diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/sja1105/sja1105_main.c b/drivers/net/dsa/sja1105/sja1105_main.c
index 389af2b265045..2f2a5c2cdb420 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dsa/sja1105/sja1105_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dsa/sja1105/sja1105_main.c
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 #include "sja1105_sgmii.h"
 #include "sja1105_tas.h"
 
+#define SJA1105_DEFAULT_VLAN		(VLAN_N_VID - 1)
+
 static const struct dsa_switch_ops sja1105_switch_ops;
 
 static void sja1105_hw_reset(struct gpio_desc *gpio, unsigned int pulse_len,
@@ -292,6 +294,13 @@ static int sja1105_init_l2_lookup_params(struct sja1105_private *priv)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/* Set up a default VLAN for untagged traffic injected from the CPU
+ * using management routes (e.g. STP, PTP) as opposed to tag_8021q.
+ * All DT-defined ports are members of this VLAN, and there are no
+ * restrictions on forwarding (since the CPU selects the destination).
+ * Frames from this VLAN will always be transmitted as untagged, and
+ * neither the bridge nor the 8021q module cannot create this VLAN ID.
+ */
 static int sja1105_init_static_vlan(struct sja1105_private *priv)
 {
 	struct sja1105_table *table;
@@ -301,17 +310,13 @@ static int sja1105_init_static_vlan(struct sja1105_private *priv)
 		.vmemb_port = 0,
 		.vlan_bc = 0,
 		.tag_port = 0,
-		.vlanid = 1,
+		.vlanid = SJA1105_DEFAULT_VLAN,
 	};
 	struct dsa_switch *ds = priv->ds;
 	int port;
 
 	table = &priv->static_config.tables[BLK_IDX_VLAN_LOOKUP];
 
-	/* The static VLAN table will only contain the initial pvid of 1.
-	 * All other VLANs are to be configured through dynamic entries,
-	 * and kept in the static configuration table as backing memory.
-	 */
 	if (table->entry_count) {
 		kfree(table->entries);
 		table->entry_count = 0;
@@ -324,9 +329,6 @@ static int sja1105_init_static_vlan(struct sja1105_private *priv)
 
 	table->entry_count = 1;
 
-	/* VLAN 1: all DT-defined ports are members; no restrictions on
-	 * forwarding; always transmit as untagged.
-	 */
 	for (port = 0; port < ds->num_ports; port++) {
 		struct sja1105_bridge_vlan *v;
 
@@ -337,15 +339,12 @@ static int sja1105_init_static_vlan(struct sja1105_private *priv)
 		pvid.vlan_bc |= BIT(port);
 		pvid.tag_port &= ~BIT(port);
 
-		/* Let traffic that don't need dsa_8021q (e.g. STP, PTP) be
-		 * transmitted as untagged.
-		 */
 		v = kzalloc(sizeof(*v), GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!v)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 
 		v->port = port;
-		v->vid = 1;
+		v->vid = SJA1105_DEFAULT_VLAN;
 		v->untagged = true;
 		if (dsa_is_cpu_port(ds, port))
 			v->pvid = true;