diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/ion/Kconfig b/drivers/staging/android/ion/Kconfig
index 15108c40c81fa89c1fd9a01850f3c1f95f1a7bb3..a517b2d29f1bb6efce2f22a5520a009c1375bcfb 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/android/ion/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/staging/android/ion/Kconfig
@@ -10,6 +10,31 @@ menuconfig ION
 	  If you're not using Android its probably safe to
 	  say N here.
 
+config ION_SYSTEM_HEAP
+	bool "Ion system heap"
+	depends on ION
+	help
+	  Choose this option to enable the Ion system heap. The system heap
+	  is backed by pages from the buddy allocator. If in doubt, say Y.
+
+config ION_CARVEOUT_HEAP
+	bool "Ion carveout heap support"
+	depends on ION
+	help
+	  Choose this option to enable carveout heaps with Ion. Carveout heaps
+	  are backed by memory reserved from the system. Allocation times are
+	  typically faster at the cost of memory not being used. Unless you
+	  know your system has these regions, you should say N here.
+
+config ION_CHUNK_HEAP
+	bool "Ion chunk heap support"
+	depends on ION
+	help
+          Choose this option to enable chunk heaps with Ion. This heap is
+	  similar in function the carveout heap but memory is broken down
+	  into smaller chunk sizes, typically corresponding to a TLB size.
+	  Unless you know your system has these regions, you should say N here.
+
 config ION_CMA_HEAP
 	bool "Ion CMA heap support"
 	depends on ION && CMA
diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/ion/Makefile b/drivers/staging/android/ion/Makefile
index a892afa5681949d184ae954653b94b05f057a602..eb7eeed6ae409be2965977b79339ff21de3160ba 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/android/ion/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/staging/android/ion/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-obj-$(CONFIG_ION) +=	ion.o ion-ioctl.o ion_heap.o \
-			ion_page_pool.o ion_system_heap.o \
-			ion_carveout_heap.o ion_chunk_heap.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_ION) +=	ion.o ion-ioctl.o ion_heap.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_ION_SYSTEM_HEAP) += ion_system_heap.o ion_page_pool.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_ION_CARVEOUT_HEAP) += ion_carveout_heap.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_ION_CHUNK_HEAP) += ion_chunk_heap.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_ION_CMA_HEAP) += ion_cma_heap.o
diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion.c b/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion.c
index e1fb86530c96ed45bcf87df41cfad24dab4f05b2..7d402334a546b2fd10e8382d190bca7ff937e05f 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion.c
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@
 
 #include "ion.h"
 
+static struct ion_device *internal_dev;
+static int heap_id = 0;
+
 bool ion_buffer_cached(struct ion_buffer *buffer)
 {
 	return !!(buffer->flags & ION_FLAG_CACHED);
@@ -1198,9 +1201,10 @@ static int debug_shrink_get(void *data, u64 *val)
 DEFINE_SIMPLE_ATTRIBUTE(debug_shrink_fops, debug_shrink_get,
 			debug_shrink_set, "%llu\n");
 
-void ion_device_add_heap(struct ion_device *dev, struct ion_heap *heap)
+void ion_device_add_heap(struct ion_heap *heap)
 {
 	struct dentry *debug_file;
+	struct ion_device *dev = internal_dev;
 
 	if (!heap->ops->allocate || !heap->ops->free)
 		pr_err("%s: can not add heap with invalid ops struct.\n",
@@ -1217,6 +1221,7 @@ void ion_device_add_heap(struct ion_device *dev, struct ion_heap *heap)
 
 	heap->dev = dev;
 	down_write(&dev->lock);
+	heap->id = heap_id++;
 	/*
 	 * use negative heap->id to reverse the priority -- when traversing
 	 * the list later attempt higher id numbers first
@@ -1256,14 +1261,14 @@ void ion_device_add_heap(struct ion_device *dev, struct ion_heap *heap)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ion_device_add_heap);
 
