diff --git a/drivers/edac/edac_mc.c b/drivers/edac/edac_mc.c
index 27e86d93826280a62744a559332bf0cd9bc03b3b..89e109022d78a27cf506d995c1c16de2feffea0f 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/edac_mc.c
+++ b/drivers/edac/edac_mc.c
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ static LIST_HEAD(mc_devices);
  */
 static void const *edac_mc_owner;
 
+static struct bus_type mc_bus[EDAC_MAX_MCS];
+
 unsigned edac_dimm_info_location(struct dimm_info *dimm, char *buf,
 			         unsigned len)
 {
@@ -723,6 +725,11 @@ int edac_mc_add_mc(struct mem_ctl_info *mci)
 	int ret = -EINVAL;
 	edac_dbg(0, "\n");
 
+	if (mci->mc_idx >= EDAC_MAX_MCS) {
+		pr_warn_once("Too many memory controllers: %d\n", mci->mc_idx);
+		return -ENODEV;
+	}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_EDAC_DEBUG
 	if (edac_debug_level >= 3)
 		edac_mc_dump_mci(mci);
@@ -762,6 +769,8 @@ int edac_mc_add_mc(struct mem_ctl_info *mci)
 	/* set load time so that error rate can be tracked */
 	mci->start_time = jiffies;
 
+	mci->bus = &mc_bus[mci->mc_idx];
+
 	if (edac_create_sysfs_mci_device(mci)) {
 		edac_mc_printk(mci, KERN_WARNING,
 			"failed to create sysfs device\n");
diff --git a/drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c b/drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c
index ef15a7e613bc6b1d1feec75733a86e20cb23efa7..e7c32c4f783737962b575a232f03b5ed19d3629b 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/edac/edac_mc_sysfs.c
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ static int edac_create_csrow_object(struct mem_ctl_info *mci,
 		return -ENODEV;
 
 	csrow->dev.type = &csrow_attr_type;
-	csrow->dev.bus = &mci->bus;
+	csrow->dev.bus = mci->bus;
 	device_initialize(&csrow->dev);
 	csrow->dev.parent = &mci->dev;
 	csrow->mci = mci;
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ static int edac_create_dimm_object(struct mem_ctl_info *mci,
 	dimm->mci = mci;
 
 	dimm->dev.type = &dimm_attr_type;
-	dimm->dev.bus = &mci->bus;
+	dimm->dev.bus = mci->bus;
 	device_initialize(&dimm->dev);
 
 	dimm->dev.parent = &mci->dev;
@@ -975,11 +975,13 @@ int edac_create_sysfs_mci_device(struct mem_ctl_info *mci)
 	 * The memory controller needs its own bus, in order to avoid
 	 * namespace conflicts at /sys/bus/edac.
 	 */
-	mci->bus.name = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "mc%d", mci->mc_idx);
-	if (!mci->bus.name)
+	mci->bus->name = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "mc%d", mci->mc_idx);
+	if (!mci->bus->name)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	edac_dbg(0, "creating bus %s\n", mci->bus.name);
-	err = bus_register(&mci->bus);
+
+	edac_dbg(0, "creating bus %s\n", mci->bus->name);
+
+	err = bus_register(mci->bus);
 	if (err < 0)
 		return err;
 
@@ -988,7 +990,7 @@ int edac_create_sysfs_mci_device(struct mem_ctl_info *mci)
 	device_initialize(&mci->dev);
 
 	mci->dev.parent = mci_pdev;
-	mci->dev.bus = &mci->bus;
+	mci->dev.bus = mci->bus;
 	dev_set_name(&mci->dev, "mc%d", mci->mc_idx);
 	dev_set_drvdata(&mci->dev, mci);
 	pm_runtime_forbid(&mci->dev);
@@ -997,8 +999,8 @@ int edac_create_sysfs_mci_device(struct mem_ctl_info *mci)
 	err = device_add(&mci->dev);
 	if (err < 0) {
 		edac_dbg(1, "failure: create device %s\n", dev_name(&mci->dev));
-		bus_unregister(&mci->bus);
-		kfree(mci->bus.name);
+		bus_unregister(mci->bus);
+		kfree(mci->bus->name);
 		return err;
 	}
 
@@ -1064,8 +1066,8 @@ int edac_create_sysfs_mci_device(struct mem_ctl_info *mci)
 	}
 fail2:
 	device_unregister(&mci->dev);
-	bus_unregister(&mci->bus);
-	kfree(mci->bus.name);
+	bus_unregister(mci->bus);
+	kfree(mci->bus->name);
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -1098,8 +1100,8 @@ void edac_unregister_sysfs(struct mem_ctl_info *mci)
 {
 	edac_dbg(1, "Unregistering device %s\n", dev_name(&mci->dev));
 	device_unregister(&mci->dev);
-	bus_unregister(&mci->bus);
-	kfree(mci->bus.name);
+	bus_unregister(mci->bus);
+	kfree(mci->bus->name);
 }
 
 static void mc_attr_release(struct device *dev)
diff --git a/drivers/edac/i5100_edac.c b/drivers/edac/i5100_edac.c
index 1b635178cc44ff31b8ed224560ebdf86851165f0..157b934e8ce3a528468e45a735ab41dee6043cea 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/i5100_edac.c
+++ b/drivers/edac/i5100_edac.c
@@ -974,7 +974,7 @@ static int i5100_setup_debugfs(struct mem_ctl_info *mci)
 	if (!i5100_debugfs)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	priv->debugfs = debugfs_create_dir(mci->bus.name, i5100_debugfs);
+	priv->debugfs = debugfs_create_dir(mci->bus->name, i5100_debugfs);
 
 	if (!priv->debugfs)
 		return -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/include/linux/edac.h b/include/linux/edac.h
index 0b763276f6199a255d304b572e0c414c90252056..5c6d7fbaf89e00dbed2d9cc418318980f7de3d2b 100644
--- a/include/linux/edac.h
+++ b/include/linux/edac.h
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ struct edac_raw_error_desc {
  */
 struct mem_ctl_info {
 	struct device			dev;
-	struct bus_type			bus;
+	struct bus_type			*bus;
 
 	struct list_head link;	/* for global list of mem_ctl_info structs */
 
@@ -742,4 +742,9 @@ struct mem_ctl_info {
 #endif
 };
 
+/*
+ * Maximum number of memory controllers in the coherent fabric.
+ */
+#define EDAC_MAX_MCS	16
+
 #endif