diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/omap_remoteproc.c
b/drivers/remoteproc/omap_remoteproc.c
index de138e30..f45230c 100644
--- a/drivers/remoteproc/omap_remoteproc.c
+++ b/drivers/remoteproc/omap_remoteproc.c
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ static int omap_rproc_mbox_callback(struct
notifier_block *this,
 {
 	mbox_msg_t msg = (mbox_msg_t) data;
 	struct omap_rproc *oproc = container_of(this, struct omap_rproc, nb);
-	struct device *dev = oproc->rproc->dev;
+	struct device *dev = oproc->rproc->dev.parent;
 	const char *name = oproc->rproc->name;

 	dev_dbg(dev, "mbox msg: 0x%x\n", msg);
@@ -92,12 +92,13 @@ static int omap_rproc_mbox_callback(struct
notifier_block *this,
 static void omap_rproc_kick(struct rproc *rproc, int vqid)
 {
 	struct omap_rproc *oproc = rproc->priv;
+	struct device *dev = rproc->dev.parent;
 	int ret;

 	/* send the index of the triggered virtqueue in the mailbox payload */
 	ret = omap_mbox_msg_send(oproc->mbox, vqid);
 	if (ret)
-		dev_err(rproc->dev, "omap_mbox_msg_send failed: %d\n", ret);
+		dev_err(dev, "omap_mbox_msg_send failed: %d\n", ret);
 }

 /*
@@ -110,7 +111,8 @@ static void omap_rproc_kick(struct rproc *rproc, int vqid)
 static int omap_rproc_start(struct rproc *rproc)
 {
 	struct omap_rproc *oproc = rproc->priv;
-	struct platform_device *pdev = to_platform_device(rproc->dev);
+	struct device *dev = rproc->dev.parent;
+	struct platform_device *pdev = to_platform_device(dev);
 	struct omap_rproc_pdata *pdata = pdev->dev.platform_data;
 	int ret;

@@ -120,7 +122,7 @@ static int omap_rproc_start(struct rproc *rproc)
 	oproc->mbox = omap_mbox_get(pdata->mbox_name, &oproc->nb);
 	if (IS_ERR(oproc->mbox)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(oproc->mbox);
-		dev_err(rproc->dev, "omap_mbox_get failed: %d\n", ret);
+		dev_err(dev, "omap_mbox_get failed: %d\n", ret);
 		return ret;
 	}

@@ -133,13 +135,13 @@ static int omap_rproc_start(struct rproc *rproc)
 	 */
 	ret = omap_mbox_msg_send(oproc->mbox, RP_MBOX_ECHO_REQUEST);
 	if (ret) {
-		dev_err(rproc->dev, "omap_mbox_get failed: %d\n", ret);
+		dev_err(dev, "omap_mbox_get failed: %d\n", ret);
 		goto put_mbox;
 	}

 	ret = pdata->device_enable(pdev);
 	if (ret) {
-		dev_err(rproc->dev, "omap_device_enable failed: %d\n", ret);
+		dev_err(dev, "omap_device_enable failed: %d\n", ret);
 		goto put_mbox;
 	}

@@ -153,7 +155,8 @@ put_mbox:
 /* power off the remote processor */
 static int omap_rproc_stop(struct rproc *rproc)
 {
-	struct platform_device *pdev = to_platform_device(rproc->dev);
+	struct device *dev = rproc->dev.parent;
+	struct platform_device *pdev = to_platform_device(dev);
 	struct omap_rproc_pdata *pdata = pdev->dev.platform_data;
 	struct omap_rproc *oproc = rproc->priv;
 	int ret;
diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
index 464ea4f..46469b2 100644
--- a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
+++ b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #include <linux/debugfs.h>
 #include <linux/remoteproc.h>
 #include <linux/iommu.h>
+#include <linux/idr.h>
 #include <linux/klist.h>
 #include <linux/elf.h>
 #include <linux/virtio_ids.h>
@@ -66,6 +67,9 @@ typedef int (*rproc_handle_resources_t)(struct rproc *rproc,
 				struct resource_table *table, int len);
 typedef int (*rproc_handle_resource_t)(struct rproc *rproc, void *, int avail);

