diff -puN drivers/mtd/nand/plat_nand.c~mtd-plat_nand-add-platform-probe-remove-callbacks drivers/mtd/nand/plat_nand.c
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/plat_nand.c~mtd-plat_nand-add-platform-probe-remove-callbacks
+++ a/drivers/mtd/nand/plat_nand.c
@@ -70,6 +70,13 @@ static int __devinit plat_nand_probe(str
 
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, data);
 
+	/* Handle any platform specific setup */
+	if (pdata->ctrl.probe) {
+		res = pdata->ctrl.probe(pdev);
+		if (res)
+			goto out;
+	}
+
 	/* Scan to find existance of the device */
 	if (nand_scan(&data->mtd, 1)) {
 		res = -ENXIO;
@@ -99,6 +106,8 @@ static int __devinit plat_nand_probe(str
 
 	nand_release(&data->mtd);
 out:
+	if (pdata->ctrl.remove)
+		pdata->ctrl.remove(pdev);
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL);
 	iounmap(data->io_base);
 	kfree(data);
@@ -111,15 +120,15 @@ out:
 static int __devexit plat_nand_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct plat_nand_data *data = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
-#ifdef CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONS
 	struct platform_nand_data *pdata = pdev->dev.platform_data;
-#endif
 
 	nand_release(&data->mtd);
 #ifdef CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONS
 	if (data->parts && data->parts != pdata->chip.partitions)
 		kfree(data->parts);
 #endif
+	if (pdata->ctrl.remove)
+		pdata->ctrl.remove(pdev);
 	iounmap(data->io_base);
 	kfree(data);
 
diff -puN include/linux/mtd/nand.h~mtd-plat_nand-add-platform-probe-remove-callbacks include/linux/mtd/nand.h
--- a/include/linux/mtd/nand.h~mtd-plat_nand-add-platform-probe-remove-callbacks
+++ a/include/linux/mtd/nand.h
@@ -577,8 +577,13 @@ struct platform_nand_chip {
 	void			*priv;
 };
 
+/* Keep gcc happy */
+struct platform_device;
+
 /**
  * struct platform_nand_ctrl - controller level device structure
+ * @probe:		platform specific function to probe/setup hardware
+ * @remove:		platform specific function to remove/teardown hardware
  * @hwcontrol:		platform specific hardware control structure
  * @dev_ready:		platform specific function to read ready/busy pin
  * @select_chip:	platform specific chip select function
@@ -589,6 +594,8 @@ struct platform_nand_chip {
  * All fields are optional and depend on the hardware driver requirements
  */
 struct platform_nand_ctrl {
+	int		(*probe)(struct platform_device *pdev);
+	void		(*remove)(struct platform_device *pdev);
 	void		(*hwcontrol)(struct mtd_info *mtd, int cmd);
 	int		(*dev_ready)(struct mtd_info *mtd);
 	void		(*select_chip)(struct mtd_info *mtd, int chip);