diff --git a/drivers/edac/ghes_edac.c b/drivers/edac/ghes_edac.c
index f6f6a688c009d95b28f2c42e7fad4f2dbd720d20..2275d6bf6bc57dad30c9de71c0f0cf8a9d7d534b 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/ghes_edac.c
+++ b/drivers/edac/ghes_edac.c
@@ -106,9 +106,7 @@ static void ghes_edac_dmidecode(const struct dmi_header *dh, void *arg)
 
 	if (dh->type == DMI_ENTRY_MEM_DEVICE) {
 		struct memdev_dmi_entry *entry = (struct memdev_dmi_entry *)dh;
-		struct dimm_info *dimm = EDAC_DIMM_PTR(mci->layers, mci->dimms,
-						       mci->n_layers,
-						       dimm_fill->count, 0, 0);
+		struct dimm_info *dimm = edac_get_dimm(mci, dimm_fill->count, 0, 0);
 		u16 rdr_mask = BIT(7) | BIT(13);
 
 		if (entry->size == 0xffff) {
@@ -544,8 +542,7 @@ int ghes_edac_register(struct ghes *ghes, struct device *dev)
 		dimm_fill.mci = mci;
 		dmi_walk(ghes_edac_dmidecode, &dimm_fill);
 	} else {
-		struct dimm_info *dimm = EDAC_DIMM_PTR(mci->layers, mci->dimms,
-						       mci->n_layers, 0, 0, 0);
+		struct dimm_info *dimm = edac_get_dimm(mci, 0, 0, 0);
 
 		dimm->nr_pages = 1;
 		dimm->grain = 128;
diff --git a/drivers/edac/i10nm_base.c b/drivers/edac/i10nm_base.c
index c370d5457e6b69454edfe565a3243d43b2d3286e..059eccf0582bbbe80b62d2bc7875b4f1c74f40cb 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/i10nm_base.c
+++ b/drivers/edac/i10nm_base.c
@@ -154,8 +154,7 @@ static int i10nm_get_dimm_config(struct mem_ctl_info *mci)
 
 		ndimms = 0;
 		for (j = 0; j < I10NM_NUM_DIMMS; j++) {
-			dimm = EDAC_DIMM_PTR(mci->layers, mci->dimms,
-					     mci->n_layers, i, j, 0);
+			dimm = edac_get_dimm(mci, i, j, 0);
 			mtr = I10NM_GET_DIMMMTR(imc, i, j);
 			mcddrtcfg = I10NM_GET_MCDDRTCFG(imc, i, j);
 			edac_dbg(1, "dimmmtr 0x%x mcddrtcfg 0x%x (mc%d ch%d dimm%d)\n",
diff --git a/drivers/edac/i3200_edac.c b/drivers/edac/i3200_edac.c
index 299b441647cd5c62740403c7476e79bf35983e13..432b375a407540e499e00b7abf4abd4ca995a0d0 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/i3200_edac.c
+++ b/drivers/edac/i3200_edac.c
@@ -392,8 +392,7 @@ static int i3200_probe1(struct pci_dev *pdev, int dev_idx)
 		unsigned long nr_pages;
 
 		for (j = 0; j < nr_channels; j++) {
-			struct dimm_info *dimm = EDAC_DIMM_PTR(mci->layers, mci->dimms,
-							       mci->n_layers, i, j, 0);
+			struct dimm_info *dimm = edac_get_dimm(mci, i, j, 0);
 
 			nr_pages = drb_to_nr_pages(drbs, stacked, j, i);
 			if (nr_pages == 0)
diff --git a/drivers/edac/i5000_edac.c b/drivers/edac/i5000_edac.c
index 078a7351bf0566b9a53db577497ce78ac306d50a..1a6f69c859ab9007c8d6a8c8e097c4d421f25a8b 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/i5000_edac.c
+++ b/drivers/edac/i5000_edac.c
@@ -1275,9 +1275,8 @@ static int i5000_init_csrows(struct mem_ctl_info *mci)
 			if (!MTR_DIMMS_PRESENT(mtr))
 				continue;
 