-struct ion_device *ion_device_create(void)
+int ion_device_create(void)
 {
 	struct ion_device *idev;
 	int ret;
 
 	idev = kzalloc(sizeof(*idev), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!idev)
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	idev->dev.minor = MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR;
 	idev->dev.name = "ion";
@@ -1273,7 +1278,7 @@ struct ion_device *ion_device_create(void)
 	if (ret) {
 		pr_err("ion: failed to register misc device.\n");
 		kfree(idev);
-		return ERR_PTR(ret);
+		return ret;
 	}
 
 	idev->debug_root = debugfs_create_dir("ion", NULL);
@@ -1292,7 +1297,6 @@ struct ion_device *ion_device_create(void)
 		pr_err("ion: failed to create debugfs clients directory.\n");
 
 debugfs_done:
-
 	idev->buffers = RB_ROOT;
 	mutex_init(&idev->buffer_lock);
 	init_rwsem(&idev->lock);
@@ -1300,15 +1304,7 @@ struct ion_device *ion_device_create(void)
 	idev->clients = RB_ROOT;
 	ion_root_client = &idev->clients;
 	mutex_init(&debugfs_mutex);
-	return idev;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(ion_device_create);
-
-void ion_device_destroy(struct ion_device *dev)
-{
-	misc_deregister(&dev->dev);
-	debugfs_remove_recursive(dev->debug_root);
-	/* XXX need to free the heaps and clients ? */
-	kfree(dev);
+	internal_dev = idev;
+	return 0;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(ion_device_destroy);
+subsys_initcall(ion_device_create);
diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion.h b/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion.h
index fd494034c390325ca0c646fb44bbd294683ac09c..36a15870092a66808f87d92c30aabbab6f5560d1 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion.h
@@ -279,25 +279,11 @@ bool ion_buffer_cached(struct ion_buffer *buffer);
  */
 bool ion_buffer_fault_user_mappings(struct ion_buffer *buffer);
 
-/**
- * ion_device_create - allocates and returns an ion device
- *
- * returns a valid device or -PTR_ERR
- */
-struct ion_device *ion_device_create(void);
-
-/**
- * ion_device_destroy - free and device and it's resource
- * @dev:		the device
- */
-void ion_device_destroy(struct ion_device *dev);
-
 /**
  * ion_device_add_heap - adds a heap to the ion device
- * @dev:		the device
  * @heap:		the heap to add
  */
-void ion_device_add_heap(struct ion_device *dev, struct ion_heap *heap);
+void ion_device_add_heap(struct ion_heap *heap);
 
 /**
  * some helpers for common operations on buffers using the sg_table
@@ -389,30 +375,6 @@ size_t ion_heap_freelist_shrink(struct ion_heap *heap,
 size_t ion_heap_freelist_size(struct ion_heap *heap);
 
 
-/**
- * functions for creating and destroying the built in ion heaps.
- * architectures can add their own custom architecture specific
- * heaps as appropriate.
- */
-
-
-struct ion_heap *ion_heap_create(struct ion_platform_heap *heap_data);
-void ion_heap_destroy(struct ion_heap *heap);
-
-struct ion_heap *ion_system_heap_create(struct ion_platform_heap *unused);
-void ion_system_heap_destroy(struct ion_heap *heap);
-struct ion_heap *ion_system_contig_heap_create(struct ion_platform_heap *heap);
-void ion_system_contig_heap_destroy(struct ion_heap *heap);
-
-struct ion_heap *ion_carveout_heap_create(struct ion_platform_heap *heap_data);
-void ion_carveout_heap_destroy(struct ion_heap *heap);
-
-struct ion_heap *ion_chunk_heap_create(struct ion_platform_heap *heap_data);
-void ion_chunk_heap_destroy(struct ion_heap *heap);
-
-struct ion_heap *ion_cma_heap_create(struct ion_platform_heap *data);
-void ion_cma_heap_destroy(struct ion_heap *heap);
-
 /**
  * functions for creating and destroying a heap pool -- allows you
  * to keep a pool of pre allocated memory to use from your heap.  Keeping
diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_carveout_heap.c b/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_carveout_heap.c
index 72872795c1e435d74bdd56ff850174366bc6e60d..5fdc1f328f6122afbe400d408e865fe6b913f66c 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_carveout_heap.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_carveout_heap.c
@@ -145,13 +145,3 @@ struct ion_heap *ion_carveout_heap_create(struct ion_platform_heap *heap_data)
 
