diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c
index cd64ab7..3fad2c7 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c
@@ -888,7 +888,7 @@ static int mtdchar_ioctl(struct file *file, u_int cmd, u_long arg)
 	{
 		struct nand_oobinfo oi;
 
-		if (!mtd->ecclayout)
+		if (!mtd->ooblayout)
 			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
 		ret = get_oobinfo(mtd, &oi);
@@ -982,7 +982,7 @@ static int mtdchar_ioctl(struct file *file, u_int cmd, u_long arg)
 	{
 		struct nand_ecclayout_user *usrlay;
 
-		if (!mtd->ecclayout)
+		if (!mtd->ooblayout)
 			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
 		usrlay = kmalloc(sizeof(*usrlay), GFP_KERNEL);
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdconcat.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdconcat.c
index 481565e..d573606 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdconcat.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdconcat.c
@@ -777,7 +777,7 @@ struct mtd_info *mtd_concat_create(struct mtd_info *subdev[],	/* subdevices to c
 
 	}
 
-	mtd_set_ecclayout(&concat->mtd, subdev[0]->ecclayout);
+	mtd_set_ooblayout(&concat->mtd, subdev[0]->ooblayout);
 
 	concat->num_subdev = num_devs;
 	concat->mtd.name = name;
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
index 9fc278a..bebca51 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
@@ -1016,49 +1016,15 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mtd_read_oob);
 int mtd_ooblayout_ecc(struct mtd_info *mtd, int section,
 		      struct mtd_oob_region *oobecc)
 {
-	int eccbyte = 0, cursection = 0, length = 0, eccpos = 0;
-
 	memset(oobecc, 0, sizeof(*oobecc));
 
 	if (!mtd || section < 0)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (!mtd->ecclayout)
+	if (!mtd->ooblayout || !mtd->ooblayout->ecc)
 		return -ENOTSUPP;
 
-	/*
-	 * This logic allows us to reuse the ->ecclayout information and
-	 * expose them as ECC regions (as done for the OOB free regions).
-	 *
-	 * TODO: this should be dropped as soon as we get rid of the
-	 * ->ecclayout field.
-	 */
-	for (eccbyte = 0; eccbyte < mtd->ecclayout->eccbytes; eccbyte++) {
-		eccpos = mtd->ecclayout->eccpos[eccbyte];
-
-		if (eccbyte < mtd->ecclayout->eccbytes - 1) {
-			int neccpos = mtd->ecclayout->eccpos[eccbyte + 1];
-
-			if (eccpos + 1 == neccpos) {
-				length++;
-				continue;
-			}
-		}
-
-		if (section == cursection)
-			break;
-
-		length = 0;
-		cursection++;
-	}
-
-	if (cursection != section || eccbyte >= mtd->ecclayout->eccbytes)
-		return -ERANGE;
-
-	oobecc->length = length + 1;
-	oobecc->offset = eccpos - length;
-
-	return 0;
+	return mtd->ooblayout->ecc(mtd, section, oobecc);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mtd_ooblayout_ecc);
 
@@ -1087,16 +1053,10 @@ int mtd_ooblayout_free(struct mtd_info *mtd, int section,
 	if (!mtd || section < 0)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (!mtd->ecclayout)
+	if (!mtd->ooblayout || !mtd->ooblayout->free)
 		return -ENOTSUPP;
 
-	if (section >= MTD_MAX_OOBFREE_ENTRIES_LARGE)
-		return -ERANGE;
-
-	oobfree->offset = mtd->ecclayout->oobfree[section].offset;
-	oobfree->length = mtd->ecclayout->oobfree[section].length;
-
-	return 0;
+	return mtd->ooblayout->free(mtd, section, oobfree);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mtd_ooblayout_free);
 
@@ -1397,6 +1357,123 @@ int mtd_ooblayout_count_eccbytes(struct mtd_info *mtd)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mtd_ooblayout_count_eccbytes);
 
