diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/board-omap3evm.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/board-omap3evm.c
index 1edf06a..149d45c 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/board-omap3evm.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/board-omap3evm.c
@@ -46,9 +46,42 @@
 
 #define OMAP3EVM_ETHR_START	0x2c000000
 #define OMAP3EVM_ETHR_SIZE	1024
+#define OMAP3EVM_ETHR_ID_REV	0x50
 #define OMAP3EVM_ETHR_GPIO_IRQ	176
 #define OMAP3EVM_SMC911X_CS	5
 
+static u8 omap3_evm_version;
+
+u8 get_omap3_evm_rev(void)
+{
+	return omap3_evm_version;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_omap3_evm_rev);
+
+static void __init omap3_evm_get_revision(void)
+{
+	void __iomem *ioaddr;
+	unsigned int smsc_id;
+
+	/* Ethernet PHY ID is stored at ID_REV register */
+	ioaddr = ioremap_nocache(OMAP3EVM_ETHR_START, SZ_1K);
+	if (!ioaddr)
+		return;
+	smsc_id = readl(ioaddr + OMAP3EVM_ETHR_ID_REV) & 0xFFFF0000;
+	iounmap(ioaddr);
+
+	switch (smsc_id) {
+	/*SMSC9115 chipset*/
+	case 0x01150000:
+		omap3_evm_version = OMAP3EVM_BOARD_GEN_1;
+		break;
+	/*SMSC 9220 chipset*/
+	case 0x92200000:
+	default:
+		omap3_evm_version = OMAP3EVM_BOARD_GEN_2;
+	}
+}
+
 static struct resource omap3evm_smc911x_resources[] = {
 	[0] =	{
 		.start	= OMAP3EVM_ETHR_START,
@@ -321,6 +354,8 @@
 
 static void __init omap3_evm_init(void)
 {
+	omap3_evm_get_revision();
+
 	omap3_evm_i2c_init();
 
 	platform_add_devices(omap3_evm_devices, ARRAY_SIZE(omap3_evm_devices));