+/* Unique indices for remoteproc devices */
+static DEFINE_IDA(rproc_dev_index);
+
 /*
  * This is the IOMMU fault handler we register with the IOMMU API
  * (when relevant; not all remote processors access memory through
@@ -92,7 +96,7 @@ static int rproc_iommu_fault(struct iommu_domain
*domain, struct device *dev,
 static int rproc_enable_iommu(struct rproc *rproc)
 {
 	struct iommu_domain *domain;
-	struct device *dev = rproc->dev;
+	struct device *dev = rproc->dev.parent;
 	int ret;

 	/*
@@ -137,7 +141,7 @@ free_domain:
 static void rproc_disable_iommu(struct rproc *rproc)
 {
 	struct iommu_domain *domain = rproc->domain;
-	struct device *dev = rproc->dev;
+	struct device *dev = rproc->dev.parent;

 	if (!domain)
 		return;
@@ -217,7 +221,7 @@ static void *rproc_da_to_va(struct rproc *rproc,
u64 da, int len)
 static int
 rproc_load_segments(struct rproc *rproc, const u8 *elf_data, size_t len)
 {
-	struct device *dev = rproc->dev;
+	struct device *dev = &rproc->dev;
 	struct elf32_hdr *ehdr;
 	struct elf32_phdr *phdr;
 	int i, ret = 0;
@@ -282,7 +286,7 @@ rproc_load_segments(struct rproc *rproc, const u8
*elf_data, size_t len)
 int rproc_alloc_vring(struct rproc_vdev *rvdev, int i)
 {
 	struct rproc *rproc = rvdev->rproc;
-	struct device *dev = rproc->dev;
+	struct device *dev = &rproc->dev;
 	struct rproc_vring *rvring = &rvdev->vring[i];
 	dma_addr_t dma;
 	void *va;
@@ -301,9 +305,9 @@ int rproc_alloc_vring(struct rproc_vdev *rvdev, int i)
 	 * this call will also configure the IOMMU for us
 	 * TODO: let the rproc know the da of this vring
 	 */
-	va = dma_alloc_coherent(dev, size, &dma, GFP_KERNEL);
+	va = dma_alloc_coherent(dev->parent, size, &dma, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!va) {
-		dev_err(dev, "dma_alloc_coherent failed\n");
+		dev_err(dev->parent, "dma_alloc_coherent failed\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}

@@ -316,7 +320,7 @@ int rproc_alloc_vring(struct rproc_vdev *rvdev, int i)
 	ret = idr_get_new(&rproc->notifyids, rvring, &notifyid);
 	if (ret) {
 		dev_err(dev, "idr_get_new failed: %d\n", ret);
-		dma_free_coherent(dev, size, va, dma);
+		dma_free_coherent(dev->parent, size, va, dma);
 		return ret;
 	}

@@ -334,7 +338,7 @@ static int
 rproc_parse_vring(struct rproc_vdev *rvdev, struct fw_rsc_vdev *rsc, int i)
 {
 	struct rproc *rproc = rvdev->rproc;
-	struct device *dev = rproc->dev;
+	struct device *dev = &rproc->dev;
 	struct fw_rsc_vdev_vring *vring = &rsc->vring[i];
 	struct rproc_vring *rvring = &rvdev->vring[i];

@@ -366,7 +370,7 @@ void rproc_free_vring(struct rproc_vring *rvring)
 	int size = PAGE_ALIGN(vring_size(rvring->len, rvring->align));
 	struct rproc *rproc = rvring->rvdev->rproc;

