diff --git a/net/dsa/Makefile b/net/dsa/Makefile
index fcce25da937c..2e7ac8bab19d 100644
--- a/net/dsa/Makefile
+++ b/net/dsa/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # the core
 obj-$(CONFIG_NET_DSA) += dsa_core.o
-dsa_core-y += dsa.o dsa2.o legacy.o port.o slave.o switch.o
+dsa_core-y += dsa.o dsa2.o legacy.o master.o port.o slave.o switch.o
 
 # tagging formats
 dsa_core-$(CONFIG_NET_DSA_TAG_BRCM) += tag_brcm.o
diff --git a/net/dsa/dsa.c b/net/dsa/dsa.c
index abadf7b49236..81c852e32821 100644
--- a/net/dsa/dsa.c
+++ b/net/dsa/dsa.c
@@ -112,34 +112,6 @@ const struct dsa_device_ops *dsa_resolve_tag_protocol(int tag_protocol)
 	return ops;
 }
 
-int dsa_cpu_port_ethtool_setup(struct dsa_port *cpu_dp)
-{
-	struct dsa_switch *ds = cpu_dp->ds;
-	struct net_device *master;
-	struct ethtool_ops *cpu_ops;
-
-	master = cpu_dp->netdev;
-
-	cpu_ops = devm_kzalloc(ds->dev, sizeof(*cpu_ops), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!cpu_ops)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	cpu_dp->orig_ethtool_ops = master->ethtool_ops;
-	if (cpu_dp->orig_ethtool_ops)
-		memcpy(cpu_ops, cpu_dp->orig_ethtool_ops, sizeof(*cpu_ops));
-
-	dsa_cpu_port_ethtool_init(cpu_ops);
-	master->ethtool_ops = cpu_ops;
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-void dsa_cpu_port_ethtool_restore(struct dsa_port *cpu_dp)
-{
-	cpu_dp->netdev->ethtool_ops = cpu_dp->orig_ethtool_ops;
-	cpu_dp->orig_ethtool_ops = NULL;
-}
-
 void dsa_cpu_dsa_destroy(struct dsa_port *port)
 {
 	struct device_node *port_dn = port->dn;
diff --git a/net/dsa/dsa2.c b/net/dsa/dsa2.c
index 032f8bc3e788..dcccaebde708 100644
--- a/net/dsa/dsa2.c
+++ b/net/dsa/dsa2.c
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ static int dsa_dst_apply(struct dsa_switch_tree *dst)
 	wmb();
 	dst->cpu_dp->netdev->dsa_ptr = dst;
 
-	err = dsa_cpu_port_ethtool_setup(dst->cpu_dp);
+	err = dsa_master_ethtool_setup(dst->cpu_dp->netdev);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ static void dsa_dst_unapply(struct dsa_switch_tree *dst)
 	if (!dst->applied)
 		return;
 
-	dsa_cpu_port_ethtool_restore(dst->cpu_dp);
+	dsa_master_ethtool_restore(dst->cpu_dp->netdev);
 
 	dst->cpu_dp->netdev->dsa_ptr = NULL;
 
diff --git a/net/dsa/dsa_priv.h b/net/dsa/dsa_priv.h
index 9c3eeb72462d..f616b3444418 100644
--- a/net/dsa/dsa_priv.h
+++ b/net/dsa/dsa_priv.h
@@ -97,8 +97,6 @@ struct dsa_slave_priv {
 int dsa_cpu_dsa_setup(struct dsa_port *port);
 void dsa_cpu_dsa_destroy(struct dsa_port *dport);
 const struct dsa_device_ops *dsa_resolve_tag_protocol(int tag_protocol);
-int dsa_cpu_port_ethtool_setup(struct dsa_port *cpu_dp);
-void dsa_cpu_port_ethtool_restore(struct dsa_port *cpu_dp);
 bool dsa_schedule_work(struct work_struct *work);
 
 /* legacy.c */
@@ -112,6 +110,10 @@ int dsa_legacy_fdb_del(struct ndmsg *ndm, struct nlattr *tb[],
 		       struct net_device *dev,
 		       const unsigned char *addr, u16 vid);
 
+/* master.c */
+int dsa_master_ethtool_setup(struct net_device *dev);
+void dsa_master_ethtool_restore(struct net_device *dev);
+
 /* port.c */
 int dsa_port_set_state(struct dsa_port *dp, u8 state,
 		       struct switchdev_trans *trans);
@@ -139,7 +141,6 @@ int dsa_port_vlan_del(struct dsa_port *dp,
 /* slave.c */
 extern const struct dsa_device_ops notag_netdev_ops;
 void dsa_slave_mii_bus_init(struct dsa_switch *ds);
-void dsa_cpu_port_ethtool_init(struct ethtool_ops *ops);
 int dsa_slave_create(struct dsa_port *port, const char *name);
 void dsa_slave_destroy(struct net_device *slave_dev);
 int dsa_slave_suspend(struct net_device *slave_dev);
diff --git a/net/dsa/legacy.c b/net/dsa/legacy.c
index 163910699db7..ae505d8e4417 100644
--- a/net/dsa/legacy.c
+++ b/net/dsa/legacy.c
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ static int dsa_setup_dst(struct dsa_switch_tree *dst, struct net_device *dev,
 	wmb();
 	dev->dsa_ptr = dst;
 
