diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/atmel/pmecc.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/atmel/pmecc.c
index 55a8ee5306ea992f39bbcd0c2cbaa5e40ad90214..8c210a5776bcbea1677e422dc3f06397c831d9cc 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/atmel/pmecc.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/atmel/pmecc.c
@@ -945,6 +945,7 @@ struct atmel_pmecc *devm_atmel_pmecc_get(struct device *userdev)
 		 */
 		struct platform_device *pdev = to_platform_device(userdev);
 		const struct atmel_pmecc_caps *caps;
+		const struct of_device_id *match;
 
 		/* No PMECC engine available. */
 		if (!of_property_read_bool(userdev->of_node,
@@ -953,21 +954,11 @@ struct atmel_pmecc *devm_atmel_pmecc_get(struct device *userdev)
 
 		caps = &at91sam9g45_caps;
 
-		/*
-		 * Try to find the NFC subnode and extract the associated caps
-		 * from there.
-		 */
-		np = of_find_compatible_node(userdev->of_node, NULL,
-					     "atmel,sama5d3-nfc");
-		if (np) {
-			const struct of_device_id *match;
-
-			match = of_match_node(atmel_pmecc_legacy_match, np);
-			if (match && match->data)
-				caps = match->data;
-
-			of_node_put(np);
-		}
+		/* Find the caps associated to the NAND dev node. */
+		match = of_match_node(atmel_pmecc_legacy_match,
+				      userdev->of_node);
+		if (match && match->data)
+			caps = match->data;
 
 		pmecc = atmel_pmecc_create(pdev, caps, 1, 2);
 	}