diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c
index 479af106aaeb6c3cfaf507e8a23a97e0cb8fc3d7..b569400a908b284064f024ee6a348e4127232cc2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c
@@ -3176,10 +3176,29 @@ static int sh_eth_drv_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	/* ioremap the TSU registers */
 	if (mdp->cd->tsu) {
 		struct resource *rtsu;
+
 		rtsu = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 1);
-		mdp->tsu_addr = devm_ioremap_resource(&pdev->dev, rtsu);
-		if (IS_ERR(mdp->tsu_addr)) {
-			ret = PTR_ERR(mdp->tsu_addr);
+		if (!rtsu) {
+			dev_err(&pdev->dev, "no TSU resource\n");
+			ret = -ENODEV;
+			goto out_release;
+		}
+		/* We can only request the  TSU region  for the first port
+		 * of the two  sharing this TSU for the probe to succeed...
+		 */
+		if (devno % 2 == 0 &&
+		    !devm_request_mem_region(&pdev->dev, rtsu->start,
+					     resource_size(rtsu),
+					     dev_name(&pdev->dev))) {
+			dev_err(&pdev->dev, "can't request TSU resource.\n");
+			ret = -EBUSY;
+			goto out_release;
+		}
+		mdp->tsu_addr = devm_ioremap(&pdev->dev, rtsu->start,
+					     resource_size(rtsu));
+		if (!mdp->tsu_addr) {
+			dev_err(&pdev->dev, "TSU region ioremap() failed.\n");
+			ret = -ENOMEM;
 			goto out_release;
 		}
 		mdp->port = devno % 2;