int (*remove)(struct atmel_nand_controller *nc);
        void (*nand_init)(struct atmel_nand_controller *nc,
                          struct atmel_nand *nand);
-       int (*ecc_init)(struct atmel_nand *nand);
+       int (*ecc_init)(struct nand_chip *chip);
        int (*setup_data_interface)(struct atmel_nand *nand, int csline,
                                    const struct nand_data_interface *conf);
 };
        return 0;
 }
 
-static int atmel_nand_ecc_init(struct atmel_nand *nand)
+static int atmel_nand_ecc_init(struct nand_chip *chip)
 {
-       struct nand_chip *chip = &nand->base;
        struct atmel_nand_controller *nc;
        int ret;
 
        return 0;
 }
 
-static int atmel_hsmc_nand_ecc_init(struct atmel_nand *nand)
+static int atmel_hsmc_nand_ecc_init(struct nand_chip *chip)
 {
-       struct nand_chip *chip = &nand->base;
        int ret;
 
-       ret = atmel_nand_ecc_init(nand);
+       ret = atmel_nand_ecc_init(chip);
        if (ret)
                return ret;
 
        chip->select_chip = atmel_hsmc_nand_select_chip;
 }
 
-static int atmel_nand_detect(struct atmel_nand *nand)
-{
-       struct nand_chip *chip = &nand->base;
-       struct mtd_info *mtd = nand_to_mtd(chip);
-       struct atmel_nand_controller *nc;
-       int ret;
-
-       nc = to_nand_controller(chip->controller);
-
-       ret = nand_scan_ident(mtd, nand->numcs, NULL);
-       if (ret)
-               dev_err(nc->dev, "nand_scan_ident() failed: %d\n", ret);
-
-       return ret;
-}
-
 static int atmel_nand_controller_remove_nand(struct atmel_nand *nand)
 {
        struct nand_chip *chip = &nand->base;
 atmel_nand_controller_add_nand(struct atmel_nand_controller *nc,
                               struct atmel_nand *nand)
 {
+       struct nand_chip *chip = &nand->base;
+       struct mtd_info *mtd = nand_to_mtd(chip);
        int ret;
 
        /* No card inserted, skip this NAND. */
 
        nc->caps->ops->nand_init(nc, nand);
 
-       ret = atmel_nand_detect(nand);
-       if (ret)
-               return ret;
-
-       ret = nc->caps->ops->ecc_init(nand);
-       if (ret)
-               return ret;
-
-       if (nc->caps->legacy_of_bindings || !nc->dev->of_node) {
-               /*
-                * We keep the MTD name unchanged to avoid breaking platforms
-                * where the MTD cmdline parser is used and the bootloader
-                * has not been updated to use the new naming scheme.
-                */
-               mtd->name = "atmel_nand";
-       } else if (!mtd->name) {
-               /*
-                * If the new bindings are used and the bootloader has not been
-                * updated to pass a new mtdparts parameter on the cmdline, you
-                * should define the following property in your nand node:
-                *
-                *      label = "atmel_nand";
-                *
-                * This way, mtd->name will be set by the core when
-                * nand_set_flash_node() is called.
-                */
-               mtd->name = devm_kasprintf(nc->dev, GFP_KERNEL,
-                                          "%s:nand.%d", dev_name(nc->dev),
-                                          nand->cs[0].id);
-               if (!mtd->name) {
-                       dev_err(nc->dev, "Failed to allocate mtd->name\n");
-                       return -ENOMEM;
-               }
-       }
-
-       ret = nand_scan_tail(mtd);
+       ret = nand_scan(mtd, nand->numcs);
        if (ret) {
-               dev_err(nc->dev, "nand_scan_tail() failed: %d\n", ret);
+               dev_err(nc->dev, "NAND scan failed: %d\n", ret);
                return ret;
        }
 
        { /* sentinel */ },
 };
 
+static int atmel_nand_attach_chip(struct nand_chip *chip)
+{
+       struct atmel_nand_controller *nc = to_nand_controller(chip->controller);
+       struct atmel_nand *nand = to_atmel_nand(chip);
+       struct mtd_info *mtd = nand_to_mtd(chip);
+       int ret;
+
+       ret = nc->caps->ops->ecc_init(chip);
+       if (ret)
+               return ret;
+
+       if (nc->caps->legacy_of_bindings || !nc->dev->of_node) {
+               /*
+                * We keep the MTD name unchanged to avoid breaking platforms
+                * where the MTD cmdline parser is used and the bootloader
+                * has not been updated to use the new naming scheme.
+                */
+               mtd->name = "atmel_nand";
+       } else if (!mtd->name) {
+               /*
+                * If the new bindings are used and the bootloader has not been
+                * updated to pass a new mtdparts parameter on the cmdline, you
+                * should define the following property in your nand node:
+                *
+                *      label = "atmel_nand";
+                *
+                * This way, mtd->name will be set by the core when
+                * nand_set_flash_node() is called.
+                */
+               mtd->name = devm_kasprintf(nc->dev, GFP_KERNEL,
+                                          "%s:nand.%d", dev_name(nc->dev),
+                                          nand->cs[0].id);
+               if (!mtd->name) {
+                       dev_err(nc->dev, "Failed to allocate mtd->name\n");
+                       return -ENOMEM;
+               }
+       }
+
+       return 0;
+}
+
+static const struct nand_controller_ops atmel_nand_controller_ops = {
+       .attach_chip = atmel_nand_attach_chip,
+};
+
 static int atmel_nand_controller_init(struct atmel_nand_controller *nc,
                                struct platform_device *pdev,
                                const struct atmel_nand_controller_caps *caps)
        int ret;
 
        nand_controller_init(&nc->base);
+       nc->base.ops = &atmel_nand_controller_ops;
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&nc->chips);
        nc->dev = dev;
        nc->caps = caps;