diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/hisilicon-hns-dsaf.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/hisilicon-hns-dsaf.txt
index 80411b2f0490..ecacfa44b1eb 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/hisilicon-hns-dsaf.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/hisilicon-hns-dsaf.txt
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ Required properties:
 - compatible: should be "hisilicon,hns-dsaf-v1" or "hisilicon,hns-dsaf-v2".
   "hisilicon,hns-dsaf-v1" is for hip05.
   "hisilicon,hns-dsaf-v2" is for Hi1610 and Hi1612.
-- dsa-name: dsa fabric name who provide this interface.
-  should be "dsafX", X is the dsaf id.
 - mode: dsa fabric mode string. only support one of dsaf modes like these:
 		"2port-64vf",
 		"6port-16rss",
@@ -26,9 +24,8 @@ Required properties:
 
 Example:
 
-dsa: dsa@c7000000 {
+dsaf0: dsa@c7000000 {
 	compatible = "hisilicon,hns-dsaf-v1";
-	dsa_name = "dsaf0";
 	mode = "6port-16rss";
 	interrupt-parent = <&mbigen_dsa>;
 	reg = <0x0 0xC0000000 0x0 0x420000
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/hisilicon-hns-nic.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/hisilicon-hns-nic.txt
index 41d19be7011e..e6a9d1c30878 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/hisilicon-hns-nic.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/hisilicon-hns-nic.txt
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ Required properties:
 - compatible: "hisilicon,hns-nic-v1" or "hisilicon,hns-nic-v2".
   "hisilicon,hns-nic-v1" is for hip05.
   "hisilicon,hns-nic-v2" is for Hi1610 and Hi1612.
-- ae-name: accelerator name who provides this interface,
-  is simply a name referring to the name of name in the accelerator node.
+- ae-handle: accelerator engine handle for hns,
+  specifies a reference to the associating hardware driver node.
+  see Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/hisilicon-hns-dsaf.txt
 - port-id: is the index of port provided by DSAF (the accelerator). DSAF can
   connect to 8 PHYs. Port 0 to 1 are both used for adminstration purpose. They
   are called debug ports.
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ Example:
 
 	ethernet@0{
 		compatible = "hisilicon,hns-nic-v1";
-		ae-name = "dsaf0";
+		ae-handle = <&dsaf0>;
 		port-id = <0>;
 		local-mac-address = [a2 14 e4 4b 56 76];
 	};
diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/hisilicon/hip05_hns.dtsi b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/hisilicon/hip05_hns.dtsi
index da7b6e613257..933cba359918 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/hisilicon/hip05_hns.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/hisilicon/hip05_hns.dtsi
@@ -23,9 +23,8 @@ soc0_phy1: ethernet-phy@1 {
 		};
 	};
 
-	dsa: dsa@c7000000 {
+	dsaf0: dsa@c7000000 {
 		compatible = "hisilicon,hns-dsaf-v1";
-		dsa_name = "dsaf0";
 		mode = "6port-16rss";
 		interrupt-parent = <&mbigen_dsa>;
 
