diff --git a/arch/mips/boot/dts/mti/sead3.dts b/arch/mips/boot/dts/mti/sead3.dts
index 29ed194fc762..49f57c281812 100644
--- a/arch/mips/boot/dts/mti/sead3.dts
+++ b/arch/mips/boot/dts/mti/sead3.dts
@@ -60,6 +60,15 @@
 		};
 	};
 
+	ehci@1b200000 {
+		compatible = "generic-ehci";
+		reg = <0x1b200000 0x1000>;
+
+		interrupts = <0>; /* GIC 0 or CPU 6 */
+
+		has-transaction-translator;
+	};
+
 	/* UART connected to FTDI & miniUSB socket */
 	uart0: uart@1f000900 {
 		compatible = "ns16550a";
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/mips-boards/sead3int.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/mips-boards/sead3int.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 7fdb9d4598bf..000000000000
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/mips-boards/sead3int.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public
- * License.  See the file "COPYING" in the main directory of this archive
- * for more details.
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2000,2012 MIPS Technologies, Inc.  All rights reserved.
- *	Douglas Leung <douglas@mips.com>
- *	Steven J. Hill <sjhill@mips.com>
- */
-#ifndef _MIPS_SEAD3INT_H
-#define _MIPS_SEAD3INT_H
-
-#include <linux/irqchip/mips-gic.h>
-
-/* CPU interrupt offsets */
-#define CPU_INT_EHCI		2
-
-/* GIC interrupt offsets */
-#define GIC_INT_EHCI		GIC_SHARED_TO_HWIRQ(5)
-
-#endif /* !(_MIPS_SEAD3INT_H) */
diff --git a/arch/mips/mti-sead3/sead3-dtshim.c b/arch/mips/mti-sead3/sead3-dtshim.c
index 279d8d464693..6e32ceba533b 100644
--- a/arch/mips/mti-sead3/sead3-dtshim.c
+++ b/arch/mips/mti-sead3/sead3-dtshim.c
@@ -24,9 +24,10 @@ static unsigned char fdt_buf[16 << 10] __initdata;
 
 static int remove_gic(void *fdt)
 {
+	const unsigned int cpu_ehci_int = 2;
 	const unsigned int cpu_uart_int = 4;
 	const unsigned int cpu_eth_int = 6;
-	int gic_off, cpu_off, uart_off, eth_off, err;
+	int gic_off, cpu_off, uart_off, eth_off, ehci_off, err;
 	uint32_t cfg, cpu_phandle;
 
 	/* leave the GIC node intact if a GIC is present */
@@ -95,6 +96,18 @@ static int remove_gic(void *fdt)
 		return err;
 	}
 
+	ehci_off = fdt_node_offset_by_compatible(fdt, -1, "mti,sead3-ehci");
+	if (ehci_off < 0) {
+		pr_err("unable to find EHCI DT node: %d\n", ehci_off);
+		return ehci_off;
+	}
+
+	err = fdt_setprop_u32(fdt, ehci_off, "interrupts", cpu_ehci_int);
+	if (err) {
+		pr_err("unable to set EHCI interrupts property: %d\n", err);
+		return err;
+	}
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/mips/mti-sead3/sead3-platform.c b/arch/mips/mti-sead3/sead3-platform.c
index 9f9e91471f17..21047b596af8 100644
--- a/arch/mips/mti-sead3/sead3-platform.c
+++ b/arch/mips/mti-sead3/sead3-platform.c
@@ -7,16 +7,10 @@
  */
 #include <linux/dma-mapping.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
-#include <linux/irq.h>
-#include <linux/irqchip/mips-gic.h>
-#include <linux/irqdomain.h>
 #include <linux/leds.h>
 #include <linux/mtd/physmap.h>
-#include <linux/of.h>
 #include <linux/platform_device.h>
 
-#include <asm/mips-boards/sead3int.h>
-
 static struct mtd_partition sead3_mtd_partitions[] = {
 	{
 		.name =		"User FS",
@@ -118,68 +112,15 @@ static struct platform_device sead3_led_device = {
         .id     = -1,
 };
 
-static struct resource ehci_resources[] = {
-	{
-		.start			= 0x1b200000,
-		.end			= 0x1b200fff,
-		.flags			= IORESOURCE_MEM
-	}, {
-		.flags			= IORESOURCE_IRQ
-	}
-};
-
-static u64 sead3_usbdev_dma_mask = DMA_BIT_MASK(32);
-
-static struct platform_device ehci_device = {
-	.name		= "sead3-ehci",
-	.id		= 0,
-	.dev		= {
-		.dma_mask		= &sead3_usbdev_dma_mask,
-		.coherent_dma_mask	= DMA_BIT_MASK(32)
-	},
-	.num_resources	= ARRAY_SIZE(ehci_resources),
-	.resource	= ehci_resources
-};
-
 static struct platform_device *sead3_platform_devices[] __initdata = {
 	&sead3_flash,
 	&pled_device,
 	&fled_device,
 	&sead3_led_device,
-	&ehci_device,
 };
 
 static int __init sead3_platforms_device_init(void)
 {
-	const char *intc_compat;
-	struct device_node *node;
-	struct irq_domain *irqd;
-
-	if (gic_present)
-		intc_compat = "mti,gic";
-	else
-		intc_compat = "mti,cpu-interrupt-controller";
-
-	node = of_find_compatible_node(NULL, NULL, intc_compat);
-	if (!node) {
-		pr_err("unable to find interrupt controller DT node\n");
-		return -ENODEV;
-	}
-
-	irqd = irq_find_host(node);
-	if (!irqd) {
-		pr_err("unable to find interrupt controller IRQ domain\n");
-		return -ENODEV;
-	}
-
-	if (gic_present) {
-		ehci_resources[1].start =
-			irq_create_mapping(irqd, GIC_INT_EHCI);
-	} else {
-		ehci_resources[1].start =
-			irq_create_mapping(irqd, CPU_INT_EHCI);
-	}
-
 	return platform_add_devices(sead3_platform_devices,
 				    ARRAY_SIZE(sead3_platform_devices));
 }