-	return dsa_cpu_port_ethtool_setup(dst->cpu_dp);
+	return dsa_master_ethtool_setup(dst->cpu_dp->netdev);
 }
 
 static int dsa_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ static void dsa_remove_dst(struct dsa_switch_tree *dst)
 {
 	int i;
 
-	dsa_cpu_port_ethtool_restore(dst->cpu_dp);
+	dsa_master_ethtool_restore(dst->cpu_dp->netdev);
 
 	dst->cpu_dp->netdev->dsa_ptr = NULL;
 
diff --git a/net/dsa/master.c b/net/dsa/master.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5e5147ec5a44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/dsa/master.c
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+/*
+ * Handling of a master device, switching frames via its switch fabric CPU port
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2017 Savoir-faire Linux Inc.
+ *	Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@savoirfairelinux.com>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ */
+
+#include "dsa_priv.h"
+
+static void dsa_master_get_ethtool_stats(struct net_device *dev,
+					 struct ethtool_stats *stats,
+					 uint64_t *data)
+{
+	struct dsa_switch_tree *dst = dev->dsa_ptr;
+	struct dsa_port *port = dst->cpu_dp;
+	struct dsa_switch *ds = port->ds;
+	const struct ethtool_ops *ops = port->orig_ethtool_ops;
+	int count = 0;
+
+	if (ops && ops->get_sset_count && ops->get_ethtool_stats) {
+		count = ops->get_sset_count(dev, ETH_SS_STATS);
+		ops->get_ethtool_stats(dev, stats, data);
+	}
+
+	if (ds->ops->get_ethtool_stats)
+		ds->ops->get_ethtool_stats(ds, port->index, data + count);
+}
+
+static int dsa_master_get_sset_count(struct net_device *dev, int sset)
+{
+	struct dsa_switch_tree *dst = dev->dsa_ptr;
+	struct dsa_port *port = dst->cpu_dp;
+	struct dsa_switch *ds = port->ds;
+	const struct ethtool_ops *ops = port->orig_ethtool_ops;
+	int count = 0;
+
+	if (ops && ops->get_sset_count)
+		count += ops->get_sset_count(dev, sset);
+
+	if (sset == ETH_SS_STATS && ds->ops->get_sset_count)
+		count += ds->ops->get_sset_count(ds);
+
+	return count;
+}
+
+static void dsa_master_get_strings(struct net_device *dev, uint32_t stringset,
+				   uint8_t *data)
+{
+	struct dsa_switch_tree *dst = dev->dsa_ptr;
+	struct dsa_port *port = dst->cpu_dp;
+	struct dsa_switch *ds = port->ds;
+	const struct ethtool_ops *ops = port->orig_ethtool_ops;
+	int len = ETH_GSTRING_LEN;
+	int mcount = 0, count;
+	unsigned int i;
+	uint8_t pfx[4];
+	uint8_t *ndata;
+
+	snprintf(pfx, sizeof(pfx), "p%.2d", port->index);
+	/* We do not want to be NULL-terminated, since this is a prefix */
+	pfx[sizeof(pfx) - 1] = '_';
+
+	if (ops && ops->get_sset_count && ops->get_strings) {
+		mcount = ops->get_sset_count(dev, ETH_SS_STATS);
+		ops->get_strings(dev, stringset, data);
+	}
+
+	if (stringset == ETH_SS_STATS && ds->ops->get_strings) {
+		ndata = data + mcount * len;
+		/* This function copies ETH_GSTRINGS_LEN bytes, we will mangle
+		 * the output after to prepend our CPU port prefix we
+		 * constructed earlier
+		 */
+		ds->ops->get_strings(ds, port->index, ndata);
+		count = ds->ops->get_sset_count(ds);
+		for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+			memmove(ndata + (i * len + sizeof(pfx)),
+				ndata + i * len, len - sizeof(pfx));
+			memcpy(ndata + i * len, pfx, sizeof(pfx));
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+int dsa_master_ethtool_setup(struct net_device *dev)
+{
+	struct dsa_switch_tree *dst = dev->dsa_ptr;
+	struct dsa_port *port = dst->cpu_dp;
+	struct dsa_switch *ds = port->ds;
+	struct ethtool_ops *ops;
+
+	ops = devm_kzalloc(ds->dev, sizeof(*ops), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!ops)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	port->orig_ethtool_ops = dev->ethtool_ops;
+	if (port->orig_ethtool_ops)
+		memcpy(ops, port->orig_ethtool_ops, sizeof(*ops));
+
+	ops->get_sset_count = dsa_master_get_sset_count;
+	ops->get_ethtool_stats = dsa_master_get_ethtool_stats;
+	ops->get_strings = dsa_master_get_strings;
+
+	dev->ethtool_ops = ops;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void dsa_master_ethtool_restore(struct net_device *dev)
+{
+	struct dsa_switch_tree *dst = dev->dsa_ptr;
+	struct dsa_port *port = dst->cpu_dp;
+
+	dev->ethtool_ops = port->orig_ethtool_ops;
+	port->orig_ethtool_ops = NULL;
+}
diff --git a/net/dsa/slave.c b/net/dsa/slave.c
index 2ff4f907d137..d51b10450e1b 100644
--- a/net/dsa/slave.c
+++ b/net/dsa/slave.c
@@ -567,82 +567,6 @@ static void dsa_slave_get_strings(struct net_device *dev,
 	}
 }
 
