diff --git a/arch/mips/tx4927/toshiba_rbtx4927/toshiba_rbtx4927_setup.c b/arch/mips/tx4927/toshiba_rbtx4927/toshiba_rbtx4927_setup.c
index 0f7576dfd1413ad46363b8eaa52e3c89bcf8ec62..a0c11efeaeeb9dd24658c114b5c46fa66bf26e70 100644
--- a/arch/mips/tx4927/toshiba_rbtx4927/toshiba_rbtx4927_setup.c
+++ b/arch/mips/tx4927/toshiba_rbtx4927/toshiba_rbtx4927_setup.c
@@ -1049,3 +1049,22 @@ static int __init toshiba_rbtx4927_rtc_init(void)
 	return IS_ERR(dev) ? PTR_ERR(dev) : 0;
 }
 device_initcall(toshiba_rbtx4927_rtc_init);
+
+static int __init rbtx4927_ne_init(void)
+{
+	static struct resource __initdata res[] = {
+		{
+			.start	= RBTX4927_RTL_8019_BASE,
+			.end	= RBTX4927_RTL_8019_BASE + 0x20 - 1,
+			.flags	= IORESOURCE_IO,
+		}, {
+			.start	= RBTX4927_RTL_8019_IRQ,
+			.flags	= IORESOURCE_IRQ,
+		}
+	};
+	struct platform_device *dev =
+		platform_device_register_simple("ne", -1,
+						res, ARRAY_SIZE(res));
+	return IS_ERR(dev) ? PTR_ERR(dev) : 0;
+}
+device_initcall(rbtx4927_ne_init);
diff --git a/arch/mips/tx4938/toshiba_rbtx4938/setup.c b/arch/mips/tx4938/toshiba_rbtx4938/setup.c
index 66163ba452c809b31a25338271a1bbed15cd4f30..f5d1ce739fcc48b6eb1442e1cf87f610a7655066 100644
--- a/arch/mips/tx4938/toshiba_rbtx4938/setup.c
+++ b/arch/mips/tx4938/toshiba_rbtx4938/setup.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <linux/console.h>
 #include <linux/pci.h>
 #include <linux/pm.h>
+#include <linux/platform_device.h>
 
 #include <asm/wbflush.h>
 #include <asm/reboot.h>
@@ -1037,3 +1038,22 @@ static int __init tx4938_spi_proc_setup(void)
 
 __initcall(tx4938_spi_proc_setup);
 #endif
+
+static int __init rbtx4938_ne_init(void)
+{
+	struct resource res[] = {
+		{
+			.start	= RBTX4938_RTL_8019_BASE,
+			.end	= RBTX4938_RTL_8019_BASE + 0x20 - 1,
+			.flags	= IORESOURCE_IO,
+		}, {
+			.start	= RBTX4938_RTL_8019_IRQ,
+			.flags	= IORESOURCE_IRQ,
+		}
+	};
+	struct platform_device *dev =
+		platform_device_register_simple("ne", -1,
+						res, ARRAY_SIZE(res));
+	return IS_ERR(dev) ? PTR_ERR(dev) : 0;
+}
+device_initcall(rbtx4938_ne_init);
diff --git a/drivers/net/Kconfig b/drivers/net/Kconfig
index 279ec625cec45ac3d5678d9b2b7009d397b4bd4a..372f25716b5b78e8cd7e84171cd97f4b89a2afb3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/Kconfig
@@ -1104,7 +1104,7 @@ config ETH16I
 
 config NE2000
 	tristate "NE2000/NE1000 support"
-	depends on NET_ISA || (Q40 && m) || M32R
+	depends on NET_ISA || (Q40 && m) || M32R || TOSHIBA_RBTX4927 || TOSHIBA_RBTX4938
 	select CRC32
 	---help---
 	  If you have a network (Ethernet) card of this type, say Y and read
diff --git a/drivers/net/ne.c b/drivers/net/ne.c
index 22d6fe45375e905f394d54860f00c2f650c65392..c9f74bf5f4917634ff9d563bba0a0b2fc4d4df69 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ne.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ne.c
@@ -56,10 +56,6 @@ static const char version2[] =
 #include <asm/system.h>
 #include <asm/io.h>
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_TOSHIBA_RBTX4927) || defined(CONFIG_TOSHIBA_RBTX4938)
-#include <asm/tx4938/rbtx4938.h>
-#endif
-
 #include "8390.h"
 
 #define DRV_NAME "ne"
@@ -232,10 +228,6 @@ struct net_device * __init ne_probe(int unit)
 	sprintf(dev->name, "eth%d", unit);
 	netdev_boot_setup_check(dev);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_TOSHIBA_RBTX4938
-	dev->base_addr = RBTX4938_RTL_8019_BASE;
-	dev->irq = RBTX4938_RTL_8019_IRQ;
-#endif
 	err = do_ne_probe(dev);
 	if (err)
 		goto out;