@@ -127,7 +126,7 @@ dsa: dsa@c7000000 {
 
 	eth0: ethernet@0{
 		compatible = "hisilicon,hns-nic-v1";
-		ae-name = "dsaf0";
+		ae-handle = <&dsaf0>;
 		port-id = <0>;
 		local-mac-address = [00 00 00 01 00 58];
 		status = "disabled";
@@ -135,14 +134,14 @@ eth0: ethernet@0{
 	};
 	eth1: ethernet@1{
 		compatible = "hisilicon,hns-nic-v1";
-		ae-name = "dsaf0";
+		ae-handle = <&dsaf0>;
 		port-id = <1>;
 		status = "disabled";
 		dma-coherent;
 	};
 	eth2: ethernet@2{
 		compatible = "hisilicon,hns-nic-v1";
-		ae-name = "dsaf0";
+		ae-handle = <&dsaf0>;
 		port-id = <2>;
 		local-mac-address = [00 00 00 01 00 5a];
 		status = "disabled";
@@ -150,7 +149,7 @@ eth2: ethernet@2{
 	};
 	eth3: ethernet@3{
 		compatible = "hisilicon,hns-nic-v1";
-		ae-name = "dsaf0";
+		ae-handle = <&dsaf0>;
 		port-id = <3>;
 		local-mac-address = [00 00 00 01 00 5b];
 		status = "disabled";
@@ -158,7 +157,7 @@ eth3: ethernet@3{
 	};
 	eth4: ethernet@4{
 		compatible = "hisilicon,hns-nic-v1";
-		ae-name = "dsaf0";
+		ae-handle = <&dsaf0>;
 		port-id = <4>;
 		local-mac-address = [00 00 00 01 00 5c];
 		status = "disabled";
@@ -166,7 +165,7 @@ eth4: ethernet@4{
 	};
 	eth5: ethernet@5{
 		compatible = "hisilicon,hns-nic-v1";
-		ae-name = "dsaf0";
+		ae-handle = <&dsaf0>;
 		port-id = <5>;
 		local-mac-address = [00 00 00 01 00 5d];
 		status = "disabled";
@@ -174,7 +173,7 @@ eth5: ethernet@5{
 	};
 	eth6: ethernet@6{
 		compatible = "hisilicon,hns-nic-v1";
-		ae-name = "dsaf0";
+		ae-handle = <&dsaf0>;
 		port-id = <6>;
 		local-mac-address = [00 00 00 01 00 5e];
 		status = "disabled";
@@ -182,7 +181,7 @@ eth6: ethernet@6{
 	};
 	eth7: ethernet@7{
 		compatible = "hisilicon,hns-nic-v1";
-		ae-name = "dsaf0";
+		ae-handle = <&dsaf0>;
 		port-id = <7>;
 		local-mac-address = [00 00 00 01 00 5f];
 		status = "disabled";
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hnae.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hnae.c
index b3645297477e..3bfe36f9405b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hnae.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hnae.c
@@ -95,21 +95,17 @@ static struct hnae_buf_ops hnae_bops = {
 static int __ae_match(struct device *dev, const void *data)
 {
 	struct hnae_ae_dev *hdev = cls_to_ae_dev(dev);
-	const char *ae_id = data;
 
-	if (!strncmp(ae_id, hdev->name, AE_NAME_SIZE))
-		return 1;
-
-	return 0;
+	return hdev->dev->of_node == data;
 }
 
-static struct hnae_ae_dev *find_ae(const char *ae_id)
+static struct hnae_ae_dev *find_ae(const struct device_node *ae_node)
 {
 	struct device *dev;
 
-	WARN_ON(!ae_id);
+	WARN_ON(!ae_node);
 
-	dev = class_find_device(hnae_class, NULL, ae_id, __ae_match);
+	dev = class_find_device(hnae_class, NULL, ae_node, __ae_match);
 
 	return dev ? cls_to_ae_dev(dev) : NULL;
 }
@@ -316,7 +312,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(hnae_reinit_handle);
  * return handle ptr or ERR_PTR
  */
 struct hnae_handle *hnae_get_handle(struct device *owner_dev,
-				    const char *ae_id, u32 port_id,
+				    const struct device_node *ae_node,
+				    u32 port_id,
 				    struct hnae_buf_ops *bops)
 {
 	struct hnae_ae_dev *dev;
@@ -324,7 +321,7 @@ struct hnae_handle *hnae_get_handle(struct device *owner_dev,
 	int i, j;
 	int ret;
 
-	dev = find_ae(ae_id);
+	dev = find_ae(ae_node);
 	if (!dev)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hnae.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hnae.h
index 6ca94dc3dda3..1cbcb9fa3fb5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hnae.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hnae.h
@@ -524,8 +524,11 @@ struct hnae_handle {
 
 #define ring_to_dev(ring) ((ring)->q->dev->dev)
 
-struct hnae_handle *hnae_get_handle(struct device *owner_dev, const char *ae_id,
-				    u32 port_id, struct hnae_buf_ops *bops);
+struct hnae_handle *hnae_get_handle(struct device *owner_dev,
+				    const struct device_node *ae_node,
+				    u32 port_id,
+				    struct hnae_buf_ops *bops);
+
 void hnae_put_handle(struct hnae_handle *handle);
 int hnae_ae_register(struct hnae_ae_dev *dev, struct module *owner);
 void hnae_ae_unregister(struct hnae_ae_dev *dev);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_ae_adapt.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_ae_adapt.c
index 522b264866b4..a0070d0e740d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_ae_adapt.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_ae_adapt.c
@@ -847,6 +847,7 @@ static struct hnae_ae_ops hns_dsaf_ops = {
 int hns_dsaf_ae_init(struct dsaf_device *dsaf_dev)
 {
 	struct hnae_ae_dev *ae_dev = &dsaf_dev->ae_dev;
+	static atomic_t id = ATOMIC_INIT(-1);
 
