diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-eth-debugfs.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-eth-debugfs.c
index b87db0846e102034e8a55c209244dc2222462c11..8356af4631fd8001e53f155e6f82ae51fafe2be5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-eth-debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-eth-debugfs.c
@@ -121,10 +121,14 @@ DEFINE_SHOW_ATTRIBUTE(dpaa2_dbg_ch);
 
 void dpaa2_dbg_add(struct dpaa2_eth_priv *priv)
 {
+	struct fsl_mc_device *dpni_dev;
 	struct dentry *dir;
+	char name[10];
 
 	/* Create a directory for the interface */
-	dir = debugfs_create_dir(priv->net_dev->name, dpaa2_dbg_root);
+	dpni_dev = to_fsl_mc_device(priv->net_dev->dev.parent);
+	snprintf(name, 10, "dpni.%d", dpni_dev->obj_desc.id);
+	dir = debugfs_create_dir(name, dpaa2_dbg_root);
 	priv->dbg.dir = dir;
 
 	/* per-cpu stats file */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-mac.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-mac.c
index ccaf7e35abeba6947e417b25c19527062258cd48..4dfadf2b70d696c1383c200446d553ddbaffc453 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-mac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-mac.c
@@ -289,17 +289,15 @@ int dpaa2_mac_connect(struct dpaa2_mac *mac)
 
 	mac->if_link_type = mac->attr.link_type;
 
-	dpmac_node = dpaa2_mac_get_node(mac->attr.id);
+	dpmac_node = mac->of_node;
 	if (!dpmac_node) {
 		netdev_err(net_dev, "No dpmac@%d node found.\n", mac->attr.id);
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 
 	err = dpaa2_mac_get_if_mode(dpmac_node, mac->attr);
-	if (err < 0) {
-		err = -EINVAL;
-		goto err_put_node;
-	}
+	if (err < 0)
+		return -EINVAL;
 	mac->if_mode = err;
 
 	/* The MAC does not have the capability to add RGMII delays so
@@ -311,8 +309,7 @@ int dpaa2_mac_connect(struct dpaa2_mac *mac)
 	     mac->if_mode == PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_RGMII_RXID ||
 	     mac->if_mode == PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_RGMII_TXID)) {
 		netdev_err(net_dev, "RGMII delay not supported\n");
-		err = -EINVAL;
-		goto err_put_node;
+		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
 	if ((mac->attr.link_type == DPMAC_LINK_TYPE_PHY &&
@@ -320,7 +317,7 @@ int dpaa2_mac_connect(struct dpaa2_mac *mac)
 	    mac->attr.link_type == DPMAC_LINK_TYPE_BACKPLANE) {
 		err = dpaa2_pcs_create(mac, dpmac_node, mac->attr.id);
 		if (err)
-			goto err_put_node;
+			return err;
 	}
 
 	mac->phylink_config.dev = &net_dev->dev;
@@ -344,16 +341,12 @@ int dpaa2_mac_connect(struct dpaa2_mac *mac)
 		goto err_phylink_destroy;
 	}
 
-	of_node_put(dpmac_node);
-
 	return 0;
 
 err_phylink_destroy:
 	phylink_destroy(mac->phylink);
 err_pcs_destroy:
 	dpaa2_pcs_destroy(mac);
-err_put_node:
-	of_node_put(dpmac_node);
 
 	return err;
 }
@@ -388,6 +381,12 @@ int dpaa2_mac_open(struct dpaa2_mac *mac)
 		goto err_close_dpmac;
 	}
 
+	/* Find the device node representing the MAC device and link the device
+	 * behind the associated netdev to it.
+	 */
+	mac->of_node = dpaa2_mac_get_node(mac->attr.id);
+	net_dev->dev.of_node = mac->of_node;
+
 	return 0;
 
 err_close_dpmac:
@@ -400,6 +399,8 @@ void dpaa2_mac_close(struct dpaa2_mac *mac)
 	struct fsl_mc_device *dpmac_dev = mac->mc_dev;
 
 	dpmac_close(mac->mc_io, 0, dpmac_dev->mc_handle);
+	if (mac->of_node)
+		of_node_put(mac->of_node);
 }
 
 static char dpaa2_mac_ethtool_stats[][ETH_GSTRING_LEN] = {
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-mac.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-mac.h
index 13d42dd58ec90af3d072bbf1cb53008c36f3d204..8ebcb3420d0278a94b2027ed59d0dd7dfb45aad3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-mac.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-mac.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ struct dpaa2_mac {
 	phy_interface_t if_mode;
 	enum dpmac_link_type if_link_type;
 	struct lynx_pcs *pcs;
+	struct device_node *of_node;
 };
 
 bool dpaa2_mac_is_type_fixed(struct fsl_mc_device *dpmac_dev,