diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/omap3-n900.dts b/arch/arm/boot/dts/omap3-n900.dts
index 53f3ca064140470866dbfe12773af1ddb76d1632..b550c41b46f1ecc83fcc9abf551fbeff4f44e2a0 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/omap3-n900.dts
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/omap3-n900.dts
@@ -700,11 +700,9 @@
 		};
 	};
 
+	/* Ethernet is on some early development boards and qemu */
 	ethernet@gpmc {
 		compatible = "smsc,lan91c94";
-
-		status = "disabled";
-
 		interrupt-parent = <&gpio2>;
 		interrupts = <22 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>;	/* gpio54 */
 		reg = <1 0x300 0xf>;		/* 16 byte IO range at offset 0x300 */