diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/Kconfig b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/Kconfig
index 7d3af190be55..d4ed2ac3829b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/Kconfig
@@ -26,6 +26,18 @@ config STMMAC_PLATFORM
 
 	  If unsure, say N.
 
+if STMMAC_PLATFORM
+
+config DWMAC_GENERIC
+	tristate "Generic driver for DWMAC"
+	default STMMAC_PLATFORM
+	---help---
+	  Generic DWMAC driver for platforms that don't require any
+	  platform specific code to function or is using platform
+	  data for setup.
+
+endif
+
 config STMMAC_PCI
 	tristate "STMMAC PCI bus support"
 	depends on STMMAC_ETH && PCI
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/Makefile b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/Makefile
index 5c165d8d7004..89a353450182 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ stmmac-objs:= stmmac_main.o stmmac_ethtool.o stmmac_mdio.o ring_mode.o	\
 	      dwmac100_core.o dwmac100_dma.o enh_desc.o norm_desc.o	\
 	      mmc_core.o stmmac_hwtstamp.o stmmac_ptp.o $(stmmac-y)
 
-obj-$(CONFIG_STMMAC_PLATFORM) += stmmac-platform.o
+# Ordering matters. Generic driver must be last.
+obj-$(CONFIG_STMMAC_PLATFORM)	+= stmmac-platform.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_DWMAC_GENERIC)	+= dwmac-generic.o
 stmmac-platform-objs:= stmmac_platform.o dwmac-meson.o dwmac-sunxi.o	\
 		       dwmac-sti.o dwmac-socfpga.o dwmac-rk.o		\
 		       dwmac-lpc18xx.o
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-generic.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-generic.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fb9623744e41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-generic.c
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/*
+ * Generic DWMAC platform driver
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 Joachim Eastwood <manabian@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * This file is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public
+ * License version 2. This program is licensed "as is" without any
+ * warranty of any kind, whether express or implied.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/of.h>
+#include <linux/platform_device.h>
+
+#include "stmmac_platform.h"
+
+static const struct of_device_id dwmac_generic_match[] = {
+	{ .compatible = "st,spear600-gmac"},
+	{ .compatible = "snps,dwmac-3.610"},
+	{ .compatible = "snps,dwmac-3.70a"},
+	{ .compatible = "snps,dwmac-3.710"},
+	{ .compatible = "snps,dwmac"},
+	{ }
+};
+MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, dwmac_generic_match);
+
+static struct platform_driver dwmac_generic_driver = {
+	.probe  = stmmac_pltfr_probe,
+	.remove = stmmac_pltfr_remove,
+	.driver = {
+		.name           = "dwmac-generic",
+		.pm		= &stmmac_pltfr_pm_ops,
+		.of_match_table = of_match_ptr(dwmac_generic_match),
+	},
+};
+module_platform_driver(dwmac_generic_driver);
+
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Generic dwmac driver");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_platform.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_platform.c
index 0d1f1ec96bc0..1777e7124d3e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_platform.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_platform.c
@@ -43,11 +43,6 @@ static const struct of_device_id stmmac_dt_ids[] = {
 	{ .compatible = "st,stid127-dwmac", .data = &stid127_dwmac_data},
 	{ .compatible = "st,stih407-dwmac", .data = &stih4xx_dwmac_data},
 	{ .compatible = "altr,socfpga-stmmac", .data = &socfpga_gmac_data },
-	{ .compatible = "st,spear600-gmac"},
-	{ .compatible = "snps,dwmac-3.610"},
-	{ .compatible = "snps,dwmac-3.70a"},
-	{ .compatible = "snps,dwmac-3.710"},
-	{ .compatible = "snps,dwmac"},
 	{ /* sentinel */ }
 };
 MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, stmmac_dt_ids);