diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/cmx270_nand.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/cmx270_nand.c
index 43bded6..00fd0e9 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/cmx270_nand.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/cmx270_nand.c
@@ -160,10 +160,8 @@
 	gpio_direction_input(GPIO_NAND_RB);
 
 	/* Allocate memory for MTD device structure and private data */
-	cmx270_nand_mtd = kzalloc(sizeof(struct mtd_info) +
-				  sizeof(struct nand_chip),
-				  GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!cmx270_nand_mtd) {
+	this = kzalloc(sizeof(struct nand_chip), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!this) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto err_kzalloc;
 	}
@@ -175,8 +173,7 @@
 		goto err_ioremap;
 	}
 
-	/* Get pointer to private data */
-	this = (struct nand_chip *)(&cmx270_nand_mtd[1]);
+	cmx270_nand_mtd = nand_to_mtd(this);
 
 	/* Link the private data with the MTD structure */
 	cmx270_nand_mtd->owner = THIS_MODULE;
@@ -216,7 +213,7 @@
 err_scan:
 	iounmap(cmx270_nand_io);
 err_ioremap:
-	kfree(cmx270_nand_mtd);
+	kfree(this);
 err_kzalloc:
 	gpio_free(GPIO_NAND_RB);
 err_gpio_request:
@@ -240,8 +237,7 @@
 
 	iounmap(cmx270_nand_io);
 
-	/* Free the MTD device structure */
-	kfree (cmx270_nand_mtd);
+	kfree(mtd_to_nand(cmx270_nand_mtd));
 }
 module_exit(cmx270_cleanup);