diff --git a/drivers/net/can/phytium/phytium_can_platform.c b/drivers/net/can/phytium/phytium_can_platform.c
index e2822382ccaef00ffcb45b5eaf90026413c1fb10..a25571d264b8a982deea37b64afec5993dd275d3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/phytium/phytium_can_platform.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/phytium/phytium_can_platform.c
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ static int phytium_can_plat_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	const struct phytium_can_devtype *devtype = &phytium_can_data;
 	u32 tx_fifo_depth;
 	int ret;
-	const char *str = "canfd";
+	const char *str = "can";
 
 	ret = fwnode_property_read_u32(dev_fwnode(&pdev->dev), "tx-fifo-depth", &tx_fifo_depth);
 	if (ret)
@@ -126,8 +126,6 @@ static int phytium_can_plat_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 					    "mode-select", &str);
 		if (!(strcmp(str, "canfd")))
 			devtype = &phytium_canfd_data;
-		else
-			devtype = &phytium_can_data;
 	}
 
 	cdev->tx_fifo_depth = tx_fifo_depth;