diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-ep93xx/snappercl15.c b/arch/arm/mach-ep93xx/snappercl15.c
index c4904264256ad8675c04d42f2223dab64c8d1e15..b2db791b3b38b0adb69e64ea0cd596356184b483 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-ep93xx/snappercl15.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-ep93xx/snappercl15.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 static void snappercl15_nand_cmd_ctrl(struct mtd_info *mtd, int cmd,
 				      unsigned int ctrl)
 {
-	struct nand_chip *chip = mtd->priv;
+	struct nand_chip *chip = mtd_to_nand(mtd);
 	static u16 nand_state = SNAPPERCL15_NAND_WPN;
 	u16 set;
 
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ static void snappercl15_nand_cmd_ctrl(struct mtd_info *mtd, int cmd,
 
 static int snappercl15_nand_dev_ready(struct mtd_info *mtd)
 {
-	struct nand_chip *chip = mtd->priv;
+	struct nand_chip *chip = mtd_to_nand(mtd);
 
 	return !!(__raw_readw(NAND_CTRL_ADDR(chip)) & SNAPPERCL15_NAND_RDY);
 }
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-ep93xx/ts72xx.c b/arch/arm/mach-ep93xx/ts72xx.c
index 61f4b5dc4d7dd9ad8d6802606b47d2117be314cc..45b81a2bcd4b39ca121c5eedb04c6600c65ec65d 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-ep93xx/ts72xx.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-ep93xx/ts72xx.c
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ static void __init ts72xx_map_io(void)
 static void ts72xx_nand_hwcontrol(struct mtd_info *mtd,
 				  int cmd, unsigned int ctrl)
 {
-	struct nand_chip *chip = mtd->priv;
+	struct nand_chip *chip = mtd_to_nand(mtd);
 
 	if (ctrl & NAND_CTRL_CHANGE) {
 		void __iomem *addr = chip->IO_ADDR_R;
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ static void ts72xx_nand_hwcontrol(struct mtd_info *mtd,
 
 static int ts72xx_nand_device_ready(struct mtd_info *mtd)
 {
-	struct nand_chip *chip = mtd->priv;
+	struct nand_chip *chip = mtd_to_nand(mtd);
 	void __iomem *addr = chip->IO_ADDR_R;
 
 	addr += (1 << TS72XX_NAND_BUSY_ADDR_LINE);
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-imx/mach-qong.c b/arch/arm/mach-imx/mach-qong.c
index a213e7b9cb1c90caf89afbb06408c43004ee8af6..5c27646047270fc4fbcab94e689f5e533d3d9d09 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-imx/mach-qong.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-imx/mach-qong.c
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ static void qong_init_nor_mtd(void)
  */
 static void qong_nand_cmd_ctrl(struct mtd_info *mtd, int cmd, unsigned int ctrl)
 {
-	struct nand_chip *nand_chip = mtd->priv;
+	struct nand_chip *nand_chip = mtd_to_nand(mtd);
 
 	if (cmd == NAND_CMD_NONE)
 		return;
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-ixp4xx/ixdp425-setup.c b/arch/arm/mach-ixp4xx/ixdp425-setup.c
index e7b8befa872950c43d7289e12f49ae7850d6c3c9..333b0f9ea635e7a0085b28af80dd0338704b5bc3 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-ixp4xx/ixdp425-setup.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-ixp4xx/ixdp425-setup.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ static struct mtd_partition ixdp425_partitions[] = {
 static void
 ixdp425_flash_nand_cmd_ctrl(struct mtd_info *mtd, int cmd, unsigned int ctrl)
 {
-	struct nand_chip *this = mtd->priv;
+	struct nand_chip *this = mtd_to_nand(mtd);
 	int offset = (int)this->priv;
 
 	if (ctrl & NAND_CTRL_CHANGE) {
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap1/board-nand.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap1/board-nand.c
index 4d0835327d2038580ce707f57d7aac5b2a2269c6..7684f9203474386eafbd3d974dbcfa5a30b24989 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap1/board-nand.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap1/board-nand.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 void omap1_nand_cmd_ctl(struct mtd_info *mtd, int cmd, unsigned int ctrl)
 {
-	struct nand_chip *this = mtd->priv;
+	struct nand_chip *this = mtd_to_nand(mtd);
 	unsigned long mask;
 
