diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index dd51d0ee..38247f73 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ mt76x2e-y := \
 
 mt7603e-y := \
 	mt7603_pci.o mt7603_main.o mt7603_init.o mt7603_mcu.o \
-	mt7603_core.o mt7603_dma.o mt7603_mac.o
+	mt7603_core.o mt7603_dma.o mt7603_mac.o mt7603_eeprom.o
diff --git a/mt7603.h b/mt7603.h
index af9c799a..3698b8ed 100644
--- a/mt7603.h
+++ b/mt7603.h
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ irqreturn_t mt7603_irq_handler(int irq, void *dev_instance);
 
 int mt7603_register_device(struct mt7603_dev *dev);
 void mt7603_unregister_device(struct mt7603_dev *dev);
+int mt7603_eeprom_init(struct mt7603_dev *dev);
 int mt7603_dma_init(struct mt7603_dev *dev);
 void mt7603_dma_cleanup(struct mt7603_dev *dev);
 int mt7603_mcu_init(struct mt7603_dev *dev);
diff --git a/mt7603_eeprom.c b/mt7603_eeprom.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6b0e0a02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mt7603_eeprom.c
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ */
+
+#include "mt7603.h"
+#include "mt7603_eeprom.h"
+
+static int
+mt7603_eeprom_load(struct mt7603_dev *dev)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = mt76_eeprom_init(&dev->mt76, MT7603_EEPROM_SIZE);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int mt7603_eeprom_init(struct mt7603_dev *dev)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = mt7603_eeprom_load(dev);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
+	dev->mt76.cap.has_2ghz = true;
+	memcpy(dev->mt76.macaddr, dev->mt76.eeprom.data + MT_EE_MAC_ADDR,
+	       ETH_ALEN);
+
+	mt76_eeprom_override(&dev->mt76);
+
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/mt7603_init.c b/mt7603_init.c
index 4d6fd47d..469d5696 100644
--- a/mt7603_init.c
+++ b/mt7603_init.c
@@ -270,15 +270,10 @@ mt7603_init_hardware(struct mt7603_dev *dev)
 
 	mt76_wr(dev, MT_INT_SOURCE_CSR, ~0);
 
-	ret = mt76_eeprom_init(&dev->mt76, MT7603_EEPROM_SIZE);
+	ret = mt7603_eeprom_init(dev);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
-	dev->mt76.cap.has_2ghz = true;
-	memcpy(dev->mt76.macaddr, dev->mt76.eeprom.data + MT_EE_MAC_ADDR,
-	       ETH_ALEN);
-	mt76_eeprom_override(&dev->mt76);
-
 	ret = mt7603_dma_init(dev);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;