 	switch (dsaf_dev->dsaf_ver) {
 	case AE_VERSION_1:
@@ -858,6 +859,9 @@ int hns_dsaf_ae_init(struct dsaf_device *dsaf_dev)
 	default:
 		break;
 	}
+
+	snprintf(ae_dev->name, AE_NAME_SIZE, "%s%d", DSAF_DEVICE_NAME,
+		 (int)atomic_inc_return(&id));
 	ae_dev->ops = &hns_dsaf_ops;
 	ae_dev->dev = dsaf_dev->dev;
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_dsaf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_dsaf_main.c
index 1c33bd06bd5c..9439f04962e1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_dsaf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_dsaf_main.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ int hns_dsaf_get_cfg(struct dsaf_device *dsaf_dev)
 	int ret, i;
 	u32 desc_num;
 	u32 buf_size;
-	const char *name, *mode_str;
+	const char *mode_str;
 	struct device_node *np = dsaf_dev->dev->of_node;
 
 	if (of_device_is_compatible(np, "hisilicon,hns-dsaf-v1"))
@@ -43,14 +43,6 @@ int hns_dsaf_get_cfg(struct dsaf_device *dsaf_dev)
 	else
 		dsaf_dev->dsaf_ver = AE_VERSION_2;
 
-	ret = of_property_read_string(np, "dsa_name", &name);
-	if (ret) {
-		dev_err(dsaf_dev->dev, "get dsaf name fail, ret=%d!\n", ret);
-		return ret;
-	}
-	strncpy(dsaf_dev->ae_dev.name, name, AE_NAME_SIZE);
-	dsaf_dev->ae_dev.name[AE_NAME_SIZE - 1] = '\0';
-
 	ret = of_property_read_string(np, "mode", &mode_str);
 	if (ret) {
 		dev_err(dsaf_dev->dev, "get dsaf mode fail, ret=%d!\n", ret);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_dsaf_main.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_dsaf_main.h
index 31c312f9826e..40205b910f80 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_dsaf_main.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_dsaf_main.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ struct hns_mac_cb;
 
 #define DSAF_DRV_NAME "hns_dsaf"
 #define DSAF_MOD_VERSION "v1.0"
+#define DSAF_DEVICE_NAME "dsaf"
 
 #define HNS_DSAF_DEBUG_NW_REG_OFFSET 0x100000
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_enet.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_enet.c
index 0e30846a24f8..3f77ff77abbc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_enet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_enet.c
@@ -1802,7 +1802,7 @@ static int hns_nic_try_get_ae(struct net_device *ndev)
 	int ret;
 
 	h = hnae_get_handle(&priv->netdev->dev,
-			    priv->ae_name, priv->port_id, NULL);
+			    priv->ae_node, priv->port_id, NULL);
 	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(h)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(h);
 		dev_dbg(priv->dev, "has not handle, register notifier!\n");
@@ -1880,13 +1880,16 @@ static int hns_nic_dev_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	else
 		priv->enet_ver = AE_VERSION_2;
 
-	ret = of_property_read_string(node, "ae-name", &priv->ae_name);
-	if (ret)
-		goto out_read_string_fail;
+	priv->ae_node = (void *)of_parse_phandle(node, "ae-handle", 0);
+	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(priv->ae_node)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(priv->ae_node);
+		dev_err(dev, "not find ae-handle\n");
+		goto out_read_prop_fail;
+	}
 
 	ret = of_property_read_u32(node, "port-id", &priv->port_id);
 	if (ret)
-		goto out_read_string_fail;
+		goto out_read_prop_fail;
 
 	hns_init_mac_addr(ndev);
 
@@ -1945,7 +1948,7 @@ static int hns_nic_dev_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 out_notify_fail:
 	(void)cancel_work_sync(&priv->service_task);
-out_read_string_fail:
+out_read_prop_fail:
 	free_netdev(ndev);
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_enet.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_enet.h
index 4b75270f014e..c68ab3d34fc2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_enet.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_enet.h
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ struct hns_nic_ops {
 };
 
 struct hns_nic_priv {
-	const char *ae_name;
+	const struct device_node *ae_node;
 	u32 enet_ver;
 	u32 port_id;
 	int phy_mode;