-	dma_free_coherent(rproc->dev, size, rvring->va, rvring->dma);
+	dma_free_coherent(rproc->dev.parent, size, rvring->va, rvring->dma);
 	idr_remove(&rproc->notifyids, rvring->notifyid);
 }

@@ -400,14 +404,14 @@ void rproc_free_vring(struct rproc_vring *rvring)
 static int rproc_handle_vdev(struct rproc *rproc, struct fw_rsc_vdev *rsc,
 								int avail)
 {
-	struct device *dev = rproc->dev;
+	struct device *dev = &rproc->dev;
 	struct rproc_vdev *rvdev;
 	int i, ret;

 	/* make sure resource isn't truncated */
 	if (sizeof(*rsc) + rsc->num_of_vrings * sizeof(struct fw_rsc_vdev_vring)
 			+ rsc->config_len > avail) {
-		dev_err(rproc->dev, "vdev rsc is truncated\n");
+		dev_err(dev, "vdev rsc is truncated\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}

@@ -476,12 +480,12 @@ static int rproc_handle_trace(struct rproc
*rproc, struct fw_rsc_trace *rsc,
 								int avail)
 {
 	struct rproc_mem_entry *trace;
-	struct device *dev = rproc->dev;
+	struct device *dev = &rproc->dev;
 	void *ptr;
 	char name[15];

 	if (sizeof(*rsc) > avail) {
-		dev_err(rproc->dev, "trace rsc is truncated\n");
+		dev_err(dev, "trace rsc is truncated\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}

@@ -558,6 +562,7 @@ static int rproc_handle_devmem(struct rproc
*rproc, struct fw_rsc_devmem *rsc,
 								int avail)
 {
 	struct rproc_mem_entry *mapping;
+	struct device *dev = &rproc->dev;
 	int ret;

 	/* no point in handling this resource without a valid iommu domain */
@@ -565,25 +570,25 @@ static int rproc_handle_devmem(struct rproc
*rproc, struct fw_rsc_devmem *rsc,
 		return -EINVAL;

 	if (sizeof(*rsc) > avail) {
-		dev_err(rproc->dev, "devmem rsc is truncated\n");
+		dev_err(dev, "devmem rsc is truncated\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}

 	/* make sure reserved bytes are zeroes */
 	if (rsc->reserved) {
-		dev_err(rproc->dev, "devmem rsc has non zero reserved bytes\n");
+		dev_err(dev, "devmem rsc has non zero reserved bytes\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}

 	mapping = kzalloc(sizeof(*mapping), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!mapping) {
-		dev_err(rproc->dev, "kzalloc mapping failed\n");
+		dev_err(dev, "kzalloc mapping failed\n");
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}

 	ret = iommu_map(rproc->domain, rsc->da, rsc->pa, rsc->len, rsc->flags);
 	if (ret) {
-		dev_err(rproc->dev, "failed to map devmem: %d\n", ret);
+		dev_err(dev, "failed to map devmem: %d\n", ret);
 		goto out;
 	}

@@ -598,7 +603,7 @@ static int rproc_handle_devmem(struct rproc
*rproc, struct fw_rsc_devmem *rsc,
 	mapping->len = rsc->len;
 	list_add_tail(&mapping->node, &rproc->mappings);

-	dev_dbg(rproc->dev, "mapped devmem pa 0x%x, da 0x%x, len 0x%x\n",
+	dev_dbg(dev, "mapped devmem pa 0x%x, da 0x%x, len 0x%x\n",
 					rsc->pa, rsc->da, rsc->len);

 	return 0;
@@ -630,13 +635,13 @@ static int rproc_handle_carveout(struct rproc *rproc,
 				struct fw_rsc_carveout *rsc, int avail)
 {
 	struct rproc_mem_entry *carveout, *mapping;
-	struct device *dev = rproc->dev;
+	struct device *dev = &rproc->dev;
 	dma_addr_t dma;
 	void *va;
 	int ret;

 	if (sizeof(*rsc) > avail) {
-		dev_err(rproc->dev, "carveout rsc is truncated\n");
+		dev_err(dev, "carveout rsc is truncated\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}

