diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/realtek/realtek-mdio.c b/drivers/net/dsa/realtek/realtek-mdio.c
index 6415408c337d..cb3bc6219c6c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dsa/realtek/realtek-mdio.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dsa/realtek/realtek-mdio.c
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ void realtek_mdio_shutdown(struct mdio_device *mdiodev)
 	if (!priv)
 		return;
 
-	dsa_switch_shutdown(priv->ds);
+	dsa_switch_shutdown(&priv->ds);
 
 	dev_set_drvdata(&mdiodev->dev, NULL);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/realtek/realtek-smi.c b/drivers/net/dsa/realtek/realtek-smi.c
index b9523ebc7413..eac9ce5d6ae0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dsa/realtek/realtek-smi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dsa/realtek/realtek-smi.c
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ void realtek_smi_shutdown(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (!priv)
 		return;
 
-	dsa_switch_shutdown(priv->ds);
+	dsa_switch_shutdown(&priv->ds);
 
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/realtek/realtek.h b/drivers/net/dsa/realtek/realtek.h
index 7af6dcc1bb24..0217b8032c01 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dsa/realtek/realtek.h
+++ b/drivers/net/dsa/realtek/realtek.h
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ struct realtek_priv {
 	int			mdio_addr;
 
 	spinlock_t		lock; /* Locks around command writes */
-	struct dsa_switch	*ds;
+	struct dsa_switch	ds;
 	struct irq_domain	*irqdomain;
 	bool			leds_disabled;
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/realtek/rtl8365mb.c b/drivers/net/dsa/realtek/rtl8365mb.c
index d7d3ae4746f6..c9dbe0240ab7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dsa/realtek/rtl8365mb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dsa/realtek/rtl8365mb.c
@@ -880,7 +880,7 @@ static int rtl8365mb_ext_config_rgmii(struct realtek_priv *priv, int port,
 	if (!extint)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	dp = dsa_to_port(priv->ds, port);
+	dp = dsa_to_port(&priv->ds, port);
 	dn = dp->dn;
 
 	/* Set the RGMII TX/RX delay
@@ -1543,7 +1543,7 @@ static void rtl8365mb_stats_setup(struct realtek_priv *priv)
 	for (i = 0; i < priv->num_ports; i++) {
 		struct rtl8365mb_port *p = &mb->ports[i];
 
-		if (dsa_is_unused_port(priv->ds, i))
+		if (dsa_is_unused_port(&priv->ds, i))
 			continue;
 
 		/* Per-port spinlock to protect the stats64 data */
@@ -1564,7 +1564,7 @@ static void rtl8365mb_stats_teardown(struct realtek_priv *priv)
 	for (i = 0; i < priv->num_ports; i++) {
 		struct rtl8365mb_port *p = &mb->ports[i];
 
-		if (dsa_is_unused_port(priv->ds, i))
+		if (dsa_is_unused_port(&priv->ds, i))
 			continue;
 
 		cancel_delayed_work_sync(&p->mib_work);
@@ -1963,7 +1963,7 @@ static int rtl8365mb_setup(struct dsa_switch *ds)
 		dev_info(priv->dev, "no interrupt support\n");
 
 	/* Configure CPU tagging */
-	dsa_switch_for_each_cpu_port(cpu_dp, priv->ds) {
+	dsa_switch_for_each_cpu_port(cpu_dp, &priv->ds) {
 		cpu->mask |= BIT(cpu_dp->index);
 
 		if (cpu->trap_port == RTL8365MB_MAX_NUM_PORTS)
@@ -1978,7 +1978,7 @@ static int rtl8365mb_setup(struct dsa_switch *ds)
 	for (i = 0; i < priv->num_ports; i++) {
 		struct rtl8365mb_port *p = &mb->ports[i];
 
-		if (dsa_is_unused_port(priv->ds, i))
+		if (dsa_is_unused_port(&priv->ds, i))
 			continue;
 
 		/* Forward only to the CPU */
@@ -1995,7 +1995,7 @@ static int rtl8365mb_setup(struct dsa_switch *ds)
 		 * ports will still forward frames to the CPU despite being
 		 * administratively down by default.
 		 */
-		rtl8365mb_port_stp_state_set(priv->ds, i, BR_STATE_DISABLED);
+		rtl8365mb_port_stp_state_set(&priv->ds, i, BR_STATE_DISABLED);
 
 		/* Set up per-port private data */
 		p->priv = priv;
diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/realtek/rtl8366rb.c b/drivers/net/dsa/realtek/rtl8366rb.c
index 5084ad151f0f..30ae30cdbea5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dsa/realtek/rtl8366rb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dsa/realtek/rtl8366rb.c
@@ -1675,7 +1675,7 @@ static int rtl8366rb_set_mc_index(struct realtek_priv *priv, int port, int index
 	 * not drop any untagged or C-tagged frames. Make sure to update the
 	 * filtering setting.
 	 */
-	if (dsa_port_is_vlan_filtering(dsa_to_port(priv->ds, port)))
+	if (dsa_port_is_vlan_filtering(dsa_to_port(&priv->ds, port)))
 		ret = rtl8366rb_drop_untagged(priv, port, !pvid_enabled);
 
 	return ret;
diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/realtek/rtl83xx.c b/drivers/net/dsa/realtek/rtl83xx.c
index 2f39472a44d2..ac8c632263c6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dsa/realtek/rtl83xx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dsa/realtek/rtl83xx.c
@@ -223,16 +223,12 @@ int rtl83xx_register_switch(struct realtek_priv *priv)
 		return ret;
 	}
 
-	priv->ds = devm_kzalloc(priv->dev, sizeof(*priv->ds), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!priv->ds)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	priv->ds.priv = priv;
+	priv->ds.dev = priv->dev;
+	priv->ds.ops = priv->variant->ds_ops;
+	priv->ds.num_ports = priv->num_ports;
 
-	priv->ds->priv = priv;
-	priv->ds->dev = priv->dev;
-	priv->ds->ops = priv->variant->ds_ops;
-	priv->ds->num_ports = priv->num_ports;
-
-	ret = dsa_register_switch(priv->ds);
+	ret = dsa_register_switch(&priv->ds);
 	if (ret) {
 		dev_err_probe(priv->dev, ret, "unable to register switch\n");
 		return ret;
@@ -257,7 +253,7 @@ void rtl83xx_remove(struct realtek_priv *priv)
 	if (!priv)
 		return;
 
-	dsa_unregister_switch(priv->ds);
+	dsa_unregister_switch(&priv->ds);
 
 	/* leave the device reset asserted */
 	if (priv->reset)
