diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/omap2.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/omap2.c
index b0f89d87de89594777121fbc81fc545e361c3a48..1ec0a1dbed3db0e1a0a87387f19e4f7565148c86 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/omap2.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/omap2.c
@@ -144,8 +144,13 @@ static u_char bch8_vector[] = {0xf3, 0xdb, 0x14, 0x16, 0x8b, 0xd2, 0xbe, 0xcc,
 	0xac, 0x6b, 0xff, 0x99, 0x7b};
 static u_char bch4_vector[] = {0x00, 0x6b, 0x31, 0xdd, 0x41, 0xbc, 0x10};
 
+/* Shared among all NAND instances to synchronize access to the ECC Engine */
+static struct nand_hw_control omap_gpmc_controller = {
+	.lock = __SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED(omap_gpmc_controller.lock),
+	.wq = __WAIT_QUEUE_HEAD_INITIALIZER(omap_gpmc_controller.wq),
+};
+
 struct omap_nand_info {
-	struct nand_hw_control		controller;
 	struct omap_nand_platform_data	*pdata;
 	struct mtd_info			mtd;
 	struct nand_chip		nand;
@@ -1685,9 +1690,6 @@ static int omap_nand_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, info);
 
-	spin_lock_init(&info->controller.lock);
-	init_waitqueue_head(&info->controller.wq);
-
 	info->pdev		= pdev;
 	info->gpmc_cs		= pdata->cs;
 	info->reg		= pdata->reg;
@@ -1707,7 +1709,7 @@ static int omap_nand_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	info->phys_base = res->start;
 
-	nand_chip->controller = &info->controller;
+	nand_chip->controller = &omap_gpmc_controller;
 
 	nand_chip->IO_ADDR_W = nand_chip->IO_ADDR_R;
 	nand_chip->cmd_ctrl  = omap_hwcontrol;