@@ -662,9 +667,9 @@ static int rproc_handle_carveout(struct rproc *rproc,
 		goto free_mapping;
 	}

-	va = dma_alloc_coherent(dev, rsc->len, &dma, GFP_KERNEL);
+	va = dma_alloc_coherent(dev->parent, rsc->len, &dma, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!va) {
-		dev_err(dev, "failed to dma alloc carveout: %d\n", rsc->len);
+		dev_err(dev->parent, "dma_alloc_coherent err: %d\n", rsc->len);
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto free_carv;
 	}
@@ -735,7 +740,7 @@ static int rproc_handle_carveout(struct rproc *rproc,
 	return 0;

 dma_free:
-	dma_free_coherent(dev, rsc->len, va, dma);
+	dma_free_coherent(dev->parent, rsc->len, va, dma);
 free_carv:
 	kfree(carveout);
 free_mapping:
@@ -758,7 +763,7 @@ static rproc_handle_resource_t rproc_handle_rsc[] = {
 static int
 rproc_handle_boot_rsc(struct rproc *rproc, struct resource_table
*table, int len)
 {
-	struct device *dev = rproc->dev;
+	struct device *dev = &rproc->dev;
 	rproc_handle_resource_t handler;
 	int ret = 0, i;

@@ -797,7 +802,7 @@ rproc_handle_boot_rsc(struct rproc *rproc, struct
resource_table *table, int len
 static int
 rproc_handle_virtio_rsc(struct rproc *rproc, struct resource_table
*table, int len)
 {
-	struct device *dev = rproc->dev;
+	struct device *dev = &rproc->dev;
 	int ret = 0, i;

 	for (i = 0; i < table->num; i++) {
@@ -850,7 +855,7 @@ rproc_find_rsc_table(struct rproc *rproc, const u8
*elf_data, size_t len,
 	struct elf32_hdr *ehdr;
 	struct elf32_shdr *shdr;
 	const char *name_table;
-	struct device *dev = rproc->dev;
+	struct device *dev = &rproc->dev;
 	struct resource_table *table = NULL;
 	int i;

@@ -916,7 +921,7 @@ rproc_find_rsc_table(struct rproc *rproc, const u8
*elf_data, size_t len,
 static void rproc_resource_cleanup(struct rproc *rproc)
 {
 	struct rproc_mem_entry *entry, *tmp;
-	struct device *dev = rproc->dev;
+	struct device *dev = &rproc->dev;

 	/* clean up debugfs trace entries */
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(entry, tmp, &rproc->traces, node) {
@@ -928,7 +933,7 @@ static void rproc_resource_cleanup(struct rproc *rproc)

 	/* clean up carveout allocations */
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(entry, tmp, &rproc->carveouts, node) {
-		dma_free_coherent(dev, entry->len, entry->va, entry->dma);
+		dma_free_coherent(dev->parent, entry->len, entry->va, entry->dma);
 		list_del(&entry->node);
 		kfree(entry);
 	}
@@ -953,7 +958,7 @@ static void rproc_resource_cleanup(struct rproc *rproc)
 static int rproc_fw_sanity_check(struct rproc *rproc, const struct
firmware *fw)
 {
 	const char *name = rproc->firmware;
-	struct device *dev = rproc->dev;
+	struct device *dev = &rproc->dev;
 	struct elf32_hdr *ehdr;
 	char class;

@@ -1014,7 +1019,7 @@ static int rproc_fw_sanity_check(struct rproc
*rproc, const struct firmware *fw)
  */
 static int rproc_fw_boot(struct rproc *rproc, const struct firmware *fw)
 {
-	struct device *dev = rproc->dev;
+	struct device *dev = &rproc->dev;
 	const char *name = rproc->firmware;
 	struct elf32_hdr *ehdr;
 	struct resource_table *table;
@@ -1139,7 +1144,7 @@ int rproc_boot(struct rproc *rproc)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}

