diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-ixp4xx/ixp4xx_npe.c b/arch/arm/mach-ixp4xx/ixp4xx_npe.c
index c73a94d0ca2b..252310234903 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-ixp4xx/ixp4xx_npe.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-ixp4xx/ixp4xx_npe.c
@@ -575,8 +575,8 @@ int npe_load_firmware(struct npe *npe, const char *name, struct device *dev)
 		for (i = 0; i < image->size; i++)
 			image->data[i] = swab32(image->data[i]);
 
-	if (!cpu_is_ixp46x() && ((image->id >> 28) & 0xF /* device ID */)) {
-		print_npe(KERN_INFO, npe, "IXP46x firmware ignored on "
+	if (cpu_is_ixp42x() && ((image->id >> 28) & 0xF /* device ID */)) {
+		print_npe(KERN_INFO, npe, "IXP43x/IXP46x firmware ignored on "
 			  "IXP42x\n");
 		goto err;
 	}
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ int npe_load_firmware(struct npe *npe, const char *name, struct device *dev)
 		  "revision 0x%X:%X\n", (image->id >> 16) & 0xFF,
 		  (image->id >> 8) & 0xFF, image->id & 0xFF);
 
-	if (!cpu_is_ixp46x()) {
+	if (cpu_is_ixp42x()) {
 		if (!npe->id)
 			instr_size = NPE_A_42X_INSTR_SIZE;
 		else
diff --git a/drivers/net/arm/ixp4xx_eth.c b/drivers/net/arm/ixp4xx_eth.c
index 5fce1d5c1a1a..9cc43476bfa6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/arm/ixp4xx_eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/arm/ixp4xx_eth.c
@@ -335,11 +335,20 @@ static int ixp4xx_mdio_register(void)
 	if (!(mdio_bus = mdiobus_alloc()))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	/* All MII PHY accesses use NPE-B Ethernet registers */
-	spin_lock_init(&mdio_lock);
-	mdio_regs = (struct eth_regs __iomem *)IXP4XX_EthB_BASE_VIRT;
-	__raw_writel(DEFAULT_CORE_CNTRL, &mdio_regs->core_control);
+	if (cpu_is_ixp43x()) {
+		/* IXP43x lacks NPE-B and uses NPE-C for MII PHY access */
+		if (!(ixp4xx_read_feature_bits() & IXP4XX_FEATURE_NPEC_ETH))
+			return -ENOSYS;
+		mdio_regs = (struct eth_regs __iomem *)IXP4XX_EthC_BASE_VIRT;
+	} else {
+		/* All MII PHY accesses use NPE-B Ethernet registers */
+		if (!(ixp4xx_read_feature_bits() & IXP4XX_FEATURE_NPEB_ETH0))
+			return -ENOSYS;
+		mdio_regs = (struct eth_regs __iomem *)IXP4XX_EthB_BASE_VIRT;
+	}
 
+	__raw_writel(DEFAULT_CORE_CNTRL, &mdio_regs->core_control);
+	spin_lock_init(&mdio_lock);
 	mdio_bus->name = "IXP4xx MII Bus";
 	mdio_bus->read = &ixp4xx_mdio_read;
 	mdio_bus->write = &ixp4xx_mdio_write;
@@ -1250,9 +1259,6 @@ static struct platform_driver ixp4xx_eth_driver = {
 static int __init eth_init_module(void)
 {
 	int err;
-	if (!(ixp4xx_read_feature_bits() & IXP4XX_FEATURE_NPEB_ETH0))
-		return -ENOSYS;
-
 	if ((err = ixp4xx_mdio_register()))
 		return err;
 	return platform_driver_register(&ixp4xx_eth_driver);