diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/xscale/ixp4xx_eth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/xscale/ixp4xx_eth.c
index 0152f1e70783418d78ef31070d84befcf89a29fd..9defaa21a1a9e3c7ac10cb55018621898576d8d6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/xscale/ixp4xx_eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/xscale/ixp4xx_eth.c
@@ -1085,7 +1085,7 @@ static int init_queues(struct port *port)
 	int i;
 
 	if (!ports_open) {
-		dma_pool = dma_pool_create(DRV_NAME, port->netdev->dev.parent,
+		dma_pool = dma_pool_create(DRV_NAME, &port->netdev->dev,
 					   POOL_ALLOC_SIZE, 32, 0);
 		if (!dma_pool)
 			return -ENOMEM;
@@ -1435,6 +1435,9 @@ static int ixp4xx_eth_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	ndev->netdev_ops = &ixp4xx_netdev_ops;
 	ndev->ethtool_ops = &ixp4xx_ethtool_ops;
 	ndev->tx_queue_len = 100;
+	/* Inherit the DMA masks from the platform device */
+	ndev->dev.dma_mask = dev->dma_mask;
+	ndev->dev.coherent_dma_mask = dev->coherent_dma_mask;
 
 	netif_napi_add(ndev, &port->napi, eth_poll, NAPI_WEIGHT);