diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/bf5xx_nand.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/bf5xx_nand.c
index 37da4236ab908099217184bd310a567365396192..3962f55bd03492aef64b235f596c921cb8fe8681 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/bf5xx_nand.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/bf5xx_nand.c
@@ -761,8 +761,7 @@ static int bf5xx_nand_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, info);
 
-	spin_lock_init(&info->controller.lock);
-	init_waitqueue_head(&info->controller.wq);
+	nand_hw_control_init(&info->controller);
 
 	info->device     = &pdev->dev;
 	info->platform   = plat;
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/brcmnand/brcmnand.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/brcmnand/brcmnand.c
index 8eb2c64df38c333c3da874cac51b9695ac534de8..82ec36bb8296d45fa91ba7db998124fbb2644da7 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/brcmnand/brcmnand.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/brcmnand/brcmnand.c
@@ -2370,8 +2370,7 @@ int brcmnand_probe(struct platform_device *pdev, struct brcmnand_soc *soc)
 
 	init_completion(&ctrl->done);
 	init_completion(&ctrl->dma_done);
-	spin_lock_init(&ctrl->controller.lock);
-	init_waitqueue_head(&ctrl->controller.wq);
+	nand_hw_control_init(&ctrl->controller);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ctrl->host_list);
 
 	/* NAND register range */
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/docg4.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/docg4.c
index 47316998017f3e160a0eaf64783f26d2b1808ad9..7af2a3cd949eee9377a22a510cc15605cd1adf74 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/docg4.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/docg4.c
@@ -1249,8 +1249,7 @@ static void __init init_mtd_structs(struct mtd_info *mtd)
 	nand->options = NAND_BUSWIDTH_16 | NAND_NO_SUBPAGE_WRITE;
 	nand->IO_ADDR_R = nand->IO_ADDR_W = doc->virtadr + DOC_IOSPACE_DATA;
 	nand->controller = &nand->hwcontrol;
-	spin_lock_init(&nand->controller->lock);
-	init_waitqueue_head(&nand->controller->wq);
+	nand_hw_control_init(nand->controller);
 
 	/* methods */
 	nand->cmdfunc = docg4_command;
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/fsl_elbc_nand.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/fsl_elbc_nand.c
index 60a88f24c6b3279be38a5870dbb5957cfa5f4114..113f76e599372d3d09526bdb4f95a3620ea45681 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/fsl_elbc_nand.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/fsl_elbc_nand.c
@@ -879,8 +879,7 @@ static int fsl_elbc_nand_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		}
 		elbc_fcm_ctrl->counter++;
 
-		spin_lock_init(&elbc_fcm_ctrl->controller.lock);
-		init_waitqueue_head(&elbc_fcm_ctrl->controller.wq);
+		nand_hw_control_init(&elbc_fcm_ctrl->controller);
 		fsl_lbc_ctrl_dev->nand = elbc_fcm_ctrl;
 	} else {
 		elbc_fcm_ctrl = fsl_lbc_ctrl_dev->nand;
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/fsl_ifc_nand.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/fsl_ifc_nand.c
index 4e9e5fd8faf30c22d5fa9159fe6a979228131954..0a177b1bfe3e77600b9fc9c943f6f961d195cd4f 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/fsl_ifc_nand.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/fsl_ifc_nand.c
@@ -987,8 +987,7 @@ static int fsl_ifc_nand_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
 		ifc_nand_ctrl->addr = NULL;
 		fsl_ifc_ctrl_dev->nand = ifc_nand_ctrl;
 
-		spin_lock_init(&ifc_nand_ctrl->controller.lock);
-		init_waitqueue_head(&ifc_nand_ctrl->controller.wq);
+		nand_hw_control_init(&ifc_nand_ctrl->controller);
 	} else {
 		ifc_nand_ctrl = fsl_ifc_ctrl_dev->nand;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/jz4780_nand.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/jz4780_nand.c
index 175f67da25af01912b7b8f5d45f0ff3ada5d5a68..a39bb70175eea230cab2c3797f4750f075cfa755 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/jz4780_nand.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/jz4780_nand.c
@@ -368,9 +368,8 @@ static int jz4780_nand_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	nfc->dev = dev;
 	nfc->num_banks = num_banks;
 
-	spin_lock_init(&nfc->controller.lock);
+	nand_hw_control_init(&nfc->controller);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&nfc->chips);
-	init_waitqueue_head(&nfc->controller.wq);
 
 	ret = jz4780_nand_init_chips(nfc, pdev);
 	if (ret) {
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c
index 77533f7f242937ae72e43a78e6256fb68982552f..53ea79628ddeb2fb6ca7fb5ed86d8abef0120fd3 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c
@@ -3191,8 +3191,7 @@ static void nand_set_defaults(struct nand_chip *chip, int busw)
 
 	if (!chip->controller) {
 		chip->controller = &chip->hwcontrol;
-		spin_lock_init(&chip->controller->lock);
-		init_waitqueue_head(&chip->controller->wq);
+		nand_hw_control_init(chip->controller);
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/ndfc.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/ndfc.c
index 218c789ca7ab7539418d132df412a99dc45ac981..28e6118362f7ea8348d2bcdb1e74ee804f0b682a 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/ndfc.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/ndfc.c
@@ -218,8 +218,7 @@ static int ndfc_probe(struct platform_device *ofdev)
 	ndfc = &ndfc_ctrl[cs];
 	ndfc->chip_select = cs;
 
