diff --git a/include/linux/of_net.h b/include/linux/of_net.h
index 34597c8c1a4c..9cd72aab76fe 100644
--- a/include/linux/of_net.h
+++ b/include/linux/of_net.h
@@ -9,8 +9,11 @@
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_OF_NET
 #include <linux/of.h>
+
+struct net_device;
 extern int of_get_phy_mode(struct device_node *np);
 extern const void *of_get_mac_address(struct device_node *np);
+extern struct net_device *of_find_net_device_by_node(struct device_node *np);
 #else
 static inline int of_get_phy_mode(struct device_node *np)
 {
@@ -21,6 +24,11 @@ static inline const void *of_get_mac_address(struct device_node *np)
 {
 	return NULL;
 }
+
+static inline struct net_device *of_find_net_device_by_node(struct device_node *np)
+{
+	return NULL;
+}
 #endif
 
 #endif /* __LINUX_OF_NET_H */
diff --git a/include/net/dsa.h b/include/net/dsa.h
index b525ac516559..47917e5e1e12 100644
--- a/include/net/dsa.h
+++ b/include/net/dsa.h
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ struct dsa_platform_data {
 	 * to the root switch chip of the tree.
 	 */
 	struct device	*netdev;
+	struct net_device *of_netdev;
 
 	/*
 	 * Info structs describing each of the switch chips
diff --git a/net/core/net-sysfs.c b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
index f2aa73bfb0e4..cf30620a88e1 100644
--- a/net/core/net-sysfs.c
+++ b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include <linux/export.h>
 #include <linux/jiffies.h>
 #include <linux/pm_runtime.h>
+#include <linux/of.h>
 
 #include "net-sysfs.h"
 
@@ -1374,6 +1375,30 @@ static struct class net_class = {
 	.namespace = net_namespace,
 };
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_OF_NET
+static int of_dev_node_match(struct device *dev, const void *data)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	if (dev->parent)
+		ret = dev->parent->of_node == data;
+
+	return ret == 0 ? dev->of_node == data : ret;
+}
+
+struct net_device *of_find_net_device_by_node(struct device_node *np)
+{
+	struct device *dev;
+
+	dev = class_find_device(&net_class, NULL, np, of_dev_node_match);
+	if (!dev)
+		return NULL;
+
+	return to_net_dev(dev);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(of_find_net_device_by_node);
+#endif
+
 /* Delete sysfs entries but hold kobject reference until after all
  * netdev references are gone.
  */
diff --git a/net/dsa/dsa.c b/net/dsa/dsa.c
index b40f11bb419c..899772108ee3 100644
--- a/net/dsa/dsa.c
+++ b/net/dsa/dsa.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <linux/of.h>
 #include <linux/of_mdio.h>
 #include <linux/of_platform.h>
+#include <linux/of_net.h>
 #include <linux/sysfs.h>
 #include "dsa_priv.h"
 
@@ -583,7 +584,7 @@ static int dsa_of_probe(struct device *dev)
 	struct device_node *np = dev->of_node;
 	struct device_node *child, *mdio, *ethernet, *port, *link;
 	struct mii_bus *mdio_bus;
-	struct platform_device *ethernet_dev;
+	struct net_device *ethernet_dev;
 	struct dsa_platform_data *pd;
 	struct dsa_chip_data *cd;
 	const char *port_name;
@@ -604,7 +605,7 @@ static int dsa_of_probe(struct device *dev)
 	if (!ethernet)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	ethernet_dev = of_find_device_by_node(ethernet);
+	ethernet_dev = of_find_net_device_by_node(ethernet);
 	if (!ethernet_dev)
 		return -EPROBE_DEFER;
 
@@ -613,7 +614,7 @@ static int dsa_of_probe(struct device *dev)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	dev->platform_data = pd;
-	pd->netdev = &ethernet_dev->dev;
+	pd->of_netdev = ethernet_dev;
 	pd->nr_chips = of_get_available_child_count(np);
 	if (pd->nr_chips > DSA_MAX_SWITCHES)
 		pd->nr_chips = DSA_MAX_SWITCHES;
@@ -771,10 +772,15 @@ static int dsa_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		pd = pdev->dev.platform_data;
 	}
 
-	if (pd == NULL || pd->netdev == NULL)
+	if (pd == NULL || (pd->netdev == NULL && pd->of_netdev == NULL))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	dev = dev_to_net_device(pd->netdev);
+	if (pd->of_netdev) {
+		dev = pd->of_netdev;
+		dev_hold(dev);
+	} else {
+		dev = dev_to_net_device(pd->netdev);
+	}
 	if (dev == NULL) {
 		ret = -EPROBE_DEFER;
 		goto out;