diff --git a/arch/mips/boot/dts/mti/sead3.dts b/arch/mips/boot/dts/mti/sead3.dts
index 32a5ab988b65..2579ca51c0b6 100644
--- a/arch/mips/boot/dts/mti/sead3.dts
+++ b/arch/mips/boot/dts/mti/sead3.dts
@@ -210,6 +210,11 @@ led@18.7 {
 			mask = <0x80>;
 			label = "fled7";
 		};
+
+		lcd@200 {
+			compatible = "mti,sead3-lcd";
+			offset = <0x200>;
+		};
 	};
 
 	/* UART connected to FTDI & miniUSB socket */
diff --git a/arch/mips/mti-sead3/Makefile b/arch/mips/mti-sead3/Makefile
index cb6d620a685c..1674b9cf7527 100644
--- a/arch/mips/mti-sead3/Makefile
+++ b/arch/mips/mti-sead3/Makefile
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2012 MIPS Technoligies, Inc.  All rights reserved.
 # Steven J. Hill <sjhill@mips.com>
 #
-obj-y := sead3-display.o
-obj-y += sead3-dtshim.o
+obj-y := sead3-dtshim.o
 obj-y += sead3-init.o
 obj-y += sead3-int.o
 obj-y += sead3-setup.o
diff --git a/arch/mips/mti-sead3/sead3-display.c b/arch/mips/mti-sead3/sead3-display.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 94875991907b..000000000000
--- a/arch/mips/mti-sead3/sead3-display.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,77 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public
- * License.  See the file "COPYING" in the main directory of this archive
- * for more details.
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2012 MIPS Technologies, Inc.  All rights reserved.
- */
-#include <linux/timer.h>
-#include <linux/io.h>
-#include <asm/mips-boards/generic.h>
-
-static unsigned int display_count;
-static unsigned int max_display_count;
-
-#define LCD_DISPLAY_POS_BASE		0x1f000400
-#define DISPLAY_LCDINSTRUCTION		(0*2)
-#define DISPLAY_LCDDATA			(1*2)
-#define DISPLAY_CPLDSTATUS		(2*2)
-#define DISPLAY_CPLDDATA		(3*2)
-#define LCD_SETDDRAM			0x80
-#define LCD_IR_BF			0x80
-
-const char display_string[] = "		      LINUX ON SEAD3		   ";
-
-static void scroll_display_message(unsigned long data);
-static DEFINE_TIMER(mips_scroll_timer, scroll_display_message, HZ, 0);
-
-static void lcd_wait(unsigned int __iomem *display)
-{
-	/* Wait for CPLD state machine to become idle. */
-	do { } while (__raw_readl(display + DISPLAY_CPLDSTATUS) & 1);
-
-	do {
-		__raw_readl(display + DISPLAY_LCDINSTRUCTION);
-
-		/* Wait for CPLD state machine to become idle. */
-		do { } while (__raw_readl(display + DISPLAY_CPLDSTATUS) & 1);
-	} while (__raw_readl(display + DISPLAY_CPLDDATA) & LCD_IR_BF);
-}
-
-void mips_display_message(const char *str)
-{
-	static unsigned int __iomem *display;
-	char ch;
-	int i;
-
-	if (unlikely(display == NULL))
-		display = ioremap_nocache(LCD_DISPLAY_POS_BASE,
-			(8 * sizeof(int)));
-
-	for (i = 0; i < 16; i++) {
-		if (*str)
-			ch = *str++;
-		else
-			ch = ' ';
-		lcd_wait(display);
-		__raw_writel((LCD_SETDDRAM | i),
-			(display + DISPLAY_LCDINSTRUCTION));
-		lcd_wait(display);
-		__raw_writel(ch, display + DISPLAY_LCDDATA);
-	}
-}
-
-static void scroll_display_message(unsigned long data)
-{
-	mips_display_message(&display_string[display_count++]);
-	if (display_count == max_display_count)
-		display_count = 0;
-	mod_timer(&mips_scroll_timer, jiffies + HZ);
-}
-
-void mips_scroll_message(void)
-{
-	del_timer_sync(&mips_scroll_timer);
-	max_display_count = strlen(display_string) + 1 - 16;
-	mod_timer(&mips_scroll_timer, jiffies + 1);
-}
diff --git a/arch/mips/mti-sead3/sead3-time.c b/arch/mips/mti-sead3/sead3-time.c
index a120b7a5a8fe..10b0bf338027 100644
--- a/arch/mips/mti-sead3/sead3-time.c
+++ b/arch/mips/mti-sead3/sead3-time.c
@@ -94,6 +94,4 @@ void __init plat_time_init(void)
 
 	pr_debug("CPU frequency %d.%02d MHz\n", (est_freq / 1000000),
 		(est_freq % 1000000) * 100 / 1000000);
-
-	mips_scroll_message();
 }