diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/mmc-twl4030.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/mmc-twl4030.c
index df1539e2cd0705b7ba6169d2da4eb5069294f568..c67078db07be1b96f05260f9564aa5fc6042a689 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/mmc-twl4030.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/mmc-twl4030.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <linux/gpio.h>
 #include <linux/i2c/twl4030.h>
+#include <linux/regulator/machine.h>
 
 #include <mach/hardware.h>
 #include <mach/control.h>
@@ -437,6 +438,15 @@ void __init twl4030_mmc_init(struct twl4030_hsmmc_info *controllers)
 	}
 
 	omap2_init_mmc(hsmmc_data, OMAP34XX_NR_MMC);
+
+	/* pass the device nodes back to board setup code */
+	for (c = controllers; c->mmc; c++) {
+		struct omap_mmc_platform_data *mmc = hsmmc_data[c->mmc - 1];
+
+		if (!c->mmc || c->mmc > nr_hsmmc)
+			continue;
+		c->dev = mmc->dev;
+	}
 }
 
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/mmc-twl4030.h b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/mmc-twl4030.h
index 380dde7bcfe34e5e860c50d3a461fecfd0147bd1..21d35727f921d66157b27194dc53bb5129505b7d 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/mmc-twl4030.h
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/mmc-twl4030.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ struct twl4030_hsmmc_info {
 	bool	ext_clock;	/* use external pin for input clock */
 	int	gpio_cd;	/* or -EINVAL */
 	int	gpio_wp;	/* or -EINVAL */
+	struct device *dev;	/* returned: pointer to mmc adapter */
 };
 
 #if	defined(CONFIG_TWL4030_CORE) && \
diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-omap/devices.c b/arch/arm/plat-omap/devices.c
index 208dbb121f477e11d2eb4d79601633f379bcc313..87fb7ff4179489728874278092b176b14886ac3c 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-omap/devices.c
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-omap/devices.c
@@ -228,6 +228,9 @@ int __init omap_mmc_add(const char *name, int id, unsigned long base,
 	ret = platform_device_add(pdev);
 	if (ret)
 		goto fail;
+
+	/* return device handle to board setup code */
+	data->dev = &pdev->dev;
 	return 0;
 
 fail:
diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-omap/include/mach/mmc.h b/arch/arm/plat-omap/include/mach/mmc.h
index 73a9e15031b18e1c022ec372c5f04b8a97e49f69..4435bd434e179b995adfbec2944ac24436aa6119 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-omap/include/mach/mmc.h
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-omap/include/mach/mmc.h
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@
 #define OMAP_MMC_MAX_SLOTS	2
 
 struct omap_mmc_platform_data {
+	/* back-link to device */
+	struct device *dev;
 
 	/* number of slots per controller */
 	unsigned nr_slots:2;