-			dimm = EDAC_DIMM_PTR(mci->layers, mci->dimms, mci->n_layers,
-				       channel / MAX_BRANCHES,
-				       channel % MAX_BRANCHES, slot);
+			dimm = edac_get_dimm(mci, channel / MAX_BRANCHES,
+					     channel % MAX_BRANCHES, slot);
 
 			csrow_megs = pvt->dimm_info[slot][channel].megabytes;
 			dimm->grain = 8;
diff --git a/drivers/edac/i5100_edac.c b/drivers/edac/i5100_edac.c
index 12bebecb203bda114a3c9c918fed7c4713f41297..134586753311a4e0f2840d88f43047819da1d394 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/i5100_edac.c
+++ b/drivers/edac/i5100_edac.c
@@ -858,8 +858,7 @@ static void i5100_init_csrows(struct mem_ctl_info *mci)
 		if (!npages)
 			continue;
 
-		dimm = EDAC_DIMM_PTR(mci->layers, mci->dimms, mci->n_layers,
-			       chan, rank, 0);
+		dimm = edac_get_dimm(mci, chan, rank, 0);
 
 		dimm->nr_pages = npages;
 		dimm->grain = 32;
diff --git a/drivers/edac/i5400_edac.c b/drivers/edac/i5400_edac.c
index 8c86c6fd7da7bf614d7610d4d5df9fa4c9fb1dcc..f131c05ade9fa25f39f1862aff0c287392d909bd 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/i5400_edac.c
+++ b/drivers/edac/i5400_edac.c
@@ -1187,8 +1187,7 @@ static int i5400_init_dimms(struct mem_ctl_info *mci)
 			if (!MTR_DIMMS_PRESENT(mtr))
 				continue;
 
-			dimm = EDAC_DIMM_PTR(mci->layers, mci->dimms, mci->n_layers,
-				       channel / 2, channel % 2, slot);
+			dimm = edac_get_dimm(mci, channel / 2, channel % 2, slot);
 
 			size_mb =  pvt->dimm_info[slot][channel].megabytes;
 
diff --git a/drivers/edac/i7300_edac.c b/drivers/edac/i7300_edac.c
index 447d357c7a67f23ba71cbb72eee704add9d00ecf..2e9bbe56cde9eb8e6d73d7cca84db5f976571ba2 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/i7300_edac.c
+++ b/drivers/edac/i7300_edac.c
@@ -794,8 +794,7 @@ static int i7300_init_csrows(struct mem_ctl_info *mci)
 			for (ch = 0; ch < max_channel; ch++) {
 				int channel = to_channel(ch, branch);
 
-				dimm = EDAC_DIMM_PTR(mci->layers, mci->dimms,
-					       mci->n_layers, branch, ch, slot);
+				dimm = edac_get_dimm(mci, branch, ch, slot);
 
 				dinfo = &pvt->dimm_info[slot][channel];
 
diff --git a/drivers/edac/i7core_edac.c b/drivers/edac/i7core_edac.c
index a71cca6eeb3334da908ce185132e70d076b4392c..b3135b208f9a0e0ed1bded6bf94e06838953515a 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/i7core_edac.c
+++ b/drivers/edac/i7core_edac.c
@@ -585,8 +585,7 @@ static int get_dimm_config(struct mem_ctl_info *mci)
 			if (!DIMM_PRESENT(dimm_dod[j]))
 				continue;
 
-			dimm = EDAC_DIMM_PTR(mci->layers, mci->dimms, mci->n_layers,
-				       i, j, 0);
+			dimm = edac_get_dimm(mci, i, j, 0);
 			banks = numbank(MC_DOD_NUMBANK(dimm_dod[j]));
 			ranks = numrank(MC_DOD_NUMRANK(dimm_dod[j]));
 			rows = numrow(MC_DOD_NUMROW(dimm_dod[j]));
diff --git a/drivers/edac/ie31200_edac.c b/drivers/edac/ie31200_edac.c
index d26300f9cb07d0ba70bb26dca306635dcabe7100..4f65073f230b2b70db37f9bbbe456f7da2f59246 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/ie31200_edac.c
+++ b/drivers/edac/ie31200_edac.c
@@ -490,9 +490,7 @@ static int ie31200_probe1(struct pci_dev *pdev, int dev_idx)
 
