diff --git a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/Kconfig b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/Kconfig
index def7e3f09356..c18d86e9d8d7 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/Kconfig
@@ -132,8 +132,8 @@ config ARM_SCMI_TRANSPORT_SMC_ATOMIC_ENABLE
 	  primitives all over instead. If unsure say N.
 
 config ARM_SCMI_TRANSPORT_VIRTIO
-	bool "SCMI transport based on VirtIO"
-	depends on VIRTIO=y || VIRTIO=ARM_SCMI_PROTOCOL
+	tristate "SCMI transport based on VirtIO"
+	depends on VIRTIO
 	select ARM_SCMI_HAVE_TRANSPORT
 	select ARM_SCMI_HAVE_MSG
 	help
@@ -141,6 +141,8 @@ config ARM_SCMI_TRANSPORT_VIRTIO
 
 	  If you want the ARM SCMI PROTOCOL stack to include support for a
 	  transport based on VirtIO, answer Y.
+	  This driver can also be built as a module.  If so, the module
+	  will be called scmi_transport_virtio.
 
 config ARM_SCMI_TRANSPORT_VIRTIO_VERSION1_COMPLIANCE
 	bool "SCMI VirtIO transport Version 1 compliance"
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/Makefile b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/Makefile
index b04119ce972f..846b4939258d 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/Makefile
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ scmi-driver-y = driver.o notify.o
 scmi-driver-$(CONFIG_ARM_SCMI_RAW_MODE_SUPPORT) += raw_mode.o
 scmi-transport-$(CONFIG_ARM_SCMI_HAVE_SHMEM) = shmem.o
 scmi-transport-$(CONFIG_ARM_SCMI_HAVE_MSG) += msg.o
-scmi-transport-$(CONFIG_ARM_SCMI_TRANSPORT_VIRTIO) += virtio.o
 scmi-protocols-y := base.o clock.o perf.o power.o reset.o sensors.o system.o voltage.o powercap.o
 scmi-protocols-y += pinctrl.o
 scmi-module-objs := $(scmi-driver-y) $(scmi-protocols-y) $(scmi-transport-y)
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_ARM_SCMI_TRANSPORT_SMC) += scmi_transport_smc.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_ARM_SCMI_TRANSPORT_VIRTIO) += scmi_transport_virtio.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_ARM_SCMI_TRANSPORT_MAILBOX) += scmi_transport_mailbox.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_ARM_SCMI_TRANSPORT_OPTEE) += scmi_transport_optee.o
 
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/common.h b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/common.h
index bf6be0228646..102b28c3f22a 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/common.h
+++ b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/common.h
@@ -286,9 +286,6 @@ int scmi_xfer_raw_inflight_register(const struct scmi_handle *handle,
 int scmi_xfer_raw_wait_for_message_response(struct scmi_chan_info *cinfo,
 					    struct scmi_xfer *xfer,
 					    unsigned int timeout_ms);
-#ifdef CONFIG_ARM_SCMI_TRANSPORT_VIRTIO
-extern const struct scmi_desc scmi_virtio_desc;
-#endif
 
 void scmi_rx_callback(struct scmi_chan_info *cinfo, u32 msg_hdr, void *priv);
 
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/driver.c b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/driver.c
index 67b416c7f2f5..2a1f87c97abe 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/driver.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/driver.c
@@ -3251,9 +3251,6 @@ ATTRIBUTE_GROUPS(versions);
 
 /* Each compatible listed below must have descriptor associated with it */
 static const struct of_device_id scmi_of_match[] = {
-#ifdef CONFIG_ARM_SCMI_TRANSPORT_VIRTIO
-	{ .compatible = "arm,scmi-virtio", .data = &scmi_virtio_desc},
-#endif
 	{ /* Sentinel */ },
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/virtio.c b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/scmi_transport_virtio.c
similarity index 95%
rename from drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/virtio.c
rename to drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/scmi_transport_virtio.c
index 736a0d41a458..7a4961049b28 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/virtio.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/scmi_transport_virtio.c
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
  * Virtio Transport driver for Arm System Control and Management Interface
  * (SCMI).
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2020-2022 OpenSynergy.
- * Copyright (C) 2021-2022 ARM Ltd.
+ * Copyright (C) 2020-2024 OpenSynergy.
+ * Copyright (C) 2021-2024 ARM Ltd.
  */
 
 /**
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/completion.h>
 #include <linux/errno.h>
+#include <linux/platform_device.h>
 #include <linux/refcount.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/virtio.h>
@@ -108,6 +109,8 @@ struct scmi_vio_msg {
 	refcount_t users;
 };
 
+static struct scmi_transport_core_operations *core;
+
 /* Only one SCMI VirtIO device can possibly exist */
 static struct virtio_device *scmi_vdev;
 
@@ -294,8 +297,9 @@ static void scmi_vio_complete_cb(struct virtqueue *vqueue)
 
 		if (msg) {
 			msg->rx_len = length;
-			scmi_rx_callback(vioch->cinfo,
-					 scmi_msg_ops.read_header(msg->input), msg);
+			core->rx_callback(vioch->cinfo,
+					  core->msg->read_header(msg->input),
+					  msg);
 
 			scmi_finalize_message(vioch, msg);
 		}
@@ -339,8 +343,9 @@ static void scmi_vio_deferred_tx_worker(struct work_struct *work)
 		 * is no more processed elsewhere so no poll_lock needed.
 		 */
 		if (msg->poll_status == VIO_MSG_NOT_POLLED)
-			scmi_rx_callback(vioch->cinfo,
-					 scmi_msg_ops.read_header(msg->input), msg);
+			core->rx_callback(vioch->cinfo,
+					  core->msg->read_header(msg->input),
+					  msg);
 
 		/* Free the processed message once done */
 		scmi_vio_msg_release(vioch, msg);
@@ -368,23 +373,6 @@ static unsigned int virtio_get_max_msg(struct scmi_chan_info *base_cinfo)
 	return vioch->max_msg;
 }
 
-static int virtio_link_supplier(struct device *dev)
-{
-	if (!scmi_vdev) {
-		dev_notice(dev,
-			   "Deferring probe after not finding a bound scmi-virtio device\n");
-		return -EPROBE_DEFER;
-	}
-
-	if (!device_link_add(dev, &scmi_vdev->dev,
-			     DL_FLAG_AUTOREMOVE_CONSUMER)) {
-		dev_err(dev, "Adding link to supplier virtio device failed\n");
-		return -ECANCELED;
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static bool virtio_chan_available(struct device_node *of_node, int idx)
 {
 	struct scmi_vio_channel *channels, *vioch = NULL;
@@ -512,10 +500,10 @@ static int virtio_send_message(struct scmi_chan_info *cinfo,
 		return -EBUSY;
 	}
 
-	scmi_msg_ops.tx_prepare(msg->request, xfer);
+	core->msg->tx_prepare(msg->request, xfer);
 
-	sg_init_one(&sg_out, msg->request, scmi_msg_ops.command_size(xfer));
-	sg_init_one(&sg_in, msg->input, scmi_msg_ops.response_size(xfer));
+	sg_init_one(&sg_out, msg->request, core->msg->command_size(xfer));
+	sg_init_one(&sg_in, msg->input, core->msg->response_size(xfer));
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&vioch->lock, flags);
 
@@ -562,7 +550,7 @@ static void virtio_fetch_response(struct scmi_chan_info *cinfo,
 	struct scmi_vio_msg *msg = xfer->priv;
 
 	if (msg)
-		scmi_msg_ops.fetch_response(msg->input, msg->rx_len, xfer);
+		core->msg->fetch_response(msg->input, msg->rx_len, xfer);
 }
 
 static void virtio_fetch_notification(struct scmi_chan_info *cinfo,
@@ -571,7 +559,8 @@ static void virtio_fetch_notification(struct scmi_chan_info *cinfo,
 	struct scmi_vio_msg *msg = xfer->priv;
 
