diff -puN drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c~mtd-unify-mtd-partition-device-registration-fix drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c~mtd-unify-mtd-partition-device-registration-fix
+++ a/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ int parse_mtd(struct mtd_info *mtd, cons
               struct mtd_partition *parts, int nr_parts)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONS
-	const char *default_part_probe_types[] = {
+	static const char *default_part_probe_types[] = {
 		"cmdlinepart",
 		"RedBoot",
 		NULL