 			if (dimm_info[j][i].dual_rank) {
 				nr_pages = nr_pages / 2;
-				dimm = EDAC_DIMM_PTR(mci->layers, mci->dimms,
-						     mci->n_layers, (i * 2) + 1,
-						     j, 0);
+				dimm = edac_get_dimm(mci, (i * 2) + 1, j, 0);
 				dimm->nr_pages = nr_pages;
 				edac_dbg(0, "set nr pages: 0x%lx\n", nr_pages);
 				dimm->grain = 8; /* just a guess */
@@ -503,8 +501,7 @@ static int ie31200_probe1(struct pci_dev *pdev, int dev_idx)
 				dimm->dtype = DEV_UNKNOWN;
 				dimm->edac_mode = EDAC_UNKNOWN;
 			}
-			dimm = EDAC_DIMM_PTR(mci->layers, mci->dimms,
-					     mci->n_layers, i * 2, j, 0);
+			dimm = edac_get_dimm(mci, i * 2, j, 0);
 			dimm->nr_pages = nr_pages;
 			edac_dbg(0, "set nr pages: 0x%lx\n", nr_pages);
 			dimm->grain = 8; /* same guess */
diff --git a/drivers/edac/pnd2_edac.c b/drivers/edac/pnd2_edac.c
index b1193be1ef1d8387bdda03407f17e149c4c87934..933f7722b893d7e516854c1b779d09970653bb94 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/pnd2_edac.c
+++ b/drivers/edac/pnd2_edac.c
@@ -1231,7 +1231,7 @@ static void apl_get_dimm_config(struct mem_ctl_info *mci)
 		if (!(chan_mask & BIT(i)))
 			continue;
 
-		dimm = EDAC_DIMM_PTR(mci->layers, mci->dimms, mci->n_layers, i, 0, 0);
+		dimm = edac_get_dimm(mci, i, 0, 0);
 		if (!dimm) {
 			edac_dbg(0, "No allocated DIMM for channel %d\n", i);
 			continue;
@@ -1311,7 +1311,7 @@ static void dnv_get_dimm_config(struct mem_ctl_info *mci)
 			if (!ranks_of_dimm[j])
 				continue;
 
-			dimm = EDAC_DIMM_PTR(mci->layers, mci->dimms, mci->n_layers, i, j, 0);
+			dimm = edac_get_dimm(mci, i, j, 0);
 			if (!dimm) {
 				edac_dbg(0, "No allocated DIMM for channel %d DIMM %d\n", i, j);
 				continue;
diff --git a/drivers/edac/sb_edac.c b/drivers/edac/sb_edac.c
index a2fd39d330d67ff42b155243ace2f1d1ccee47ba..4957e8ee1879920f2139e3c2318dd4772b3d5280 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/sb_edac.c
+++ b/drivers/edac/sb_edac.c
@@ -1621,7 +1621,7 @@ static int __populate_dimms(struct mem_ctl_info *mci,
 		}
 
 		for (j = 0; j < max_dimms_per_channel; j++) {
-			dimm = EDAC_DIMM_PTR(mci->layers, mci->dimms, mci->n_layers, i, j, 0);
+			dimm = edac_get_dimm(mci, i, j, 0);
 			if (pvt->info.type == KNIGHTS_LANDING) {
 				pci_read_config_dword(pvt->knl.pci_channel[i],
 					knl_mtr_reg, &mtr);
diff --git a/drivers/edac/skx_base.c b/drivers/edac/skx_base.c
index a8853e724d1fd331b2d3a3fb152bf6ddedf1c717..83545b4facb7693696d49ecafd8ccbf39cd67d42 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/skx_base.c
+++ b/drivers/edac/skx_base.c
@@ -189,8 +189,7 @@ static int skx_get_dimm_config(struct mem_ctl_info *mci)
 		pci_read_config_dword(imc->chan[i].cdev, 0x8C, &amap);
 		pci_read_config_dword(imc->chan[i].cdev, 0x400, &mcddrtcfg);
 		for (j = 0; j < SKX_NUM_DIMMS; j++) {
-			dimm = EDAC_DIMM_PTR(mci->layers, mci->dimms,
-					     mci->n_layers, i, j, 0);
+			dimm = edac_get_dimm(mci, i, j, 0);
 			pci_read_config_dword(imc->chan[i].cdev,
 					      0x80 + 4 * j, &mtr);
 			if (IS_DIMM_PRESENT(mtr)) {
diff --git a/drivers/edac/ti_edac.c b/drivers/edac/ti_edac.c
index 6ac26d1b929f048017fc37045de389def37e5148..8be3e89a510e424c43acd97ce40d9e3985e597c9 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/ti_edac.c
+++ b/drivers/edac/ti_edac.c
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ static void ti_edac_setup_dimm(struct mem_ctl_info *mci, u32 type)
 	u32 val;
 	u32 memsize;
 
