diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/apm/apm-shadowcat.dtsi b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/apm/apm-shadowcat.dtsi
index a055a5d443b7..ba0487751524 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/apm/apm-shadowcat.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/apm/apm-shadowcat.dtsi
@@ -653,6 +653,7 @@ xgenet1: ethernet@1f620000 {
 				     <0 113 4>,
 				     <0 114 4>,
 				     <0 115 4>;
+			channel = <12>;
 			port-id = <1>;
 			dma-coherent;
 			clocks = <&xge1clk 0>;
diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/apm/apm-storm.dtsi b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/apm/apm-storm.dtsi
index ae4a173df493..5147d7698924 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/apm/apm-storm.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/apm/apm-storm.dtsi
@@ -993,6 +993,7 @@ xgenet: ethernet@1f610000 {
 				     <0x0 0x65 0x4>,
 				     <0x0 0x66 0x4>,
 				     <0x0 0x67 0x4>;
+			channel = <0>;
 			dma-coherent;
 			clocks = <&xge0clk 0>;
 			/* mac address will be overwritten by the bootloader */