diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/isp1760-hcd.c b/drivers/usb/host/isp1760-hcd.c
index 8017f1cf78e2..b899f1a59c26 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/isp1760-hcd.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/isp1760-hcd.c
@@ -435,14 +435,13 @@ static int isp1760_hc_setup(struct usb_hcd *hcd)
 
 	/*
 	 * PORT 1 Control register of the ISP1760 is the OTG control
-	 * register on ISP1761.
+	 * register on ISP1761. Since there is no OTG or device controller
+	 * support in this driver, we use port 1 as a "normal" USB host port on
+	 * both chips.
 	 */
-	if (!(priv->devflags & ISP1760_FLAG_ISP1761) &&
-	    !(priv->devflags & ISP1760_FLAG_PORT1_DIS)) {
-		isp1760_writel(PORT1_POWER | PORT1_INIT2,
-			       hcd->regs + HC_PORT1_CTRL);
-		mdelay(10);
-	}
+	isp1760_writel(PORT1_POWER | PORT1_INIT2,
+		       hcd->regs + HC_PORT1_CTRL);
+	mdelay(10);
 
 	priv->hcs_params = isp1760_readl(hcd->regs + HC_HCSPARAMS);
 
diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/isp1760-hcd.h b/drivers/usb/host/isp1760-hcd.h
index 4377277667d9..a9daea587962 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/isp1760-hcd.h
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/isp1760-hcd.h
@@ -135,7 +135,6 @@ typedef void (packet_enqueue)(struct usb_hcd *hcd, struct isp1760_qh *qh,
  * indicate the most "atypical" case, so that a devflags of 0 is
  * a sane default configuration.
  */
-#define ISP1760_FLAG_PORT1_DIS		0x00000001 /* Port 1 disabled */
 #define ISP1760_FLAG_BUS_WIDTH_16	0x00000002 /* 16-bit data bus width */
 #define ISP1760_FLAG_OTG_EN		0x00000004 /* Port 1 supports OTG */
 #define ISP1760_FLAG_ANALOG_OC		0x00000008 /* Analog overcurrent */
diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/isp1760-if.c b/drivers/usb/host/isp1760-if.c
index 25453066fda5..4cf7ca428b33 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/isp1760-if.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/isp1760-if.c
@@ -60,9 +60,6 @@ static int of_isp1760_probe(struct of_device *dev,
 	if (of_device_is_compatible(dp, "nxp,usb-isp1761"))
 		devflags |= ISP1760_FLAG_ISP1761;
 
-	if (of_get_property(dp, "port1-disable", NULL) != NULL)
-		devflags |= ISP1760_FLAG_PORT1_DIS;
-
 	/* Some systems wire up only 16 of the 32 data lines */
 	prop = of_get_property(dp, "bus-width", NULL);
 	if (prop && *prop == 16)