diff --git a/boards/nxp/s32z2xxdc2/s32z2xxdc2_s32z270.dtsi b/boards/nxp/s32z2xxdc2/s32z2xxdc2_s32z270.dtsi
index 1270676c77a..8e0424bb9c3 100644
--- a/boards/nxp/s32z2xxdc2/s32z2xxdc2_s32z270.dtsi
+++ b/boards/nxp/s32z2xxdc2/s32z2xxdc2_s32z270.dtsi
@@ -31,13 +31,12 @@
 	status = "okay";
 };
 
-&can0 {
-	pinctrl-0 = <&can0_default>;
+&canxl0 {
+	pinctrl-0 = <&canxl0_default>;
 	pinctrl-names = "default";
-	status = "okay";
 };
 
-&can1 {
-	pinctrl-0 = <&can1_default>;
+&canxl1 {
+	pinctrl-0 = <&canxl1_default>;
 	pinctrl-names = "default";
 };
diff --git a/boards/nxp/s32z2xxdc2/s32z2xxdc2_s32z270_pinctrl.dtsi b/boards/nxp/s32z2xxdc2/s32z2xxdc2_s32z270_pinctrl.dtsi
index 482b43d4b72..78ac6ef5534 100644
--- a/boards/nxp/s32z2xxdc2/s32z2xxdc2_s32z270_pinctrl.dtsi
+++ b/boards/nxp/s32z2xxdc2/s32z2xxdc2_s32z270_pinctrl.dtsi
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 		};
 	};
 
-	can0_default: can0_default {
+	canxl0_default: canxl0_default {
 		group1 {
 			pinmux = <PN2_CANXL_0_RX>;
 			input-enable;
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
 		};
 	};
 
-	can1_default: can1_default {
+	canxl1_default: canxl1_default {
 		group1 {
 			pinmux = <PM11_CANXL_1_RX>;
 			input-enable;
diff --git a/boards/nxp/s32z2xxdc2/s32z2xxdc2_s32z270_rtu0.dts b/boards/nxp/s32z2xxdc2/s32z2xxdc2_s32z270_rtu0.dts
index 37c2f6b74ff..3db4df08388 100644
--- a/boards/nxp/s32z2xxdc2/s32z2xxdc2_s32z270_rtu0.dts
+++ b/boards/nxp/s32z2xxdc2/s32z2xxdc2_s32z270_rtu0.dts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 	chosen {
 		zephyr,sram = &sram0;
-		zephyr,canbus = &can0;
+		zephyr,canbus = &canxl0;
 	};
 
 	aliases {
@@ -31,3 +31,7 @@
 	mboxes = <&mru0 0>;
 	mbox-names = "rx";
 };
+
+&canxl0 {
+	status = "okay";
+};
diff --git a/boards/nxp/s32z2xxdc2/s32z2xxdc2_s32z270_rtu1.dts b/boards/nxp/s32z2xxdc2/s32z2xxdc2_s32z270_rtu1.dts
index ce5d16260ab..7d51ceee155 100644
--- a/boards/nxp/s32z2xxdc2/s32z2xxdc2_s32z270_rtu1.dts
+++ b/boards/nxp/s32z2xxdc2/s32z2xxdc2_s32z270_rtu1.dts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 		zephyr,sram = &sram1;
 		zephyr,console = &uart0;
 		zephyr,shell-uart = &uart0;
-		zephyr,canbus = &can0;
+		zephyr,canbus = &canxl0;
 	};
 
 	aliases {
diff --git a/dts/arm/nxp/nxp_s32z27x_r52.dtsi b/dts/arm/nxp/nxp_s32z27x_r52.dtsi
index afad04b3965..b2bbd21b49b 100644
--- a/dts/arm/nxp/nxp_s32z27x_r52.dtsi
+++ b/dts/arm/nxp/nxp_s32z27x_r52.dtsi
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@
 			};
 		};
 
-		can0: can@4741b000 {
+		canxl0: can@4741b000 {
 			compatible = "nxp,s32-canxl";
 			reg = <0x4741b000 0x1000>,
 				<0x47423000 0x1000>,
@@ -700,7 +700,7 @@
 			clocks = <&clock NXP_S32_P5_CANXL_PE_CLK>;
 		};
 
-		can1: can@4751b000 {
+		canxl1: can@4751b000 {
 			compatible = "nxp,s32-canxl";
 			reg = <0x4751b000 0x1000>,
 				<0x47523000 0x1000>,