diff --git a/drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c b/drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c
index 98b0faf6696d6308f21331270780e219367b95b3..8185b1f3e5e632d9dcae772b25e1f83104f39b5d 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c
@@ -672,6 +672,8 @@ static int __devinit m25p_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
 		flash->mtd.erasesize = info->sector_size;
 	}
 
+	flash->mtd.dev.parent = &spi->dev;
+
 	dev_info(&spi->dev, "%s (%lld Kbytes)\n", info->name,
 			(long long)flash->mtd.size >> 10);
 
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/devices/mtd_dataflash.c b/drivers/mtd/devices/mtd_dataflash.c
index d95f74a93bcefcef08ee1382532656f4d8476a54..62dee54af0a58bfc4f1efe8cf8d8f6096ac95c0c 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/devices/mtd_dataflash.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/devices/mtd_dataflash.c
@@ -664,6 +664,8 @@ add_dataflash_otp(struct spi_device *spi, char *name,
 	device->write = dataflash_write;
 	device->priv = priv;
 
+	device->dev.parent = &spi->dev;
+
 	if (revision >= 'c')
 		otp_tag = otp_setup(device, revision);
 
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/maps/omap_nor.c b/drivers/mtd/maps/omap_nor.c
index 7e50e9b1b781fa964893d2a44b017c6a84facfde..a24478102b118920e1dfd423fa082fa432576345 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/maps/omap_nor.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/maps/omap_nor.c
@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@ static int __init omapflash_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	}
 	info->mtd->owner = THIS_MODULE;
 
+	info->mtd->dev.parent = &pdev->dev;
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONS
 	err = parse_mtd_partitions(info->mtd, part_probes, &info->parts, 0);
 	if (err > 0)
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/maps/physmap.c b/drivers/mtd/maps/physmap.c
index 229718222db710e27fc980fb68ca287d9553e99d..29a9011573522abbe7d8b021ddec46182dcfb2d2 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/maps/physmap.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/maps/physmap.c
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ static int physmap_flash_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
 			devices_found++;
 		}
 		info->mtd[i]->owner = THIS_MODULE;
+		info->mtd[i]->dev.parent = &dev->dev;
 	}
 
 	if (devices_found == 1) {
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/maps/plat-ram.c b/drivers/mtd/maps/plat-ram.c
index e7dd9c8a965e2fc86d32b98eaa060657d0819724..49c9ece764770e6f8cfddb9d46fd26b94d22bb47 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/maps/plat-ram.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/maps/plat-ram.c
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ static int platram_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	}
 
 	info->mtd->owner = THIS_MODULE;
+	info->mtd->dev.parent = &pdev->dev;
 
 	platram_setrw(info, PLATRAM_RW);
 
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/davinci_nand.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/davinci_nand.c
index 81f7ecd23c6075e90ffc6bf8340249bbc3ac8f6a..0119220de7d03c8d4f1b25ff0b46615b262814da 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/davinci_nand.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/davinci_nand.c
@@ -343,6 +343,8 @@ static int __init nand_davinci_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	info->mtd.name		= dev_name(&pdev->dev);
 	info->mtd.owner		= THIS_MODULE;
 
+	info->mtd.dev.parent	= &pdev->dev;
+
 	info->chip.IO_ADDR_R	= vaddr;
 	info->chip.IO_ADDR_W	= vaddr;
 	info->chip.chip_delay	= 0;
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/mxc_nand.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/mxc_nand.c
index 21fd4f1c48068fdd7dda80fd34d96502cc438e68..bfde74a9ba6bdab6b3f8683a2c4c858fcf74a37a 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/mxc_nand.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/mxc_nand.c
@@ -866,6 +866,7 @@ static int __init mxcnd_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	mtd = &host->mtd;
 	mtd->priv = this;
 	mtd->owner = THIS_MODULE;
+	mtd->dev.parent = &pdev->dev;
 
 	/* 50 us command delay time */
 	this->chip_delay = 5;
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/onenand/omap2.c b/drivers/mtd/onenand/omap2.c
index 2c199b30ab58302dabac9e36905cec31efb4778b..f2e9de1414dfcdb4002419c72b60bf1d1ce4927f 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/onenand/omap2.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/onenand/omap2.c
@@ -676,6 +676,8 @@ static int __devinit omap2_onenand_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	c->mtd.priv = &c->onenand;
 	c->mtd.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 
+	c->mtd.dev.parent = &pdev->dev;
+
 	if (c->dma_channel >= 0) {
 		struct onenand_chip *this = &c->onenand;