diff --git a/drivers/net/mvgbe.c b/drivers/net/mvgbe.c
index 6ef6cacb6b87940421bae8d78085eb0ebb5a6e0d..6b31a82ec40204ba60791308878900a903b9179e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mvgbe.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mvgbe.c
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@
 
 DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
 
+#ifndef CONFIG_MVGBE_PORTS
+# define CONFIG_MVGBE_PORTS {0, 0}
+#endif
+
 #define MV_PHY_ADR_REQUEST 0xee
 #define MVGBE_SMI_REG (((struct mvgbe_registers *)MVGBE0_BASE)->smi)