+/**
+ * mtd_ecclayout_ecc - Default ooblayout_ecc iterator implementation
+ * @mtd: MTD device structure
+ * @section: ECC section. Depending on the layout you may have all the ECC
+ *	     bytes stored in a single contiguous section, or one section
+ *	     per ECC chunk (and sometime several sections for a single ECC
+ *	     ECC chunk)
+ * @oobecc: OOB region struct filled with the appropriate ECC position
+ *	    information
+ *
+ * This function is just a wrapper around the mtd->ecclayout field and is
+ * here to ease the transition to the mtd_ooblayout_ops approach.
+ * All it does is convert the layout->eccpos information into proper oob
+ * region definitions.
+ *
+ * Returns zero on success, a negative error code otherwise.
+ */
+static int mtd_ecclayout_ecc(struct mtd_info *mtd, int section,
+			     struct mtd_oob_region *oobecc)
+{
+	int eccbyte = 0, cursection = 0, length = 0, eccpos = 0;
+
+	if (!mtd->ecclayout)
+		return -ENOTSUPP;
+
+	/*
+	 * This logic allows us to reuse the ->ecclayout information and
+	 * expose them as ECC regions (as done for the OOB free regions).
+	 *
+	 * TODO: this should be dropped as soon as we get rid of the
+	 * ->ecclayout field.
+	 */
+	for (eccbyte = 0; eccbyte < mtd->ecclayout->eccbytes; eccbyte++) {
+		eccpos = mtd->ecclayout->eccpos[eccbyte];
+
+		if (eccbyte < mtd->ecclayout->eccbytes - 1) {
+			int neccpos = mtd->ecclayout->eccpos[eccbyte + 1];
+
+			if (eccpos + 1 == neccpos) {
+				length++;
+				continue;
+			}
+		}
+
+		if (section == cursection)
+			break;
+
+		length = 0;
+		cursection++;
+	}
+
+	if (cursection != section || eccbyte >= mtd->ecclayout->eccbytes)
+		return -ERANGE;
+
+	oobecc->length = length + 1;
+	oobecc->offset = eccpos - length;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * mtd_ecclayout_ecc - Default ooblayout_free iterator implementation
+ * @mtd: MTD device structure
+ * @section: Free section. Depending on the layout you may have all the free
+ *	     bytes stored in a single contiguous section, or one section
+ *	     per ECC chunk (and sometime several sections for a single ECC
+ *	     ECC chunk)
+ * @oobfree: OOB region struct filled with the appropriate free position
+ *	     information
+ *
+ * This function is just a wrapper around the mtd->ecclayout field and is
+ * here to ease the transition to the mtd_ooblayout_ops approach.
+ * All it does is convert the layout->oobfree information into proper oob
+ * region definitions.
+ *
+ * Returns zero on success, a negative error code otherwise.
+ */
+static int mtd_ecclayout_free(struct mtd_info *mtd, int section,
+			      struct mtd_oob_region *oobfree)
+{
+	struct nand_ecclayout *layout = mtd->ecclayout;
+
+	if (!layout)
+		return -ENOTSUPP;
+
+	if (section >= MTD_MAX_OOBFREE_ENTRIES_LARGE ||
+	    !layout->oobfree[section].length)
+		return -ERANGE;
+
+	oobfree->offset = layout->oobfree[section].offset;
+	oobfree->length = layout->oobfree[section].length;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static const struct mtd_ooblayout_ops mtd_ecclayout_wrapper_ops = {
+	.ecc = mtd_ecclayout_ecc,
+	.free = mtd_ecclayout_free,
+};
+
+/**
+ * mtd_set_ecclayout - Attach an ecclayout to an MTD device
+ * @mtd: MTD device structure
+ * @ecclayout: The ecclayout to attach to the device
+ *
+ * Returns zero on success, a negative error code otherwise.
+ */
+void mtd_set_ecclayout(struct mtd_info *mtd, struct nand_ecclayout *ecclayout)
+{
+	if (!mtd || !ecclayout)
+		return;
+
+	mtd->ecclayout = ecclayout;
+	mtd_set_ooblayout(mtd, &mtd_ecclayout_wrapper_ops);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mtd_set_ecclayout);
+
 /*
  * Method to access the protection register area, present in some flash
  * devices. The user data is one time programmable but the factory data is read
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c
index f53d9d7..1f13e32 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c
@@ -317,6 +317,27 @@ static int part_block_markbad(struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t ofs)
 	return res;
 }
 
+static int part_ooblayout_ecc(struct mtd_info *mtd, int section,
+			      struct mtd_oob_region *oobregion)
+{
+	struct mtd_part *part = mtd_to_part(mtd);
+
+	return mtd_ooblayout_ecc(part->master, section, oobregion);
+}
+
+static int part_ooblayout_free(struct mtd_info *mtd, int section,
+			       struct mtd_oob_region *oobregion)
+{
+	struct mtd_part *part = mtd_to_part(mtd);
+
+	return mtd_ooblayout_free(part->master, section, oobregion);
+}
+
+static const struct mtd_ooblayout_ops part_ooblayout_ops = {
+	.ecc = part_ooblayout_ecc,
+	.free = part_ooblayout_free,
+};
+
 static inline void free_partition(struct mtd_part *p)
 {
 	kfree(p->mtd.name);
@@ -533,7 +554,7 @@ static struct mtd_part *allocate_partition(struct mtd_info *master,
 			part->name);
 	}
 
-	mtd_set_ecclayout(&slave->mtd, master->ecclayout);
+	mtd_set_ooblayout(&slave->mtd, &part_ooblayout_ops);
 	slave->mtd.ecc_step_size = master->ecc_step_size;
 	slave->mtd.ecc_strength = master->ecc_strength;
 	slave->mtd.bitflip_threshold = master->bitflip_threshold;
diff --git a/include/linux/mtd/mtd.h b/include/linux/mtd/mtd.h
index 6250dd8..a38fe9a 100644
--- a/include/linux/mtd/mtd.h
+++ b/include/linux/mtd/mtd.h
@@ -101,6 +101,9 @@ struct mtd_oob_ops {
  * similar, smaller struct nand_ecclayout_user (in mtd-abi.h) that is retained
  * for export to user-space via the ECCGETLAYOUT ioctl.
  * nand_ecclayout should be expandable in the future simply by the above macros.
+ *
+ * This structure is now deprecated, you should use struct nand_ecclayout_ops
+ * to describe your OOB layout.
  */
 struct nand_ecclayout {
 	__u32 eccbytes;
@@ -123,6 +126,22 @@ struct mtd_oob_region {
 	u32 length;
 };
 
+/*
+ * struct mtd_ooblayout_ops - NAND OOB layout operations
+ * @ecc: function returning an ECC region in the OOB area.
+ *	 Should return -ERANGE if %section exceeds the total number of
+ *	 ECC sections.
+ * @free: function returning a free region in the OOB area.
+ *	  Should return -ERANGE if %section exceeds the total number of
+ *	  free sections.
+ */
+struct mtd_ooblayout_ops {
+	int (*ecc)(struct mtd_info *mtd, int section,
+		   struct mtd_oob_region *oobecc);
+	int (*free)(struct mtd_info *mtd, int section,
+		    struct mtd_oob_region *oobfree);
+};
+
 struct module;	/* only needed for owner field in mtd_info */
 
 struct mtd_info {
@@ -181,9 +200,12 @@ struct mtd_info {
 	const char *name;
 	int index;
 
-	/* ECC layout structure pointer - read only! */
+	/* [Deprecated] ECC layout structure pointer - read only! */
 	struct nand_ecclayout *ecclayout;
 
+	/* OOB layout description */
+	const struct mtd_ooblayout_ops *ooblayout;
+
 	/* the ecc step size. */
 	unsigned int ecc_step_size;
 
@@ -286,10 +308,12 @@ int mtd_ooblayout_set_databytes(struct mtd_info *mtd, const u8 *databuf,
 int mtd_ooblayout_count_freebytes(struct mtd_info *mtd);
 int mtd_ooblayout_count_eccbytes(struct mtd_info *mtd);
 
-static inline void mtd_set_ecclayout(struct mtd_info *mtd,
-				     struct nand_ecclayout *ecclayout)
+void mtd_set_ecclayout(struct mtd_info *mtd, struct nand_ecclayout *ecclayout);
+
+static inline void mtd_set_ooblayout(struct mtd_info *mtd,
+				     const struct mtd_ooblayout_ops *ooblayout)
 {
-	mtd->ecclayout = ecclayout;
+	mtd->ooblayout = ooblayout;
 }
 
 static inline void mtd_set_of_node(struct mtd_info *mtd,