-static void dsa_cpu_port_get_ethtool_stats(struct net_device *dev,
-					   struct ethtool_stats *stats,
-					   uint64_t *data)
-{
-	struct dsa_switch_tree *dst = dev->dsa_ptr;
-	struct dsa_port *cpu_dp = dsa_get_cpu_port(dst);
-	struct dsa_switch *ds = cpu_dp->ds;
-	const struct ethtool_ops *ops = cpu_dp->orig_ethtool_ops;
-	s8 cpu_port = cpu_dp->index;
-	int count = 0;
-
-	if (ops && ops->get_sset_count && ops->get_ethtool_stats) {
-		count = ops->get_sset_count(dev, ETH_SS_STATS);
-		ops->get_ethtool_stats(dev, stats, data);
-	}
-
-	if (ds->ops->get_ethtool_stats)
-		ds->ops->get_ethtool_stats(ds, cpu_port, data + count);
-}
-
-static int dsa_cpu_port_get_sset_count(struct net_device *dev, int sset)
-{
-	struct dsa_switch_tree *dst = dev->dsa_ptr;
-	struct dsa_port *cpu_dp = dsa_get_cpu_port(dst);
-	struct dsa_switch *ds = cpu_dp->ds;
-	const struct ethtool_ops *ops = cpu_dp->orig_ethtool_ops;
-	int count = 0;
-
-	if (ops && ops->get_sset_count)
-		count += ops->get_sset_count(dev, sset);
-
-	if (sset == ETH_SS_STATS && ds->ops->get_sset_count)
-		count += ds->ops->get_sset_count(ds);
-
-	return count;
-}
-
-static void dsa_cpu_port_get_strings(struct net_device *dev,
-				     uint32_t stringset, uint8_t *data)
-{
-	struct dsa_switch_tree *dst = dev->dsa_ptr;
-	struct dsa_port *cpu_dp = dsa_get_cpu_port(dst);
-	struct dsa_switch *ds = cpu_dp->ds;
-	const struct ethtool_ops *ops = cpu_dp->orig_ethtool_ops;
-	s8 cpu_port = cpu_dp->index;
-	int len = ETH_GSTRING_LEN;
-	int mcount = 0, count;
-	unsigned int i;
-	uint8_t pfx[4];
-	uint8_t *ndata;
-
-	snprintf(pfx, sizeof(pfx), "p%.2d", cpu_port);
-	/* We do not want to be NULL-terminated, since this is a prefix */
-	pfx[sizeof(pfx) - 1] = '_';
-
-	if (ops && ops->get_sset_count && ops->get_strings) {
-		mcount = ops->get_sset_count(dev, ETH_SS_STATS);
-		ops->get_strings(dev, stringset, data);
-	}
-
-	if (stringset == ETH_SS_STATS && ds->ops->get_strings) {
-		ndata = data + mcount * len;
-		/* This function copies ETH_GSTRINGS_LEN bytes, we will mangle
-		 * the output after to prepend our CPU port prefix we
-		 * constructed earlier
-		 */
-		ds->ops->get_strings(ds, cpu_port, ndata);
-		count = ds->ops->get_sset_count(ds);
-		for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
-			memmove(ndata + (i * len + sizeof(pfx)),
-				ndata + i * len, len - sizeof(pfx));
-			memcpy(ndata + i * len, pfx, sizeof(pfx));
-		}
-	}
-}
-
 static void dsa_slave_get_ethtool_stats(struct net_device *dev,
 					struct ethtool_stats *stats,
 					uint64_t *data)
@@ -979,13 +903,6 @@ static void dsa_slave_get_stats64(struct net_device *dev,
 	}
 }
 
-void dsa_cpu_port_ethtool_init(struct ethtool_ops *ops)
-{
-	ops->get_sset_count = dsa_cpu_port_get_sset_count;
-	ops->get_ethtool_stats = dsa_cpu_port_get_ethtool_stats;
-	ops->get_strings = dsa_cpu_port_get_strings;
-}
-
 static int dsa_slave_get_rxnfc(struct net_device *dev,
 			       struct ethtool_rxnfc *nfc, u32 *rule_locs)
 {