-	dev = rproc->dev;
+	dev = &rproc->dev;

 	/*
 	 * if asynchronoush fw loading is underway, wait up to 65 secs
@@ -1167,7 +1172,7 @@ int rproc_boot(struct rproc *rproc)
 	}

 	/* prevent underlying implementation from being removed */
-	if (!try_module_get(dev->driver->owner)) {
+	if (!try_module_get(dev->parent->driver->owner)) {
 		dev_err(dev, "%s: can't get owner\n", __func__);
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 		goto unlock_mutex;
@@ -1194,7 +1199,7 @@ int rproc_boot(struct rproc *rproc)

 downref_rproc:
 	if (ret) {
-		module_put(dev->driver->owner);
+		module_put(dev->parent->driver->owner);
 		atomic_dec(&rproc->power);
 	}
 unlock_mutex:
@@ -1228,7 +1233,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(rproc_boot);
  */
 void rproc_shutdown(struct rproc *rproc)
 {
-	struct device *dev = rproc->dev;
+	struct device *dev = &rproc->dev;
 	int ret;

 	ret = mutex_lock_interruptible(&rproc->lock);
@@ -1261,7 +1266,7 @@ void rproc_shutdown(struct rproc *rproc)
 out:
 	mutex_unlock(&rproc->lock);
 	if (!ret)
-		module_put(dev->driver->owner);
+		module_put(dev->parent->driver->owner);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(rproc_shutdown);

@@ -1284,7 +1289,7 @@ void rproc_release(struct kref *kref)
 {
 	struct rproc *rproc = container_of(kref, struct rproc, refcount);

-	dev_info(rproc->dev, "removing %s\n", rproc->name);
+	dev_info(&rproc->dev, "removing %s\n", rproc->name);

 	rproc_delete_debug_dir(rproc);

@@ -1416,13 +1421,17 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(rproc_put);
  */
 int rproc_register(struct rproc *rproc)
 {
-	struct device *dev = rproc->dev;
+	struct device *dev = &rproc->dev;
 	int ret = 0;

+	ret = device_add(dev);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
 	/* expose to rproc_get_by_name users */
 	klist_add_tail(&rproc->node, &rprocs);

-	dev_info(rproc->dev, "%s is available\n", rproc->name);
+	dev_info(dev, "%s is available\n", rproc->name);

 	dev_info(dev, "Note: remoteproc is still under development and
considered experimental.\n");
 	dev_info(dev, "THE BINARY FORMAT IS NOT YET FINALIZED, and backward
compatibility isn't yet guaranteed.\n");
@@ -1455,6 +1464,33 @@ int rproc_register(struct rproc *rproc)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(rproc_register);

 /**
+ * rproc_type_release() - release a remote processor instance
+ * @dev: the rproc's device
+ *
+ * This function should _never_ be called directly.
+ *
+ * It will be called by the driver core when no one holds a valid pointer
+ * to @dev anymore.
+ */
+static void rproc_type_release(struct device *dev)
+{
+	struct rproc *rproc = container_of(dev, struct rproc, dev);
+
+	idr_remove_all(&rproc->notifyids);
+	idr_destroy(&rproc->notifyids);
+
+	if (rproc->index >= 0)
+		ida_simple_remove(&rproc_dev_index, rproc->index);
+
+	kfree(rproc);
+}
+
+static struct device_type rproc_type = {
+	.name		= "remoteproc",
+	.release	= rproc_type_release,
+};
+
+/**
  * rproc_alloc() - allocate a remote processor handle
  * @dev: the underlying device
  * @name: name of this remote processor
@@ -1492,12 +1528,25 @@ struct rproc *rproc_alloc(struct device *dev,
const char *name,
 		return NULL;
 	}

