diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/vitesse-vsc73xx-core.c b/drivers/net/dsa/vitesse-vsc73xx-core.c
index af148c58315a..4b031fefcec6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dsa/vitesse-vsc73xx-core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dsa/vitesse-vsc73xx-core.c
@@ -1186,23 +1186,12 @@ int vsc73xx_probe(struct vsc73xx *vsc)
 		 vsc->addr[0], vsc->addr[1], vsc->addr[2],
 		 vsc->addr[3], vsc->addr[4], vsc->addr[5]);
 
-	/* The VSC7395 switch chips have 5+1 ports which means 5
-	 * ordinary ports and a sixth CPU port facing the processor
-	 * with an RGMII interface. These ports are numbered 0..4
-	 * and 6, so they leave a "hole" in the port map for port 5,
-	 * which is invalid.
-	 *
-	 * The VSC7398 has 8 ports, port 7 is again the CPU port.
-	 *
-	 * We allocate 8 ports and avoid access to the nonexistant
-	 * ports.
-	 */
 	vsc->ds = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*vsc->ds), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!vsc->ds)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	vsc->ds->dev = dev;
-	vsc->ds->num_ports = 8;
+	vsc->ds->num_ports = VSC73XX_MAX_NUM_PORTS;
 	vsc->ds->priv = vsc;
 
 	vsc->ds->ops = &vsc73xx_ds_ops;
diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/vitesse-vsc73xx.h b/drivers/net/dsa/vitesse-vsc73xx.h
index 30b1f0a36566..fee1378508b5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dsa/vitesse-vsc73xx.h
+++ b/drivers/net/dsa/vitesse-vsc73xx.h
@@ -3,6 +3,17 @@
 #include <linux/etherdevice.h>
 #include <linux/gpio/driver.h>
 
+/* The VSC7395 switch chips have 5+1 ports which means 5 ordinary ports and
+ * a sixth CPU port facing the processor with an RGMII interface. These ports
+ * are numbered 0..4 and 6, so they leave a "hole" in the port map for port 5,
+ * which is invalid.
+ *
+ * The VSC7398 has 8 ports, port 7 is again the CPU port.
+ *
+ * We allocate 8 ports and avoid access to the nonexistent ports.
+ */
+#define VSC73XX_MAX_NUM_PORTS	8
+
 /**
  * struct vsc73xx - VSC73xx state container
  */