diff --git a/arch/arm/boards/sysmobts/board.c b/arch/arm/boards/sysmobts/board.c
index 86c29f1c1..f1f2ac727 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boards/sysmobts/board.c
+++ b/arch/arm/boards/sysmobts/board.c
@@ -76,6 +76,18 @@ static struct device_d dm644x_emac_device = {
         .platform_data  = &dm644x_emac_pdata,                                    
 };                                                                               
 
+static void sysmobts_config_eeprom(const char *compatible) {
+	struct device_node *node;
+
+	node = of_find_node_by_path("/i2c/eeprom@50");
+	if (!node) {
+		pr_err("can't find eeprom node to configure\n");
+		return;
+	}
+	of_set_property(node, "compatible", compatible, strlen(compatible)+1, 1);
+	of_device_enable(node);
+}
+
 static void sysmobts_board_detect(void)
 {
         int board_ver, board_cfg;
@@ -99,6 +111,13 @@ static void sysmobts_board_detect(void)
 	globalvar_add_simple("board.variant", variant);
 
 	printf("detected 'sysmobts_v2 %s'\n", variant);
+
+	/* enable the correct eeprom */
+	if (board_ver <= 2) {
+		sysmobts_config_eeprom("24c02");
+	} else {
+		sysmobts_config_eeprom("24c64");
+	}
 }
 
 static int sysmobts_set_ethaddr(void)
@@ -146,14 +165,14 @@ static int sysmobts_coredevices_init(void)
 
 	writel(readl(PINMUX1) & ~PINMUX1_I2C, PINMUX1);
 
+        sysmobts_board_detect();
+
 	return 0;
 }
 coredevice_initcall(sysmobts_coredevices_init);
 
 static int sysmobts_devices_init(void)
 {
-        sysmobts_board_detect();
-
         sysmobts_set_ethaddr();
 	platform_device_register(&dm644x_emac_device);                           
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/dts/dm6442-sysmobts.dts b/arch/arm/dts/dm6442-sysmobts.dts
index 0baf20374..1cf31dfec 100644
--- a/arch/arm/dts/dm6442-sysmobts.dts
+++ b/arch/arm/dts/dm6442-sysmobts.dts
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 		status = "okay";
 
 		eeprom: eeprom@50 {
-			compatible = "24c02";
+			status = "disabled";
 			reg = <0x50>;
 
 			#address-cells = <1>;