 	return &carveout_heap->heap;
 }
-
-void ion_carveout_heap_destroy(struct ion_heap *heap)
-{
-	struct ion_carveout_heap *carveout_heap =
-	     container_of(heap, struct  ion_carveout_heap, heap);
-
-	gen_pool_destroy(carveout_heap->pool);
-	kfree(carveout_heap);
-	carveout_heap = NULL;
-}
diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_chunk_heap.c b/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_chunk_heap.c
index 9210bfee241c51d68ff89831e95e968e8a59f070..9c257c7a2ba04bdc2a4a5bad87fa2388f1456898 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_chunk_heap.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_chunk_heap.c
@@ -160,12 +160,3 @@ struct ion_heap *ion_chunk_heap_create(struct ion_platform_heap *heap_data)
 	return ERR_PTR(ret);
 }
 
-void ion_chunk_heap_destroy(struct ion_heap *heap)
-{
-	struct ion_chunk_heap *chunk_heap =
-	     container_of(heap, struct  ion_chunk_heap, heap);
-
-	gen_pool_destroy(chunk_heap->pool);
-	kfree(chunk_heap);
-	chunk_heap = NULL;
-}
diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_cma_heap.c b/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_cma_heap.c
index e67e78da40d95da9cf18049aa18b86e27594c07e..dc2a9135c4d0a16acd619b97d5d7499ce614b114 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_cma_heap.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_cma_heap.c
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ static struct ion_heap_ops ion_cma_ops = {
 	.unmap_kernel = ion_heap_unmap_kernel,
 };
 
-struct ion_heap *ion_cma_heap_create(struct ion_platform_heap *data)
+static struct ion_heap *__ion_cma_heap_create(struct cma *cma)
 {
 	struct ion_cma_heap *cma_heap;
 
@@ -101,14 +101,28 @@ struct ion_heap *ion_cma_heap_create(struct ion_platform_heap *data)
 	 * get device from private heaps data, later it will be
 	 * used to make the link with reserved CMA memory
 	 */
-	cma_heap->cma = data->priv;
+	cma_heap->cma = cma;
 	cma_heap->heap.type = ION_HEAP_TYPE_DMA;
 	return &cma_heap->heap;
 }
 
-void ion_cma_heap_destroy(struct ion_heap *heap)
+int __ion_add_cma_heaps(struct cma *cma, void *data)
 {
-	struct ion_cma_heap *cma_heap = to_cma_heap(heap);
+        struct ion_heap *heap;
+
+	heap = __ion_cma_heap_create(cma);
+	if (IS_ERR(heap))
+		return PTR_ERR(heap);
 