-	rproc->dev = dev;
 	rproc->name = name;
 	rproc->ops = ops;
 	rproc->firmware = firmware;
 	rproc->priv = &rproc[1];

+	device_initialize(&rproc->dev);
+	rproc->dev.parent = dev;
+	rproc->dev.type = &rproc_type;
+
+	/* Assign a unique device index and name */
+	rproc->index = ida_simple_get(&rproc_dev_index, 0, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (rproc->index < 0) {
+		dev_err(dev, "ida_simple_get failed: %d\n", rproc->index);
+		put_device(&rproc->dev);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	dev_set_name(&rproc->dev, "remoteproc%d", rproc->index);
+
 	atomic_set(&rproc->power, 0);

 	kref_init(&rproc->refcount);
@@ -1529,10 +1578,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(rproc_alloc);
  */
 void rproc_free(struct rproc *rproc)
 {
-	idr_remove_all(&rproc->notifyids);
-	idr_destroy(&rproc->notifyids);
-
-	kfree(rproc);
+	put_device(&rproc->dev);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(rproc_free);

@@ -1573,6 +1619,8 @@ int rproc_unregister(struct rproc *rproc)
 	/* the rproc is downref'ed as soon as it's removed from the klist */
 	klist_del(&rproc->node);

+	device_del(&rproc->dev);
+
 	/* the rproc will only be released after its refcount drops to zero */
 	kref_put(&rproc->refcount, rproc_release);

@@ -1583,6 +1631,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(rproc_unregister);
 static int __init remoteproc_init(void)
 {
 	rproc_init_debugfs();
+
 	return 0;
 }
 module_init(remoteproc_init);
diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_debugfs.c
b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_debugfs.c
index 85d31a6..0383385 100644
--- a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_debugfs.c
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ struct dentry *rproc_create_trace_file(const char
*name, struct rproc *rproc,
 	tfile = debugfs_create_file(name, 0400, rproc->dbg_dir,
 						trace, &trace_rproc_ops);
 	if (!tfile) {
-		dev_err(rproc->dev, "failed to create debugfs trace entry\n");
+		dev_err(&rproc->dev, "failed to create debugfs trace entry\n");
 		return NULL;
 	}

@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ void rproc_delete_debug_dir(struct rproc *rproc)

 void rproc_create_debug_dir(struct rproc *rproc)
 {
-	struct device *dev = rproc->dev;
+	struct device *dev = &rproc->dev;

 	if (!rproc_dbg)
 		return;
diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_virtio.c
b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_virtio.c
index 26a7144..b662183 100644
--- a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_virtio.c
+++ b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_virtio.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ static void rproc_virtio_notify(struct virtqueue *vq)
 	struct rproc *rproc = rvring->rvdev->rproc;
 	int notifyid = rvring->notifyid;

-	dev_dbg(rproc->dev, "kicking vq index: %d\n", notifyid);
+	dev_dbg(&rproc->dev, "kicking vq index: %d\n", notifyid);

 	rproc->ops->kick(rproc, notifyid);
 }
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ irqreturn_t rproc_vq_interrupt(struct rproc *rproc,
int notifyid)
 {
 	struct rproc_vring *rvring;

-	dev_dbg(rproc->dev, "vq index %d is interrupted\n", notifyid);
+	dev_dbg(&rproc->dev, "vq index %d is interrupted\n", notifyid);

 	rvring = idr_find(&rproc->notifyids, notifyid);
 	if (!rvring || !rvring->vq)
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ static struct virtqueue *rp_find_vq(struct
virtio_device *vdev,
 {
 	struct rproc_vdev *rvdev = vdev_to_rvdev(vdev);
 	struct rproc *rproc = vdev_to_rproc(vdev);
+	struct device *dev = &rproc->dev;
 	struct rproc_vring *rvring;
 	struct virtqueue *vq;
 	void *addr;
@@ -95,7 +96,7 @@ static struct virtqueue *rp_find_vq(struct
virtio_device *vdev,
 	size = vring_size(len, rvring->align);
 	memset(addr, 0, size);

