diff --git a/drivers/soc/fsl/qbman/qman.c b/drivers/soc/fsl/qbman/qman.c
index 4ceb9a1da7ee..307c818e14ab 100644
--- a/drivers/soc/fsl/qbman/qman.c
+++ b/drivers/soc/fsl/qbman/qman.c
@@ -2711,6 +2711,7 @@ const struct qm_portal_config *qman_get_qm_portal_config(
 {
 	return portal->config;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(qman_get_qm_portal_config);
 
 struct gen_pool *qm_fqalloc; /* FQID allocator */
 struct gen_pool *qm_qpalloc; /* pool-channel allocator */
diff --git a/drivers/soc/fsl/qbman/qman_portal.c b/drivers/soc/fsl/qbman/qman_portal.c
index e6da2ea78554..c9a9bcb1aea2 100644
--- a/drivers/soc/fsl/qbman/qman_portal.c
+++ b/drivers/soc/fsl/qbman/qman_portal.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include "qman_priv.h"
 
 struct qman_portal *qman_dma_portal;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(qman_dma_portal);
 
 /* Enable portal interupts (as opposed to polling mode) */
 #define CONFIG_FSL_DPA_PIRQ_SLOW  1
diff --git a/drivers/soc/fsl/qbman/qman_test_stash.c b/drivers/soc/fsl/qbman/qman_test_stash.c
index 43cf66ba42f5..f8d25faf4d8a 100644
--- a/drivers/soc/fsl/qbman/qman_test_stash.c
+++ b/drivers/soc/fsl/qbman/qman_test_stash.c
@@ -191,6 +191,9 @@ static void *__frame_ptr;
 static u32 *frame_ptr;
 static dma_addr_t frame_dma;
 
+/* needed for dma_map*() */
+static const struct qm_portal_config *pcfg;
+
 /* the main function waits on this */
 static DECLARE_WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD(queue);
 
@@ -210,16 +213,14 @@ static int allocate_frame_data(void)
 {
 	u32 lfsr = HP_FIRST_WORD;
 	int loop;
-	struct platform_device *pdev = platform_device_alloc("foobar", -1);
 
-	if (!pdev) {
-		pr_crit("platform_device_alloc() failed");
-		return -EIO;
-	}
-	if (platform_device_add(pdev)) {
-		pr_crit("platform_device_add() failed");
+	if (!qman_dma_portal) {
+		pr_crit("portal not available\n");
 		return -EIO;
 	}
+
+	pcfg = qman_get_qm_portal_config(qman_dma_portal);
+
 	__frame_ptr = kmalloc(4 * HP_NUM_WORDS, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!__frame_ptr)
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -229,15 +230,22 @@ static int allocate_frame_data(void)
 		frame_ptr[loop] = lfsr;
 		lfsr = do_lfsr(lfsr);
 	}
-	frame_dma = dma_map_single(&pdev->dev, frame_ptr, 4 * HP_NUM_WORDS,
+
+	frame_dma = dma_map_single(pcfg->dev, frame_ptr, 4 * HP_NUM_WORDS,
 				   DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL);
-	platform_device_del(pdev);
-	platform_device_put(pdev);
+	if (dma_mapping_error(pcfg->dev, frame_dma)) {
+		pr_crit("dma mapping failure\n");
+		kfree(__frame_ptr);
+		return -EIO;
+	}
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
 static void deallocate_frame_data(void)
 {
+	dma_unmap_single(pcfg->dev, frame_dma, 4 * HP_NUM_WORDS,
+			 DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL);
 	kfree(__frame_ptr);
 }
 
@@ -249,7 +257,8 @@ static inline int process_frame_data(struct hp_handler *handler,
 	int loop;
 
 	if (qm_fd_addr_get64(fd) != handler->addr) {
-		pr_crit("bad frame address");
+		pr_crit("bad frame address, [%llX != %llX]\n",
+			qm_fd_addr_get64(fd), handler->addr);
 		return -EIO;
 	}
 	for (loop = 0; loop < HP_NUM_WORDS; loop++, p++) {