_rdb.c
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ static int __init mpc831x_rdb_probe(void)
 
 static struct of_device_id __initdata of_bus_ids[] = {
 	{ .compatible = "simple-bus" },
+	{ .compatible = "gianfar" },
 	{},
 };