diff --git a/arch/arm/dts/mt8183-kukui-krane-sku176-u-boot.dtsi b/arch/arm/dts/mt8183-kukui-krane-sku176-u-boot.dtsi
index e7605659b10..daf4f8b8996 100644
--- a/arch/arm/dts/mt8183-kukui-krane-sku176-u-boot.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/dts/mt8183-kukui-krane-sku176-u-boot.dtsi
@@ -12,8 +12,18 @@
  * and "ippc" register names and a phys list on the xHCI node itself.
  * Add the missing ippc address (taken from the ssusb node's "ippc"
  * reg entry) and the port phys there.
+ *
+ * DM only scans the subnodes of nodes that a driver binds (bus drivers
+ * recurse via dm_scan_fdt_dev). Nothing binds "mediatek,mtu3", so the
+ * xHCI child would never be bound and usb_start() would report "No USB
+ * controllers found". Adding "simple-mfd" makes the generic simple-bus
+ * driver bind the ssusb node and scan its children.
  */
 
+&ssusb {
+	compatible = "mediatek,mt8183-mtu3", "mediatek,mtu3", "simple-mfd";
+};
+
 &usb_host {
 	reg = <0x0 0x11200000 0x0 0x1000>,
 	      <0x0 0x11203e00 0x0 0x0100>;