diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/omap-usb.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/omap-usb.txt
index 9add35c37ebc5681de103dffabb5613af6f93a62..090e5e22bd2b831a1b05885d5d01db228aec9bef 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/omap-usb.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/omap-usb.txt
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@ OMAP GLUE AND OTHER OMAP SPECIFIC COMPONENTS
 OMAP MUSB GLUE
  - compatible : Should be "ti,omap4-musb" or "ti,omap3-musb"
  - ti,hwmods : must be "usb_otg_hs"
- - ti,has-mailbox : to specify that omap uses an external mailbox
-   (in control module) to communicate with the musb core during device connect
-   and disconnect.
  - multipoint : Should be "1" indicating the musb controller supports
    multipoint. This is a MUSB configuration-specific setting.
  - num-eps : Specifies the number of endpoints. This is also a
@@ -31,7 +28,6 @@ SOC specific device node entry
 usb_otg_hs: usb_otg_hs@4a0ab000 {
 	compatible = "ti,omap4-musb";
 	ti,hwmods = "usb_otg_hs";
-	ti,has-mailbox;
 	multipoint = <1>;
 	num-eps = <16>;
 	ram-bits = <12>;
diff --git a/drivers/usb/musb/omap2430.c b/drivers/usb/musb/omap2430.c
index d0fc4d9c7b80fa0646ba6179a4a12c0ece0afb93..9eab645fed8b71856041ab925266f6ae4bc8303a 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/musb/omap2430.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/musb/omap2430.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <linux/usb/musb-omap.h>
 #include <linux/usb/omap_control_usb.h>
+#include <linux/of_platform.h>
 
 #include "musb_core.h"
 #include "omap2430.h"
@@ -524,8 +525,12 @@ static int omap2430_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	glue->dev			= &pdev->dev;
 	glue->musb			= musb;
 	glue->status			= OMAP_MUSB_UNKNOWN;
+	glue->control_otghs = ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
 
 	if (np) {
+		struct device_node *control_node;
+		struct platform_device *control_pdev;
+
 		pdata = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*pdata), GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!pdata) {
 			dev_err(&pdev->dev,
@@ -554,22 +559,20 @@ static int omap2430_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		of_property_read_u32(np, "ram-bits", (u32 *)&config->ram_bits);
 		of_property_read_u32(np, "power", (u32 *)&pdata->power);
 		config->multipoint = of_property_read_bool(np, "multipoint");
-		pdata->has_mailbox = of_property_read_bool(np,
-		    "ti,has-mailbox");
 
 		pdata->board_data	= data;
 		pdata->config		= config;
-	}
 
-	if (pdata->has_mailbox) {
-		glue->control_otghs = omap_get_control_dev();
-		if (IS_ERR(glue->control_otghs)) {
-			dev_vdbg(&pdev->dev, "Failed to get control device\n");
-			ret = PTR_ERR(glue->control_otghs);
-			goto err2;
+		control_node = of_parse_phandle(np, "ctrl-module", 0);
+		if (control_node) {
+			control_pdev = of_find_device_by_node(control_node);
+			if (!control_pdev) {
+				dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Failed to get control device\n");
+				ret = -EINVAL;
+				goto err2;
+			}
+			glue->control_otghs = &control_pdev->dev;
 		}
-	} else {
-		glue->control_otghs = ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
 	}
 	pdata->platform_ops		= &omap2430_ops;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/usb/musb.h b/include/linux/usb/musb.h
index 053c26841cc39bde245acac370e152189f256814..eb505250940af073cd1059f82c4e48d773df3acb 100644
--- a/include/linux/usb/musb.h
+++ b/include/linux/usb/musb.h
@@ -99,8 +99,6 @@ struct musb_hdrc_platform_data {
 	/* MUSB_HOST, MUSB_PERIPHERAL, or MUSB_OTG */
 	u8		mode;
 
-	u8		has_mailbox:1;
-
 	/* for clk_get() */
 	const char	*clock;