diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/mxs_nand.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/mxs_nand.c
index b9ffa7cbae0f2c72b8732315a2e10fd387c2eed1..5b7ad18c4277944df59aaeca376f16897ea1cd90 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/mxs_nand.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/mxs_nand.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <asm/mach-imx/regs-gpmi.h>
 #include <asm/arch/sys_proto.h>
 #include <asm/mach-imx/dma.h>
+#include "mxs_nand.h"
 
 #define	MXS_NAND_DMA_DESCRIPTOR_COUNT		4
 
@@ -1149,6 +1150,48 @@ err1:
 	return ret;
 }
 
+int mxs_nand_init_spl(struct nand_chip *nand)
+{
+	struct mxs_nand_info *nand_info;
+	int err;
+
+	nand_info = malloc(sizeof(struct mxs_nand_info));
+	if (!nand_info) {
+		printf("MXS NAND: Failed to allocate private data\n");
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+	memset(nand_info, 0, sizeof(struct mxs_nand_info));
+
+	err = mxs_nand_alloc_buffers(nand_info);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	err = mxs_nand_init(nand_info);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	nand_set_controller_data(nand, nand_info);
+
+	nand->options |= NAND_NO_SUBPAGE_WRITE;
+
+	nand->cmd_ctrl		= mxs_nand_cmd_ctrl;
+	nand->dev_ready		= mxs_nand_device_ready;
+	nand->select_chip	= mxs_nand_select_chip;
+	nand->scan_bbt		= mxs_nand_scan_bbt;
+
+	nand->read_byte		= mxs_nand_read_byte;
+	nand->read_buf		= mxs_nand_read_buf;
+
+	nand->ecc.read_page	= mxs_nand_ecc_read_page;
+
+	nand->ecc.mode		= NAND_ECC_HW;
+	nand->ecc.bytes		= 9;
+	nand->ecc.size		= 512;
+	nand->ecc.strength	= 8;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /*!
  * This function is called during the driver binding process.
  *
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/mxs_nand.h b/drivers/mtd/nand/mxs_nand.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9bb7148d98d04531e48b0811dfa7e4ec77a61da2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/mxs_nand.h
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+ */
+/*
+ * NXP GPMI NAND flash driver
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 Toradex
+ * Authors:
+ * Stefan Agner <stefan.agner@toradex.com>
+ */
+
+int mxs_nand_init_spl(struct nand_chip *nand);
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/mxs_nand_spl.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/mxs_nand_spl.c
index 3e8b35f04adc81e5ea017ebfed0759fbbff2d7e9..47857a81bc4736f8007312f523a53f31d034e468 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/mxs_nand_spl.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/mxs_nand_spl.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include <common.h>
 #include <nand.h>
 #include <malloc.h>
+#include "mxs_nand.h"
 
 static struct mtd_info *mtd;
 static struct nand_chip nand_chip;
@@ -145,7 +146,7 @@ static int mxs_nand_init(void)
 		return 0;
 
 	/* init mxs nand driver */
-	board_nand_init(&nand_chip);
+	mxs_nand_init_spl(&nand_chip);
 	mtd = nand_to_mtd(&nand_chip);
 	/* set mtd functions */
 	nand_chip.cmdfunc = mxs_nand_command;