 	if (cmd == NAND_CMD_NONE)
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-orion5x/ts78xx-setup.c b/arch/arm/mach-orion5x/ts78xx-setup.c
index 1b704d35cf5b2922959ede312995777f510996c7..96cf6b51eddc7a50c67c1f1187889afb83e4736b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-orion5x/ts78xx-setup.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-orion5x/ts78xx-setup.c
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ static void ts78xx_ts_rtc_unload(void)
 static void ts78xx_ts_nand_cmd_ctrl(struct mtd_info *mtd, int cmd,
 			unsigned int ctrl)
 {
-	struct nand_chip *this = mtd->priv;
+	struct nand_chip *this = mtd_to_nand(mtd);
 
 	if (ctrl & NAND_CTRL_CHANGE) {
 		unsigned char bits;
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ static int ts78xx_ts_nand_dev_ready(struct mtd_info *mtd)
 static void ts78xx_ts_nand_write_buf(struct mtd_info *mtd,
 			const uint8_t *buf, int len)
 {
-	struct nand_chip *chip = mtd->priv;
+	struct nand_chip *chip = mtd_to_nand(mtd);
 	void __iomem *io_base = chip->IO_ADDR_W;
 	unsigned long off = ((unsigned long)buf & 3);
 	int sz;
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ static void ts78xx_ts_nand_write_buf(struct mtd_info *mtd,
 static void ts78xx_ts_nand_read_buf(struct mtd_info *mtd,
 			uint8_t *buf, int len)
 {
-	struct nand_chip *chip = mtd->priv;
+	struct nand_chip *chip = mtd_to_nand(mtd);
 	void __iomem *io_base = chip->IO_ADDR_R;
 	unsigned long off = ((unsigned long)buf & 3);
 	int sz;
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-pxa/balloon3.c b/arch/arm/mach-pxa/balloon3.c
index a727282bfa99605b51c3fd498af006829442b286..7734ec4f138509083e8be6764bab7cac2aa27c57 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-pxa/balloon3.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-pxa/balloon3.c
@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ static inline void balloon3_i2c_init(void) {}
 #if defined(CONFIG_MTD_NAND_PLATFORM)||defined(CONFIG_MTD_NAND_PLATFORM_MODULE)
 static void balloon3_nand_cmd_ctl(struct mtd_info *mtd, int cmd, unsigned int ctrl)
 {
-	struct nand_chip *this = mtd->priv;
+	struct nand_chip *this = mtd_to_nand(mtd);
 	uint8_t balloon3_ctl_set = 0, balloon3_ctl_clr = 0;
 
 	if (ctrl & NAND_CTRL_CHANGE) {
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-pxa/em-x270.c b/arch/arm/mach-pxa/em-x270.c
index 9d7072b040458ff741ed8d30ccddaf9593fb1bd3..38600a70e3cab2a9cf56c9298ada57f4db8388fd 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-pxa/em-x270.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-pxa/em-x270.c
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ static void nand_cs_off(void)
 static void em_x270_nand_cmd_ctl(struct mtd_info *mtd, int dat,
 				 unsigned int ctrl)
 {
-	struct nand_chip *this = mtd->priv;
+	struct nand_chip *this = mtd_to_nand(mtd);
 	unsigned long nandaddr = (unsigned long)this->IO_ADDR_W;
 
 	dsb();
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-pxa/palmtx.c b/arch/arm/mach-pxa/palmtx.c
index 83f830dd8ad89fc6bdab7efafbde791cfeaf5915..d787dd17f6b2aa04f78bd415644928a13e2cd895 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-pxa/palmtx.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-pxa/palmtx.c
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ static inline void palmtx_keys_init(void) {}
 static void palmtx_nand_cmd_ctl(struct mtd_info *mtd, int cmd,
 				 unsigned int ctrl)
 {
-	struct nand_chip *this = mtd->priv;
+	struct nand_chip *this = mtd_to_nand(mtd);
 	char __iomem *nandaddr = this->IO_ADDR_W;
 
 	if (cmd == NAND_CMD_NONE)
diff --git a/include/linux/mtd/nand.h b/include/linux/mtd/nand.h
index 5a9d1d4c2487fc2cf8f08489f317bf60df93b06f..a4839b3f27da0b14baaf946bd3467f63ef96426a 100644
--- a/include/linux/mtd/nand.h
+++ b/include/linux/mtd/nand.h
@@ -719,6 +719,11 @@ struct nand_chip {
 	void *priv;
 };
 
+static inline struct nand_chip *mtd_to_nand(struct mtd_info *mtd)
+{
+	return mtd->priv;
+}
+
 /*
  * NAND Flash Manufacturer ID Codes
  */