diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/ste-nomadik.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/ste-nomadik.txt
index 23f32bddebf9..a97316073afe 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/ste-nomadik.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/ste-nomadik.txt
@@ -16,4 +16,9 @@ Required node: usb-s8815
 Example:
 
 usb-s8815 {
+		ethernet-gpio {
+			gpios = <&gpio3 19 0x1>;
+			interrupts = <19 0x1>;
+			interrupt-parent = <&gpio3>;
+		};
 };
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/ste-nomadik-s8815.dts b/arch/arm/boot/dts/ste-nomadik-s8815.dts
index 97b7d1df5aaa..cc777109f98f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/ste-nomadik-s8815.dts
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/ste-nomadik-s8815.dts
@@ -16,5 +16,11 @@
 
 	/* Custom board node with GPIO pins to active etc */
 	usb-s8815 {
+		/* The S8815 is using this very GPIO pin for the SMSC91x IRQs */
+		ethernet-gpio {
+			gpios = <&gpio3 19 0x1>;
+			interrupts = <19 0x1>;
+			interrupt-parent = <&gpio3>;
+		};
 	};
 };
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/ste-nomadik-stn8815.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/ste-nomadik-stn8815.dtsi
index 2c8aaa5c6ac4..f129425883a4 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/ste-nomadik-stn8815.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/ste-nomadik-stn8815.dtsi
@@ -125,6 +125,18 @@
 		};
 	};
 
+	external-bus@34000000 {
+		compatible = "simple-bus";
+		reg = <0x34000000 0x1000000>;
+		#address-cells = <1>;
+		#size-cells = <1>;
+		ranges = <0 0x34000000 0x1000000>;
+		ethernet@300 {
+			compatible = "smsc,lan91c111";
+			reg = <0x300 0x0fd00>;
+		};
+	};
+
 	amba {
 		compatible = "arm,amba-bus";
 		#address-cells = <1>;
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-nomadik/board-nhk8815.c b/arch/arm/mach-nomadik/board-nhk8815.c
index 2f2c96bee7df..e7b216cb6802 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-nomadik/board-nhk8815.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-nomadik/board-nhk8815.c
@@ -239,6 +239,8 @@ static int __init nhk8815_eth_init(void)
 	int gpio_nr = 115; /* hardwired in the board */
 	int err;
 
+	if (!machine_is_nomadik())
+		return 0;
 	err = gpio_request(gpio_nr, "eth_irq");
 	if (!err) err = gpio_direction_input(gpio_nr);
 	if (err)
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-nomadik/cpu-8815.c b/arch/arm/mach-nomadik/cpu-8815.c
index 3a59459d6e9a..339496f15138 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-nomadik/cpu-8815.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-nomadik/cpu-8815.c
@@ -31,9 +31,11 @@
 #include <linux/pinctrl/machine.h>
 #include <linux/platform_data/clocksource-nomadik-mtu.h>
 #include <linux/of_irq.h>
+#include <linux/of_gpio.h>
 #include <linux/of_address.h>
 #include <linux/of_platform.h>
 #include <linux/mtd/fsmc.h>
+#include <linux/gpio.h>
 
 #include <mach/hardware.h>
 #include <mach/irqs.h>
@@ -263,6 +265,38 @@ static struct fsmc_nand_platform_data cpu8815_nand_data = {
 	.nand_timings = &cpu8815_nand_timings,
 };
 
+/*
+ * The SMSC911x IRQ is connected to a GPIO pin, but the driver expects
+ * to simply request an IRQ passed as a resource. So the GPIO pin needs
+ * to be requested by this hog and set as input.
+ */
+static int __init cpu8815_eth_init(void)
+{
+	struct device_node *eth;
+	int gpio, irq, err;
+
+	eth = of_find_node_by_path("/usb-s8815/ethernet-gpio");
+	if (!eth) {
+		pr_info("could not find any ethernet GPIO\n");
+		return 0;
+	}
+	gpio = of_get_gpio(eth, 0);
+	err = gpio_request(gpio, "eth_irq");
+	if (err) {
+		pr_info("failed to request ethernet GPIO\n");
+		return -ENODEV;
+	}
+	err = gpio_direction_input(gpio);
+	if (err) {
+		pr_info("failed to set ethernet GPIO as input\n");
+		return -ENODEV;
+	}
+	irq = gpio_to_irq(gpio);
+	pr_info("enabled USB-S8815 ethernet GPIO %d, IRQ %d\n", gpio, irq);
+	return 0;
+}
+device_initcall(cpu8815_eth_init);
+
 /* These are mostly to get the right device names for the clock lookups */
 static struct of_dev_auxdata cpu8815_auxdata_lookup[] __initdata = {
 	OF_DEV_AUXDATA("st,nomadik-gpio", NOMADIK_GPIO0_BASE,