diff --git a/drivers/mtd/maps/plat-ram.c b/drivers/mtd/maps/plat-ram.c
index 7160e0e..f0b10ca 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/maps/plat-ram.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/maps/plat-ram.c
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 	struct mtd_info		*mtd;
 	struct map_info		 map;
 	struct mtd_partition	*partitions;
+	bool			free_partitions;
 	struct resource		*area;
 	struct platdata_mtd_ram	*pdata;
 };
@@ -98,7 +99,8 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONS
 		if (info->partitions) {
 			del_mtd_partitions(info->mtd);
-			kfree(info->partitions);
+			if (info->free_partitions)
+				kfree(info->partitions);
 		}
 #endif
 		del_mtd_device(info->mtd);
@@ -176,7 +178,8 @@
 
 	info->map.phys = res->start;
 	info->map.size = (res->end - res->start) + 1;
-	info->map.name = pdata->mapname != NULL ? pdata->mapname : (char *)pdev->name;
+	info->map.name = pdata->mapname != NULL ?
+			(char *)pdata->mapname : (char *)pdev->name;
 	info->map.bankwidth = pdata->bankwidth;
 
 	/* register our usage of the memory area */
@@ -203,9 +206,19 @@
 
 	dev_dbg(&pdev->dev, "initialised map, probing for mtd\n");
 
-	/* probe for the right mtd map driver */
+	/* probe for the right mtd map driver
+	 * supplied by the platform_data struct */
 
-	info->mtd = do_map_probe("map_ram" , &info->map);
+	if (pdata->map_probes != 0) {
+		const char **map_probes = pdata->map_probes;
+
+		for ( ; !info->mtd && *map_probes; map_probes++)
+			info->mtd = do_map_probe(*map_probes , &info->map);
+	}
+	/* fallback to map_ram */
+	else
+		info->mtd = do_map_probe("map_ram", &info->map);
+
 	if (info->mtd == NULL) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to probe for map_ram\n");
 		err = -ENOMEM;
@@ -220,19 +233,21 @@
 	 * to add this device whole */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONS
-	if (pdata->nr_partitions > 0) {
-		const char **probes = { NULL };
-
-		if (pdata->probes)
-			probes = (const char **)pdata->probes;
-
-		err = parse_mtd_partitions(info->mtd, probes,
+	if (!pdata->nr_partitions) {
+		/* try to probe using the supplied probe type */
+		if (pdata->probes) {
+			err = parse_mtd_partitions(info->mtd, pdata->probes,
 					   &info->partitions, 0);
-		if (err > 0) {
-			err = add_mtd_partitions(info->mtd, info->partitions,
-						 err);
+			info->free_partitions = 1;
+			if (err > 0)
+				err = add_mtd_partitions(info->mtd,
+					info->partitions, err);
 		}
 	}
+	/* use the static mapping */
+	else
+		err = add_mtd_partitions(info->mtd, pdata->partitions,
+				pdata->nr_partitions);
 #endif /* CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONS */
 
 	if (add_mtd_device(info->mtd)) {
@@ -240,7 +255,9 @@
 		err = -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
-	dev_info(&pdev->dev, "registered mtd device\n");
+	if (!err)
+		dev_info(&pdev->dev, "registered mtd device\n");
+
 	return err;
 
  exit_free: