diff --git a/boards/nxp/frdm_mcxw71/doc/index.rst b/boards/nxp/frdm_mcxw71/doc/index.rst
index a64514336330898..e53d3ed9b0c9e98 100644
--- a/boards/nxp/frdm_mcxw71/doc/index.rst
+++ b/boards/nxp/frdm_mcxw71/doc/index.rst
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ The ``frdm_mcxw71`` board target in Zephyr currently supports the following feat
 | LPUART    | on-chip    | serial port-polling;                |
 |           |            | serial port-interrupt               |
 +-----------+------------+-------------------------------------+
+| FMU       | on-chip    | flash                               |
++-----------+------------+-------------------------------------+
 
 Programming and Debugging
 *************************
diff --git a/boards/nxp/frdm_mcxw71/frdm_mcxw71.dts b/boards/nxp/frdm_mcxw71/frdm_mcxw71.dts
index 6577fe5ccca5e0f..6d48f571eee54aa 100644
--- a/boards/nxp/frdm_mcxw71/frdm_mcxw71.dts
+++ b/boards/nxp/frdm_mcxw71/frdm_mcxw71.dts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 	chosen {
 		zephyr,flash = &flash;
+		zephyr,flash-controller = &fmu;
 		zephyr,code-partition = &code_partition;
 		zephyr,sram = &stcm0;
 		zephyr,console = &lpuart1;
@@ -60,3 +61,7 @@
 		};
 	};
 };
+
+&fmu {
+	status = "okay";
+};
diff --git a/dts/arm/nxp/nxp_mcxw71.dtsi b/dts/arm/nxp/nxp_mcxw71.dtsi
index 51e529e483cc40d..ca40080e2f48133 100644
--- a/dts/arm/nxp/nxp_mcxw71.dtsi
+++ b/dts/arm/nxp/nxp_mcxw71.dtsi
@@ -67,13 +67,15 @@
 		peripheral: peripheral@50000000 {
 			ranges = <0x0 0x50000000 0x10000000>;
 
-			fmu: flash-module@20000 {
+			fmu: memory-controller@20000 {
 				ranges = <0x0 0x10000000 DT_SIZE_M(1)>;
 				#address-cells = <1>;
 				#size-cells = <1>;
 
-				compatible = "nxp,fmu-k4";
+				compatible = "nxp,iap-msf1";
 				reg = <0x20000 0x1000>;
+				interrupts = <27 0>;
+				status = "disabled";
 
 				flash: flash@0 {
 					reg = <0x0 DT_SIZE_M(1)>;
diff --git a/soc/nxp/mcx/mcxw/Kconfig.defconfig b/soc/nxp/mcx/mcxw/Kconfig.defconfig
index b57cb97a8ff98af..38c57f960f79e8b 100644
--- a/soc/nxp/mcx/mcxw/Kconfig.defconfig
+++ b/soc/nxp/mcx/mcxw/Kconfig.defconfig
@@ -9,4 +9,7 @@ config NUM_IRQS
 config SYS_CLOCK_HW_CYCLES_PER_SEC
 	default 96000000 if CORTEX_M_SYSTICK
 
+config MCUX_FLASH_K4_API
+	default y
+
 endif # SOC_SERIES_MCXW