diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-u300/core.c b/arch/arm/mach-u300/core.c
index a79fa3b0c8ed..a1694d977ec9 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-u300/core.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-u300/core.c
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ static unsigned long pin_highz_conf[] = {
 };
 
 /* Pin control settings */
-static struct pinctrl_map __initdata u300_pinmux_map[] = {
+static const struct pinctrl_map u300_pinmux_map[] = {
 	/* anonymous maps for chip power and EMIFs */
 	PIN_MAP_MUX_GROUP_HOG_DEFAULT("pinctrl-u300", NULL, "power"),
 	PIN_MAP_MUX_GROUP_HOG_DEFAULT("pinctrl-u300", NULL, "emif0"),
diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/core.c b/drivers/pinctrl/core.c
index 2bbd8ee93507..b0eea728455d 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/core.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/core.c
@@ -1376,8 +1376,15 @@ void devm_pinctrl_put(struct pinctrl *p)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devm_pinctrl_put);
 
-int pinctrl_register_map(const struct pinctrl_map *maps, unsigned num_maps,
-			 bool dup)
+/**
+ * pinctrl_register_mappings() - register a set of pin controller mappings
+ * @maps: the pincontrol mappings table to register. Note the pinctrl-core
+ *	keeps a reference to the passed in maps, so they should _not_ be
+ *	marked with __initdata.
+ * @num_maps: the number of maps in the mapping table
+ */
+int pinctrl_register_mappings(const struct pinctrl_map *maps,
+			      unsigned num_maps)
 {
 	int i, ret;
 	struct pinctrl_maps *maps_node;
@@ -1430,17 +1437,8 @@ int pinctrl_register_map(const struct pinctrl_map *maps, unsigned num_maps,
 	if (!maps_node)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	maps_node->maps = maps;
 	maps_node->num_maps = num_maps;
-	if (dup) {
-		maps_node->maps = kmemdup(maps, sizeof(*maps) * num_maps,
-					  GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!maps_node->maps) {
-			kfree(maps_node);
-			return -ENOMEM;
-		}
-	} else {
-		maps_node->maps = maps;
-	}
 
 	mutex_lock(&pinctrl_maps_mutex);
 	list_add_tail(&maps_node->node, &pinctrl_maps);
@@ -1448,22 +1446,14 @@ int pinctrl_register_map(const struct pinctrl_map *maps, unsigned num_maps,
 
 	return 0;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pinctrl_register_mappings);
 
 /**
- * pinctrl_register_mappings() - register a set of pin controller mappings
- * @maps: the pincontrol mappings table to register. This should probably be
- *	marked with __initdata so it can be discarded after boot. This
- *	function will perform a shallow copy for the mapping entries.
- * @num_maps: the number of maps in the mapping table
+ * pinctrl_unregister_mappings() - unregister a set of pin controller mappings
+ * @maps: the pincontrol mappings table passed to pinctrl_register_mappings()
+ *	when registering the mappings.
  */
-int pinctrl_register_mappings(const struct pinctrl_map *maps,
-			      unsigned num_maps)
-{
-	return pinctrl_register_map(maps, num_maps, true);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pinctrl_register_mappings);
-
-void pinctrl_unregister_map(const struct pinctrl_map *map)
+void pinctrl_unregister_mappings(const struct pinctrl_map *map)
 {
 	struct pinctrl_maps *maps_node;
 
@@ -1478,6 +1468,7 @@ void pinctrl_unregister_map(const struct pinctrl_map *map)
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&pinctrl_maps_mutex);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pinctrl_unregister_mappings);
 
 /**
  * pinctrl_force_sleep() - turn a given controller device into sleep state
diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/core.h b/drivers/pinctrl/core.h
index 7f34167a0405..840103c40c14 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/core.h
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/core.h
@@ -236,10 +236,6 @@ extern struct pinctrl_gpio_range *
 pinctrl_find_gpio_range_from_pin_nolock(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev,
 					unsigned int pin);
 
-int pinctrl_register_map(const struct pinctrl_map *maps, unsigned num_maps,
-			 bool dup);
-void pinctrl_unregister_map(const struct pinctrl_map *map);
-
 extern int pinctrl_force_sleep(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev);
 extern int pinctrl_force_default(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev);
 
diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/devicetree.c b/drivers/pinctrl/devicetree.c
index 674920daac26..9357f7c46cf3 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/devicetree.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/devicetree.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ void pinctrl_dt_free_maps(struct pinctrl *p)
 	struct pinctrl_dt_map *dt_map, *n1;
 
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(dt_map, n1, &p->dt_maps, node) {
-		pinctrl_unregister_map(dt_map->map);
+		pinctrl_unregister_mappings(dt_map->map);
 		list_del(&dt_map->node);
 		dt_free_map(dt_map->pctldev, dt_map->map,
 			    dt_map->num_maps);
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ static int dt_remember_or_free_map(struct pinctrl *p, const char *statename,
 	dt_map->num_maps = num_maps;
 	list_add_tail(&dt_map->node, &p->dt_maps);
 
-	return pinctrl_register_map(map, num_maps, false);
+	return pinctrl_register_mappings(map, num_maps);
 
 err_free_map:
 	dt_free_map(pctldev, map, num_maps);
diff --git a/include/linux/pinctrl/machine.h b/include/linux/pinctrl/machine.h
index ddd1b2773431..e987dc9fd2af 100644
--- a/include/linux/pinctrl/machine.h
+++ b/include/linux/pinctrl/machine.h
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ struct pinctrl_map {
 
 extern int pinctrl_register_mappings(const struct pinctrl_map *map,
 				unsigned num_maps);
+extern void pinctrl_unregister_mappings(const struct pinctrl_map *map);
 extern void pinctrl_provide_dummies(void);
 #else
 
@@ -162,6 +163,10 @@ static inline int pinctrl_register_mappings(const struct pinctrl_map *map,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static inline void pinctrl_unregister_mappings(const struct pinctrl_map *map)
+{
+}
+
 static inline void pinctrl_provide_dummies(void)
 {
 }
