diff --git a/drivers/mtd/Kconfig b/drivers/mtd/Kconfig
index 661eac0..e850334 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/mtd/Kconfig
@@ -150,6 +150,14 @@
 	  for your particular device. It won't happen automatically. The
 	  'armflash' map driver (CONFIG_MTD_ARMFLASH) does this, for example.
 
+config MTD_OF_PARTS
+	tristate "Flash partition map based on OF description"
+	depends on PPC_OF && MTD_PARTITIONS
+	help
+	  This provides a partition parsing function which derives
+	  the partition map from the children of the flash node,
+	  as described in Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt.
+
 comment "User Modules And Translation Layers"
 
 config MTD_CHAR
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/Makefile b/drivers/mtd/Makefile
index 7f0b04b..538e33d 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/mtd/Makefile
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 obj-$(CONFIG_MTD_REDBOOT_PARTS) += redboot.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MTD_CMDLINE_PARTS) += cmdlinepart.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MTD_AFS_PARTS)	+= afs.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_MTD_OF_PARTS)      += ofpart.o
 
 # 'Users' - code which presents functionality to userspace.
 obj-$(CONFIG_MTD_CHAR)		+= mtdchar.o
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/maps/physmap_of.c b/drivers/mtd/maps/physmap_of.c
index d4bcd3f..49acd41 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/maps/physmap_of.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/maps/physmap_of.c
@@ -80,65 +80,6 @@
 
 	return nr_parts;
 }
-
-static int __devinit parse_partitions(struct of_flash *info,
-				      struct of_device *dev)
-{
-	const char *partname;
-	static const char *part_probe_types[]
-		= { "cmdlinepart", "RedBoot", NULL };
-	struct device_node *dp = dev->node, *pp;
-	int nr_parts, i;
-
-	/* First look for RedBoot table or partitions on the command
-	 * line, these take precedence over device tree information */
-	nr_parts = parse_mtd_partitions(info->mtd, part_probe_types,
-					&info->parts, 0);
-	if (nr_parts > 0)
-		return nr_parts;
-
-	/* First count the subnodes */
-	nr_parts = 0;
-	for (pp = of_get_next_child(dp, NULL); pp;
-	     pp = of_get_next_child(dp, pp))
-		nr_parts++;
-
-	if (nr_parts == 0)
-		return parse_obsolete_partitions(dev, info, dp);
-
-	info->parts = kzalloc(nr_parts * sizeof(*info->parts),
-			      GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!info->parts)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	for (pp = of_get_next_child(dp, NULL), i = 0; pp;
-	     pp = of_get_next_child(dp, pp), i++) {
-		const u32 *reg;
-		int len;
-
-		reg = of_get_property(pp, "reg", &len);
-		if (!reg || (len != 2*sizeof(u32))) {
-			of_node_put(pp);
-			dev_err(&dev->dev, "Invalid 'reg' on %s\n",
-				dp->full_name);
-			kfree(info->parts);
-			info->parts = NULL;
-			return -EINVAL;
-		}
-		info->parts[i].offset = reg[0];
-		info->parts[i].size = reg[1];
-
-		partname = of_get_property(pp, "label", &len);
-		if (!partname)
-			partname = of_get_property(pp, "name", &len);
-		info->parts[i].name = (char *)partname;
-
-		if (of_get_property(pp, "read-only", &len))
-			info->parts[i].mask_flags = MTD_WRITEABLE;
-	}
-
-	return nr_parts;
-}
 #else /* MTD_PARTITIONS */
 #define	OF_FLASH_PARTS(info)		(0)
 #define parse_partitions(info, dev)	(0)
@@ -213,6 +154,10 @@
 static int __devinit of_flash_probe(struct of_device *dev,
 				    const struct of_device_id *match)
 {
+#ifdef CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONS
+	static const char *part_probe_types[]
+		= { "cmdlinepart", "RedBoot", NULL };
+#endif
 	struct device_node *dp = dev->node;
 	struct resource res;
 	struct of_flash *info;
@@ -275,13 +220,33 @@
 	}
 	info->mtd->owner = THIS_MODULE;
 
-	err = parse_partitions(info, dev);
+#ifdef CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONS
+	/* First look for RedBoot table or partitions on the command
+	 * line, these take precedence over device tree information */
+	err = parse_mtd_partitions(info->mtd, part_probe_types,
+	                           &info->parts, 0);
 	if (err < 0)
-		goto err_out;
+		return err;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_MTD_OF_PARTS
+	if (err == 0) {
+		err = of_mtd_parse_partitions(&dev->dev, info->mtd,
+		                              dp, &info->parts);
+		if (err < 0)
+			return err;
+	}
+#endif
+
+	if (err == 0) {
+		err = parse_obsolete_partitions(dev, info, dp);
+		if (err < 0)
+			return err;
+	}
 
 	if (err > 0)
-		add_mtd_partitions(info->mtd, OF_FLASH_PARTS(info), err);
+		add_mtd_partitions(info->mtd, info->parts, err);
 	else
+#endif
 		add_mtd_device(info->mtd);
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ofpart.c b/drivers/mtd/ofpart.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f86e069
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ofpart.c
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+/*
+ * Flash partitions described by the OF (or flattened) device tree
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2006 MontaVista Software Inc.
+ * Author: Vitaly Wool <vwool@ru.mvista.com>
+ *
+ * Revised to handle newer style flash binding by:
+ *   Copyright (C) 2007 David Gibson, IBM Corporation.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute  it and/or modify it
+ * under  the terms of  the GNU General  Public License as published by the
+ * Free Software Foundation;  either version 2 of the  License, or (at your
+ * option) any later version.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/of.h>
+#include <linux/mtd/mtd.h>
+#include <linux/mtd/partitions.h>
+
+int __devinit of_mtd_parse_partitions(struct device *dev,
+                                      struct mtd_info *mtd,
+                                      struct device_node *node,
+                                      struct mtd_partition **pparts)
+{
+	const char *partname;
+	struct device_node *pp;
+	int nr_parts, i;
+
+	/* First count the subnodes */
+	pp = NULL;
+	nr_parts = 0;
+	while ((pp = of_get_next_child(node, pp)))
+		nr_parts++;
+
+	if (nr_parts == 0)
+		return 0;
+
+	*pparts = kzalloc(nr_parts * sizeof(**pparts), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!*pparts)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	pp = NULL;
+	i = 0;
+	while ((pp = of_get_next_child(node, pp))) {
+		const u32 *reg;
+		int len;
+
+		reg = of_get_property(pp, "reg", &len);
+		if (!reg || (len != 2 * sizeof(u32))) {
+			of_node_put(pp);
+			dev_err(dev, "Invalid 'reg' on %s\n", node->full_name);
+			kfree(*pparts);
+			*pparts = NULL;
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+		(*pparts)[i].offset = reg[0];
+		(*pparts)[i].size = reg[1];
+
+		partname = of_get_property(pp, "label", &len);
+		if (!partname)
+			partname = of_get_property(pp, "name", &len);
+		(*pparts)[i].name = (char *)partname;
+
+		if (of_get_property(pp, "read-only", &len))
+			(*pparts)[i].mask_flags = MTD_WRITEABLE;
+
+		i++;
+	}
+
+	return nr_parts;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(of_mtd_parse_partitions);