 	if (msg)
-		scmi_msg_ops.fetch_notification(msg->input, msg->rx_len, max_len, xfer);
+		core->msg->fetch_notification(msg->input, msg->rx_len,
+					      max_len, xfer);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -671,7 +660,7 @@ static void virtio_mark_txdone(struct scmi_chan_info *cinfo, int ret,
  * the message we are polling for could be alternatively delivered via usual
  * IRQs callbacks on another core which happened to have IRQs enabled while we
  * are actively polling for it here: in such a case it will be handled as such
- * by scmi_rx_callback() and the polling loop in the SCMI Core TX path will be
+ * by rx_callback() and the polling loop in the SCMI Core TX path will be
  * transparently terminated anyway.
  *
  * Return: True once polling has successfully completed.
@@ -792,7 +781,6 @@ static bool virtio_poll_done(struct scmi_chan_info *cinfo,
 }
 
 static const struct scmi_transport_ops scmi_virtio_ops = {
-	.link_supplier = virtio_link_supplier,
 	.chan_available = virtio_chan_available,
 	.chan_setup = virtio_chan_setup,
 	.chan_free = virtio_chan_free,
@@ -804,6 +792,22 @@ static const struct scmi_transport_ops scmi_virtio_ops = {
 	.poll_done = virtio_poll_done,
 };
 
+const struct scmi_desc scmi_virtio_desc = {
+	.ops = &scmi_virtio_ops,
+	/* for non-realtime virtio devices */
+	.max_rx_timeout_ms = VIRTIO_MAX_RX_TIMEOUT_MS,
+	.max_msg = 0, /* overridden by virtio_get_max_msg() */
+	.max_msg_size = VIRTIO_SCMI_MAX_MSG_SIZE,
+	.atomic_enabled = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARM_SCMI_TRANSPORT_VIRTIO_ATOMIC_ENABLE),
+};
+
+static const struct of_device_id scmi_of_match[] = {
+	{ .compatible = "arm,scmi-virtio" },
+	{ /* Sentinel */ },
+};
+
+DEFINE_SCMI_TRANSPORT_DRIVER(scmi_virtio, scmi_of_match, &core);
+
 static int scmi_vio_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 {
 	struct device *dev = &vdev->dev;
@@ -864,14 +868,17 @@ static int scmi_vio_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 	}
 
 	vdev->priv = channels;
+
 	/* Ensure initialized scmi_vdev is visible */
 	smp_store_mb(scmi_vdev, vdev);
 
-	return 0;
+	return platform_driver_register(&scmi_virtio_driver);
 }
 
 static void scmi_vio_remove(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 {
+	platform_driver_unregister(&scmi_virtio_driver);
+
 	/*
 	 * Once we get here, virtio_chan_free() will have already been called by
 	 * the SCMI core for any existing channel and, as a consequence, all the
@@ -916,23 +923,11 @@ static struct virtio_driver virtio_scmi_driver = {
 	.validate = scmi_vio_validate,
 };
 
-static int __init virtio_scmi_init(void)
-{
-	return register_virtio_driver(&virtio_scmi_driver);
-}
+module_virtio_driver(virtio_scmi_driver);
 
-static void virtio_scmi_exit(void)
-{
-	unregister_virtio_driver(&virtio_scmi_driver);
-}
-
-const struct scmi_desc scmi_virtio_desc = {
-	.transport_init = virtio_scmi_init,
-	.transport_exit = virtio_scmi_exit,
-	.ops = &scmi_virtio_ops,
-	/* for non-realtime virtio devices */
-	.max_rx_timeout_ms = VIRTIO_MAX_RX_TIMEOUT_MS,
-	.max_msg = 0, /* overridden by virtio_get_max_msg() */
-	.max_msg_size = VIRTIO_SCMI_MAX_MSG_SIZE,
-	.atomic_enabled = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARM_SCMI_TRANSPORT_VIRTIO_ATOMIC_ENABLE),
-};
+MODULE_ALIAS("scmi-transport-virtio");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Igor Skalkin <igor.skalkin@opensynergy.com>");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Peter Hilber <peter.hilber@opensynergy.com>");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Cristian Marussi <cristian.marussi@arm.com>");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("SCMI VirtIO Transport driver");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