-	spin_lock_init(&ndfc->ndfc_control.lock);
-	init_waitqueue_head(&ndfc->ndfc_control.wq);
+	nand_hw_control_init(&ndfc->ndfc_control);
 	ndfc->ofdev = ofdev;
 	dev_set_drvdata(&ofdev->dev, ndfc);
 
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/pxa3xx_nand.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/pxa3xx_nand.c
index 436dd6dc11f4a810e838059c3ed0c5254a7cb07e..b121bf4ed73a2d50aca1935cffe2e6bf3639c26d 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/pxa3xx_nand.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/pxa3xx_nand.c
@@ -1810,8 +1810,7 @@ static int alloc_nand_resource(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		chip->cmdfunc		= nand_cmdfunc;
 	}
 
-	spin_lock_init(&chip->controller->lock);
-	init_waitqueue_head(&chip->controller->wq);
+	nand_hw_control_init(chip->controller);
 	info->clk = devm_clk_get(&pdev->dev, NULL);
 	if (IS_ERR(info->clk)) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to get nand clock\n");
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/qcom_nandc.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/qcom_nandc.c
index de7d28e62d4e5aeee107894b8f9a11c66f63ed66..57d483ac5765a8aa889da61042aa5c75b64404a0 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/qcom_nandc.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/qcom_nandc.c
@@ -1957,8 +1957,7 @@ static int qcom_nandc_alloc(struct qcom_nand_controller *nandc)
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&nandc->desc_list);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&nandc->host_list);
 
-	spin_lock_init(&nandc->controller.lock);
-	init_waitqueue_head(&nandc->controller.wq);
+	nand_hw_control_init(&nandc->controller);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/s3c2410.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/s3c2410.c
index d9309cf0ce2ec3cd6b76f3d61c4fb0433d32b213..b1734d76cbc1013c822bd90d7d894d80c8f4e767 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/s3c2410.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/s3c2410.c
@@ -977,8 +977,7 @@ static int s3c24xx_nand_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, info);
 
-	spin_lock_init(&info->controller.lock);
-	init_waitqueue_head(&info->controller.wq);
+	nand_hw_control_init(&info->controller);
 
 	/* get the clock source and enable it */
 
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/sunxi_nand.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/sunxi_nand.c
index e414b31b71c17111e923825ec8c178a3c40e8948..8b5dadc9cd26a423171b5ebfaa0f7b94ba0e3cd6 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/sunxi_nand.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/sunxi_nand.c
@@ -2175,8 +2175,7 @@ static int sunxi_nfc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	nfc->dev = dev;
-	spin_lock_init(&nfc->controller.lock);
-	init_waitqueue_head(&nfc->controller.wq);
+	nand_hw_control_init(&nfc->controller);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&nfc->chips);
 
 	r = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/txx9ndfmc.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/txx9ndfmc.c
index 04d63f56baa47508575ec88f7fd603196602cf6e..0a14fda2e41bf5ba8b9aec33eaf7e6cba56b70af 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/txx9ndfmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/txx9ndfmc.c
@@ -303,8 +303,7 @@ static int __init txx9ndfmc_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
 	dev_info(&dev->dev, "CLK:%ldMHz HOLD:%d SPW:%d\n",
 		 (gbusclk + 500000) / 1000000, hold, spw);
 
-	spin_lock_init(&drvdata->hw_control.lock);
-	init_waitqueue_head(&drvdata->hw_control.wq);
+	nand_hw_control_init(&drvdata->hw_control);
 
 	platform_set_drvdata(dev, drvdata);
 	txx9ndfmc_initialize(dev);
diff --git a/include/linux/mtd/nand.h b/include/linux/mtd/nand.h
index 8dd6e01f45c0eb56ce4c068633700b7a386b6c52..f6a2d5e7313c0b7b8570d4238285ef04eaccfac8 100644
--- a/include/linux/mtd/nand.h
+++ b/include/linux/mtd/nand.h
@@ -460,6 +460,13 @@ struct nand_hw_control {
 	wait_queue_head_t wq;
 };
 
+static inline void nand_hw_control_init(struct nand_hw_control *nfc)
+{
+	nfc->active = NULL;
+	spin_lock_init(&nfc->lock);
+	init_waitqueue_head(&nfc->wq);
+}
+
 /**
  * struct nand_ecc_ctrl - Control structure for ECC
  * @mode:	ECC mode