-	dimm = EDAC_DIMM_PTR(mci->layers, mci->dimms, mci->n_layers, 0, 0, 0);
+	dimm = edac_get_dimm(mci, 0, 0, 0);
 
 	val = ti_edac_readl(edac, EMIF_SDRAM_CONFIG);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/edac.h b/include/linux/edac.h
index c19483b900794cd8a478f265a6873bea054ac712..280d109b9d050b497d66b6d1c6d71bb1c2a3fa4c 100644
--- a/include/linux/edac.h
+++ b/include/linux/edac.h
@@ -403,37 +403,6 @@ struct edac_mc_layer {
 	__i;								\
 })
 
-/**
- * EDAC_DIMM_PTR - Macro responsible to get a pointer inside a pointer array
- *		   for the element given by [layer0,layer1,layer2] position
- *
- * @layers:	a struct edac_mc_layer array, describing how many elements
- *		were allocated for each layer
- * @var:	name of the var where we want to get the pointer
- *		(like mci->dimms)
- * @nlayers:	Number of layers at the @layers array
- * @layer0:	layer0 position
- * @layer1:	layer1 position. Unused if n_layers < 2
- * @layer2:	layer2 position. Unused if n_layers < 3
- *
- * For 1 layer, this macro returns "var[layer0]";
- *
- * For 2 layers, this macro is similar to allocate a bi-dimensional array
- * and to return "var[layer0][layer1]";
- *
- * For 3 layers, this macro is similar to allocate a tri-dimensional array
- * and to return "var[layer0][layer1][layer2]";
- */
-#define EDAC_DIMM_PTR(layers, var, nlayers, layer0, layer1, layer2) ({	\
-	typeof(*var) __p;						\
-	int ___i = EDAC_DIMM_OFF(layers, nlayers, layer0, layer1, layer2);	\
-	if (___i < 0)							\
-		__p = NULL;						\
-	else								\
-		__p = (var)[___i];					\
-	__p;								\
-})
-
 struct dimm_info {
 	struct device dev;
 
@@ -669,4 +638,60 @@ struct mem_ctl_info {
 	bool fake_inject_ue;
 	u16 fake_inject_count;
 };
-#endif
+
+/**
+ * edac_get_dimm_by_index - Get DIMM info at @index from a memory
+ * 			    controller
+ *
+ * @mci:	MC descriptor struct mem_ctl_info
+ * @index:	index in the memory controller's DIMM array
+ *
+ * Returns a struct dimm_info * or NULL on failure.
+ */
+static inline struct dimm_info *
+edac_get_dimm_by_index(struct mem_ctl_info *mci, int index)
+{
+	if (index < 0 || index >= mci->tot_dimms)
+		return NULL;
+
+	return mci->dimms[index];
+}
+
+/**
+ * edac_get_dimm - Get DIMM info from a memory controller given by
+ *                 [layer0,layer1,layer2] position
+ *
+ * @mci:	MC descriptor struct mem_ctl_info
+ * @layer0:	layer0 position
+ * @layer1:	layer1 position. Unused if n_layers < 2
+ * @layer2:	layer2 position. Unused if n_layers < 3
+ *
+ * For 1 layer, this function returns "dimms[layer0]";
+ *
+ * For 2 layers, this function is similar to allocating a two-dimensional
+ * array and returning "dimms[layer0][layer1]";
+ *
+ * For 3 layers, this function is similar to allocating a tri-dimensional
+ * array and returning "dimms[layer0][layer1][layer2]";
+ */
+static inline struct dimm_info *edac_get_dimm(struct mem_ctl_info *mci,
+	int layer0, int layer1, int layer2)
+{
+	int index;
+
+	if (layer0 < 0
+	    || (mci->n_layers > 1 && layer1 < 0)
+	    || (mci->n_layers > 2 && layer2 < 0))
+		return NULL;
+
+	index = layer0;
+
+	if (mci->n_layers > 1)
+		index = index * mci->layers[1].size + layer1;
+
+	if (mci->n_layers > 2)
+		index = index * mci->layers[2].size + layer2;
+
+	return edac_get_dimm_by_index(mci, index);
+}
+#endif /* _LINUX_EDAC_H_ */