diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx51.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx51.dtsi
index 279aa1e8ba2f..f264cab1b7c1 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx51.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx51.dtsi
@@ -82,6 +82,19 @@
 		};
 	};
 
+	usbphy {
+		#address-cells = <1>;
+		#size-cells = <0>;
+		compatible = "simple-bus";
+
+		usbphy0: usbphy@0 {
+			compatible = "usb-nop-xceiv";
+			reg = <0>;
+			clocks = <&clks IMX5_CLK_USB_PHY_GATE>;
+			clock-names = "main_clk";
+		};
+	};
+
 	soc {
 		#address-cells = <1>;
 		#size-cells = <1>;
@@ -203,13 +216,6 @@
 				};
 			};
 
-			usbphy0: usbphy@0 {
-				compatible = "usb-nop-xceiv";
-				clocks = <&clks IMX5_CLK_USB_PHY_GATE>;
-				clock-names = "main_clk";
-				status = "okay";
-			};
-
 			usbotg: usb@73f80000 {
 				compatible = "fsl,imx51-usb", "fsl,imx27-usb";
 				reg = <0x73f80000 0x0200>;