diff --git a/drivers/mfd/cros_ec.c b/drivers/mfd/cros_ec.c
index bd6f936..a9eede5 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/cros_ec.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/cros_ec.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ static int cros_ec_command_sendrecv(struct cros_ec_device *ec_dev,
 	msg.in_buf = in_buf;
 	msg.in_len = in_len;
 
-	return ec_dev->command_xfer(ec_dev, &msg);
+	return ec_dev->cmd_xfer(ec_dev, &msg);
 }
 
 static int cros_ec_command_recv(struct cros_ec_device *ec_dev,
diff --git a/drivers/mfd/cros_ec_i2c.c b/drivers/mfd/cros_ec_i2c.c
index 4f71be9..777e529 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/cros_ec_i2c.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/cros_ec_i2c.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ static inline struct cros_ec_device *to_ec_dev(struct device *dev)
 	return i2c_get_clientdata(client);
 }
 
-static int cros_ec_command_xfer(struct cros_ec_device *ec_dev,
+static int cros_ec_cmd_xfer_i2c(struct cros_ec_device *ec_dev,
 				struct cros_ec_msg *msg)
 {
 	struct i2c_client *client = ec_dev->priv;
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ static int cros_ec_i2c_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
 	ec_dev->dev = dev;
 	ec_dev->priv = client;
 	ec_dev->irq = client->irq;
-	ec_dev->command_xfer = cros_ec_command_xfer;
+	ec_dev->cmd_xfer = cros_ec_cmd_xfer_i2c;
 	ec_dev->ec_name = client->name;
 	ec_dev->phys_name = client->adapter->name;
 	ec_dev->parent = &client->dev;
diff --git a/drivers/mfd/cros_ec_spi.c b/drivers/mfd/cros_ec_spi.c
index 0b8d328..52d4d7b 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/cros_ec_spi.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/cros_ec_spi.c
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
  *	if no record
  * @end_of_msg_delay: used to set the delay_usecs on the spi_transfer that
  *      is sent when we want to turn off CS at the end of a transaction.
- * @lock: mutex to ensure only one user of cros_ec_command_spi_xfer at a time
+ * @lock: mutex to ensure only one user of cros_ec_cmd_xfer_spi at a time
  */
 struct cros_ec_spi {
 	struct spi_device *spi;
@@ -210,13 +210,13 @@ static int cros_ec_spi_receive_response(struct cros_ec_device *ec_dev,
 }
 
 /**
- * cros_ec_command_spi_xfer - Transfer a message over SPI and receive the reply
+ * cros_ec_cmd_xfer_spi - Transfer a message over SPI and receive the reply
  *
  * @ec_dev: ChromeOS EC device
  * @ec_msg: Message to transfer
  */
-static int cros_ec_command_spi_xfer(struct cros_ec_device *ec_dev,
-				    struct cros_ec_msg *ec_msg)
+static int cros_ec_cmd_xfer_spi(struct cros_ec_device *ec_dev,
+				struct cros_ec_msg *ec_msg)
 {
 	struct cros_ec_spi *ec_spi = ec_dev->priv;
 	struct spi_transfer trans;
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ static int cros_ec_spi_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
 	ec_dev->dev = dev;
 	ec_dev->priv = ec_spi;
 	ec_dev->irq = spi->irq;
-	ec_dev->command_xfer = cros_ec_command_spi_xfer;
+	ec_dev->cmd_xfer = cros_ec_cmd_xfer_spi;
 	ec_dev->ec_name = ec_spi->spi->modalias;
 	ec_dev->phys_name = dev_name(&ec_spi->spi->dev);
 	ec_dev->parent = &ec_spi->spi->dev;
diff --git a/include/linux/mfd/cros_ec.h b/include/linux/mfd/cros_ec.h
index 2ee3190..79a3585 100644
--- a/include/linux/mfd/cros_ec.h
+++ b/include/linux/mfd/cros_ec.h
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@
 #ifndef __LINUX_MFD_CROS_EC_H
 #define __LINUX_MFD_CROS_EC_H
 
+#include <linux/notifier.h>
 #include <linux/mfd/cros_ec_commands.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
 
