diff --git a/drivers/staging/mt29f_spinand/mt29f_spinand.c b/drivers/staging/mt29f_spinand/mt29f_spinand.c
index 8924a9645a43..8171b741ff86 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/mt29f_spinand/mt29f_spinand.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/mt29f_spinand/mt29f_spinand.c
@@ -903,9 +903,7 @@ static int spinand_probe(struct spi_device *spi_nand)
 	chip->options	|= NAND_CACHEPRG;
 	chip->select_chip = spinand_select_chip;
 
-	mtd = devm_kzalloc(&spi_nand->dev, sizeof(struct mtd_info), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!mtd)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	mtd = nand_to_mtd(chip);
 
 	dev_set_drvdata(&spi_nand->dev, mtd);