diff --git a/target/linux/mediatek/files-5.4/drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_eth_soc.c b/target/linux/mediatek/files-5.4/drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_eth_soc.c
index b2791a5dc5..db16dc918e 100644
--- a/target/linux/mediatek/files-5.4/drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_eth_soc.c
+++ b/target/linux/mediatek/files-5.4/drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_eth_soc.c
@@ -3418,6 +3418,7 @@ static const struct net_device_ops mtk_netdev_ops = {
 static int mtk_add_mac(struct mtk_eth *eth, struct device_node *np)
 {
 	const __be32 *_id = of_get_property(np, "reg", NULL);
+	const char *label = of_get_property(np, "label", NULL);
 	struct phylink *phylink;
 	int phy_mode, id, err;
 	struct mtk_mac *mac;
@@ -3438,9 +3439,10 @@ static int mtk_add_mac(struct mtk_eth *eth, struct device_node *np)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	eth->netdev[id] = alloc_etherdev(sizeof(*mac));
+	eth->netdev[id] = alloc_netdev(sizeof(*mac), label ? label : "eth%d",
+				       NET_NAME_UNKNOWN, ether_setup);
 	if (!eth->netdev[id]) {
-		dev_err(eth->dev, "alloc_etherdev failed\n");
+		dev_err(eth->dev, "alloc_netdev failed\n");
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 	mac = netdev_priv(eth->netdev[id]);