-	kfree(cma_heap);
+	heap->name = cma_get_name(cma);
+
+        ion_device_add_heap(heap);
+        return 0;
+}
+
+static int ion_add_cma_heaps(void)
+{
+	cma_for_each_area(__ion_add_cma_heaps, NULL);
+	return 0;
 }
+device_initcall(ion_add_cma_heaps);
diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_heap.c b/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_heap.c
index d8d057cab206c20a6a25e50d83330c469eb74b48..91faa7f035b93c1befecff04c29dfc16827f59b5 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_heap.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_heap.c
@@ -314,74 +314,3 @@ void ion_heap_init_shrinker(struct ion_heap *heap)
 	heap->shrinker.batch = 0;
 	register_shrinker(&heap->shrinker);
 }
-
-struct ion_heap *ion_heap_create(struct ion_platform_heap *heap_data)
-{
-	struct ion_heap *heap = NULL;
-
-	switch (heap_data->type) {
-	case ION_HEAP_TYPE_SYSTEM_CONTIG:
-		heap = ion_system_contig_heap_create(heap_data);
-		break;
-	case ION_HEAP_TYPE_SYSTEM:
-		heap = ion_system_heap_create(heap_data);
-		break;
-	case ION_HEAP_TYPE_CARVEOUT:
-		heap = ion_carveout_heap_create(heap_data);
-		break;
-	case ION_HEAP_TYPE_CHUNK:
-		heap = ion_chunk_heap_create(heap_data);
-		break;
-#ifdef CONFIG_ION_CMA_HEAP
-	case ION_HEAP_TYPE_DMA:
-		heap = ion_cma_heap_create(heap_data);
-		break;
-#endif
-	default:
-		pr_err("%s: Invalid heap type %d\n", __func__,
-		       heap_data->type);
-		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
-	}
-
-	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(heap)) {
-		pr_err("%s: error creating heap %s type %d base %pa size %zu\n",
-		       __func__, heap_data->name, heap_data->type,
-		       &heap_data->base, heap_data->size);
-		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
-	}
-
-	heap->name = heap_data->name;
-	heap->id = heap_data->id;
-	return heap;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(ion_heap_create);
-
-void ion_heap_destroy(struct ion_heap *heap)
-{
-	if (!heap)
-		return;
-
-	switch (heap->type) {
-	case ION_HEAP_TYPE_SYSTEM_CONTIG:
-		ion_system_contig_heap_destroy(heap);
-		break;
-	case ION_HEAP_TYPE_SYSTEM:
-		ion_system_heap_destroy(heap);
-		break;
-	case ION_HEAP_TYPE_CARVEOUT:
-		ion_carveout_heap_destroy(heap);
-		break;
-	case ION_HEAP_TYPE_CHUNK:
-		ion_chunk_heap_destroy(heap);
-		break;
-#ifdef CONFIG_ION_CMA_HEAP
-	case ION_HEAP_TYPE_DMA:
-		ion_cma_heap_destroy(heap);
-		break;
-#endif
-	default:
-		pr_err("%s: Invalid heap type %d\n", __func__,
-		       heap->type);
-	}
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(ion_heap_destroy);
diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_system_heap.c b/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_system_heap.c
index 4e6fe371bc0ec78d3bca477b1ff57cd6e71d1ffe..c50f2d9fc58cf48d3a0e26bf0d82c63c7a4d1262 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_system_heap.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_system_heap.c
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ static int ion_system_heap_create_pools(struct ion_page_pool **pools,
 	return -ENOMEM;
 }
 
-struct ion_heap *ion_system_heap_create(struct ion_platform_heap *unused)
+static struct ion_heap *__ion_system_heap_create(void)
 {
 	struct ion_system_heap *heap;
 
@@ -348,19 +348,19 @@ struct ion_heap *ion_system_heap_create(struct ion_platform_heap *unused)
 	return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 }
 
-void ion_system_heap_destroy(struct ion_heap *heap)
+static int ion_system_heap_create(void)
 {
-	struct ion_system_heap *sys_heap = container_of(heap,
-							struct ion_system_heap,
-							heap);
-	int i;
+	struct ion_heap *heap;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < NUM_ORDERS; i++) {
-		ion_page_pool_destroy(sys_heap->uncached_pools[i]);
-		ion_page_pool_destroy(sys_heap->cached_pools[i]);
-	}
-	kfree(sys_heap);
+	heap = __ion_system_heap_create();
+	if (IS_ERR(heap))
+		return PTR_ERR(heap);
+	heap->name = "ion_system_heap";
+
+	ion_device_add_heap(heap);
+	return 0;
 }
+device_initcall(ion_system_heap_create);
 
 static int ion_system_contig_heap_allocate(struct ion_heap *heap,
 					   struct ion_buffer *buffer,
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ static struct ion_heap_ops kmalloc_ops = {
 	.map_user = ion_heap_map_user,
 };
 
-struct ion_heap *ion_system_contig_heap_create(struct ion_platform_heap *unused)
+static struct ion_heap *__ion_system_contig_heap_create(void)
 {
 	struct ion_heap *heap;
 
@@ -438,10 +438,20 @@ struct ion_heap *ion_system_contig_heap_create(struct ion_platform_heap *unused)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 	heap->ops = &kmalloc_ops;
 	heap->type = ION_HEAP_TYPE_SYSTEM_CONTIG;
+	heap->name = "ion_system_contig_heap";
 	return heap;
 }
 
-void ion_system_contig_heap_destroy(struct ion_heap *heap)
+static int ion_system_contig_heap_create(void)
 {
-	kfree(heap);
+	struct ion_heap *heap;
+
+	heap = __ion_system_contig_heap_create();
+	if (IS_ERR(heap))
+		return PTR_ERR(heap);
+
+	ion_device_add_heap(heap);
+	return 0;
 }
+device_initcall(ion_system_contig_heap_create);
+