diff --git a/drivers/mtd/devices/bcm47xxsflash.c b/drivers/mtd/devices/bcm47xxsflash.c
index 4714584aa993..8fe1a097161b 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/devices/bcm47xxsflash.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/devices/bcm47xxsflash.c
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 #include <linux/platform_device.h>
 #include <linux/bcma/bcma.h>
 
+#include "bcm47xxsflash.h"
+
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Serial flash driver for BCMA bus");
 
@@ -13,26 +15,27 @@ static const char *probes[] = { "bcm47xxpart", NULL };
 static int bcm47xxsflash_read(struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t from, size_t len,
 			      size_t *retlen, u_char *buf)
 {
-	struct bcma_sflash *sflash = mtd->priv;
+	struct bcm47xxsflash *b47s = mtd->priv;
 
 	/* Check address range */
 	if ((from + len) > mtd->size)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	memcpy_fromio(buf, (void __iomem *)KSEG0ADDR(sflash->window + from),
+	memcpy_fromio(buf, (void __iomem *)KSEG0ADDR(b47s->window + from),
 		      len);
 
 	return len;
 }
 
-static void bcm47xxsflash_fill_mtd(struct bcma_sflash *sflash,
-				   struct mtd_info *mtd)
+static void bcm47xxsflash_fill_mtd(struct bcm47xxsflash *b47s)
 {
-	mtd->priv = sflash;
+	struct mtd_info *mtd = &b47s->mtd;
+
+	mtd->priv = b47s;
 	mtd->name = "bcm47xxsflash";
 	mtd->owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	mtd->type = MTD_ROM;
-	mtd->size = sflash->size;
+	mtd->size = b47s->size;
 	mtd->_read = bcm47xxsflash_read;
 
 	/* TODO: implement writing support and verify/change following code */
@@ -43,16 +46,23 @@ static void bcm47xxsflash_fill_mtd(struct bcma_sflash *sflash,
 static int bcm47xxsflash_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct bcma_sflash *sflash = dev_get_platdata(&pdev->dev);
+	struct bcm47xxsflash *b47s;
 	int err;
 
-	sflash->mtd = kzalloc(sizeof(struct mtd_info), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!sflash->mtd) {
+	b47s = kzalloc(sizeof(*b47s), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!b47s) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out;
 	}
-	bcm47xxsflash_fill_mtd(sflash, sflash->mtd);
+	sflash->priv = b47s;
 
-	err = mtd_device_parse_register(sflash->mtd, probes, NULL, NULL, 0);
+	b47s->window = sflash->window;
+	b47s->blocksize = sflash->blocksize;
+	b47s->numblocks = sflash->numblocks;
+	b47s->size = sflash->size;
+	bcm47xxsflash_fill_mtd(b47s);
+
+	err = mtd_device_parse_register(&b47s->mtd, probes, NULL, NULL, 0);
 	if (err) {
 		pr_err("Failed to register MTD device: %d\n", err);
 		goto err_dev_reg;
@@ -61,7 +71,7 @@ static int bcm47xxsflash_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	return 0;
 
 err_dev_reg:
-	kfree(sflash->mtd);
+	kfree(&b47s->mtd);
 out:
 	return err;
 }
@@ -69,9 +79,10 @@ out:
 static int bcm47xxsflash_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct bcma_sflash *sflash = dev_get_platdata(&pdev->dev);
+	struct bcm47xxsflash *b47s = sflash->priv;
 
-	mtd_device_unregister(sflash->mtd);
-	kfree(sflash->mtd);
+	mtd_device_unregister(&b47s->mtd);
+	kfree(b47s);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/devices/bcm47xxsflash.h b/drivers/mtd/devices/bcm47xxsflash.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ebf6f710e23c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/mtd/devices/bcm47xxsflash.h
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#ifndef __BCM47XXSFLASH_H
+#define __BCM47XXSFLASH_H
+
+#include <linux/mtd/mtd.h>
+
+struct bcm47xxsflash {
+	u32 window;
+	u32 blocksize;
+	u16 numblocks;
+	u32 size;
+
+	struct mtd_info mtd;
+};
+
+#endif /* BCM47XXSFLASH */
diff --git a/include/linux/bcma/bcma_driver_chipcommon.h b/include/linux/bcma/bcma_driver_chipcommon.h
index 9a0e3fa3ca95..a5bfda6b0a76 100644
--- a/include/linux/bcma/bcma_driver_chipcommon.h
+++ b/include/linux/bcma/bcma_driver_chipcommon.h
@@ -528,6 +528,7 @@ struct bcma_sflash {
 	u32 size;
 
 	struct mtd_info *mtd;
+	void *priv;
 };
 #endif