-	dev_dbg(rproc->dev, "vring%d: va %p qsz %d notifyid %d\n",
+	dev_dbg(dev, "vring%d: va %p qsz %d notifyid %d\n",
 					id, addr, len, rvring->notifyid);

 	/*
@@ -105,7 +106,7 @@ static struct virtqueue *rp_find_vq(struct
virtio_device *vdev,
 	vq = vring_new_virtqueue(len, rvring->align, vdev, false, addr,
 					rproc_virtio_notify, callback, name);
 	if (!vq) {
-		dev_err(rproc->dev, "vring_new_virtqueue %s failed\n", name);
+		dev_err(dev, "vring_new_virtqueue %s failed\n", name);
 		rproc_free_vring(rvring);
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 	}
@@ -152,7 +153,7 @@ static int rproc_virtio_find_vqs(struct
virtio_device *vdev, unsigned nvqs,
 	/* now that the vqs are all set, boot the remote processor */
 	ret = rproc_boot(rproc);
 	if (ret) {
-		dev_err(rproc->dev, "rproc_boot() failed %d\n", ret);
+		dev_err(&rproc->dev, "rproc_boot() failed %d\n", ret);
 		goto error;
 	}

@@ -254,7 +255,7 @@ static void rproc_vdev_release(struct device *dev)
 int rproc_add_virtio_dev(struct rproc_vdev *rvdev, int id)
 {
 	struct rproc *rproc = rvdev->rproc;
-	struct device *dev = rproc->dev;
+	struct device *dev = &rproc->dev;
 	struct virtio_device *vdev = &rvdev->vdev;
 	int ret;

diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c b/drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c
index d5572e8..0af7fd3 100644
--- a/drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c
+++ b/drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c
@@ -964,7 +964,8 @@ static int rpmsg_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 	vrp->svq = vqs[1];

 	/* allocate coherent memory for the buffers */
-	bufs_va = dma_alloc_coherent(vdev->dev.parent, RPMSG_TOTAL_BUF_SPACE,
+	bufs_va = dma_alloc_coherent(vdev->dev.parent->parent,
+				RPMSG_TOTAL_BUF_SPACE,
 				&vrp->bufs_dma, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!bufs_va)
 		goto vqs_del;
diff --git a/include/linux/remoteproc.h b/include/linux/remoteproc.h
index f1ffabb..7f806dc 100644
--- a/include/linux/remoteproc.h
+++ b/include/linux/remoteproc.h
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ enum rproc_state {
  * @firmware: name of firmware file to be loaded
  * @priv: private data which belongs to the platform-specific rproc module
  * @ops: platform-specific start/stop rproc handlers
- * @dev: underlying device
+ * @dev: virtual device for refcounting and common remoteproc behavior
  * @refcount: refcount of users that have a valid pointer to this rproc
  * @power: refcount of users who need this rproc powered up
  * @state: state of the device
@@ -383,6 +383,7 @@ enum rproc_state {
  * @bootaddr: address of first instruction to boot rproc with (optional)
  * @rvdevs: list of remote virtio devices
  * @notifyids: idr for dynamically assigning rproc-wide unique notify ids
+ * @index: index of this rproc device
  */
 struct rproc {
 	struct klist_node node;
@@ -391,7 +392,7 @@ struct rproc {
 	const char *firmware;
 	void *priv;
 	const struct rproc_ops *ops;
-	struct device *dev;
+	struct device dev;
 	struct kref refcount;
 	atomic_t power;
 	unsigned int state;
@@ -405,6 +406,7 @@ struct rproc {
 	u32 bootaddr;
 	struct list_head rvdevs;
 	struct idr notifyids;
+	int index;
 };

 /* we currently support only two vrings per rvdev */