 /*
  * Command interface between EC and AP, for LPC, I2C and SPI interfaces.
@@ -55,34 +57,53 @@ struct cros_ec_msg {
 /**
  * struct cros_ec_device - Information about a ChromeOS EC device
  *
+ * @ec_name: name of EC device (e.g. 'chromeos-ec')
+ * @phys_name: name of physical comms layer (e.g. 'i2c-4')
+ * @dev: Device pointer
+ * @was_wake_device: true if this device was set to wake the system from
+ * sleep at the last suspend
+ * @event_notifier: interrupt event notifier for transport devices
+ * @command_send: send a command
+ * @command_recv: receive a response
+ * @command_sendrecv: send a command and receive a response
+ *
  * @name: Name of this EC interface
  * @priv: Private data
  * @irq: Interrupt to use
- * @din: input buffer (from EC)
- * @dout: output buffer (to EC)
+ * @din: input buffer (for data from EC)
+ * @dout: output buffer (for data to EC)
  * \note
  * These two buffers will always be dword-aligned and include enough
  * space for up to 7 word-alignment bytes also, so we can ensure that
  * the body of the message is always dword-aligned (64-bit).
- *
  * We use this alignment to keep ARM and x86 happy. Probably word
  * alignment would be OK, there might be a small performance advantage
  * to using dword.
  * @din_size: size of din buffer to allocate (zero to use static din)
  * @dout_size: size of dout buffer to allocate (zero to use static dout)
- * @command_send: send a command
- * @command_recv: receive a command
- * @ec_name: name of EC device (e.g. 'chromeos-ec')
- * @phys_name: name of physical comms layer (e.g. 'i2c-4')
  * @parent: pointer to parent device (e.g. i2c or spi device)
- * @dev: Device pointer
- * dev_lock: Lock to prevent concurrent access
  * @wake_enabled: true if this device can wake the system from sleep
- * @was_wake_device: true if this device was set to wake the system from
- * sleep at the last suspend
- * @event_notifier: interrupt event notifier for transport devices
+ * @lock: one transaction at a time
+ * @cmd_xfer: low-level channel to the EC
  */
 struct cros_ec_device {
+
+	/* These are used by other drivers that want to talk to the EC */
+	const char *ec_name;
+	const char *phys_name;
+	struct device *dev;
+	bool was_wake_device;
+	struct class *cros_class;
+	struct blocking_notifier_head event_notifier;
+	int (*command_send)(struct cros_ec_device *ec,
+			    uint16_t cmd, void *out_buf, int out_len);
+	int (*command_recv)(struct cros_ec_device *ec,
+			    uint16_t cmd, void *in_buf, int in_len);
+	int (*command_sendrecv)(struct cros_ec_device *ec,
+				uint16_t cmd, void *out_buf, int out_len,
+				void *in_buf, int in_len);
+
+	/* These are used to implement the platform-specific interface */
 	const char *name;
 	void *priv;
 	int irq;
@@ -90,26 +111,10 @@ struct cros_ec_device {
 	uint8_t *dout;
 	int din_size;
 	int dout_size;
-	int (*command_send)(struct cros_ec_device *ec,
-			uint16_t cmd, void *out_buf, int out_len);
-	int (*command_recv)(struct cros_ec_device *ec,
-			uint16_t cmd, void *in_buf, int in_len);
-	int (*command_sendrecv)(struct cros_ec_device *ec,
-			uint16_t cmd, void *out_buf, int out_len,
-			void *in_buf, int in_len);
-	int (*command_xfer)(struct cros_ec_device *ec,
-			struct cros_ec_msg *msg);
-
-	const char *ec_name;
-	const char *phys_name;
 	struct device *parent;
-
-	/* These are --private-- fields - do not assign */
-	struct device *dev;
-	struct mutex dev_lock;
 	bool wake_enabled;
-	bool was_wake_device;
-	struct blocking_notifier_head event_notifier;
+	struct mutex lock;
+	int (*cmd_xfer)(struct cros_ec_device *ec, struct cros_ec_msg *msg);
 };
 
 /**
