diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/xlnx_r5_remoteproc.c b/drivers/remoteproc/xlnx_r5_remoteproc.c
index 2db57d394155..5dd007622603 100644
--- a/drivers/remoteproc/xlnx_r5_remoteproc.c
+++ b/drivers/remoteproc/xlnx_r5_remoteproc.c
@@ -61,8 +61,6 @@ static const struct mem_bank_data zynqmp_tcm_banks[] = {
  * @np: device node of RPU instance
  * @tcm_bank_count: number TCM banks accessible to this RPU
  * @tcm_banks: array of each TCM bank data
- * @rmem_count: Number of reserved mem regions
- * @rmem: reserved memory region nodes from device tree
  * @rproc: rproc handle
  * @pm_domain_id: RPU CPU power domain id
  */
@@ -71,8 +69,6 @@ struct zynqmp_r5_core {
 	struct device_node *np;
 	int tcm_bank_count;
 	struct mem_bank_data **tcm_banks;
-	int rmem_count;
-	struct reserved_mem **rmem;
 	struct rproc *rproc;
 	u32 pm_domain_id;
 };
@@ -239,21 +235,29 @@ static int add_mem_regions_carveout(struct rproc *rproc)
 {
 	struct rproc_mem_entry *rproc_mem;
 	struct zynqmp_r5_core *r5_core;
+	struct of_phandle_iterator it;
 	struct reserved_mem *rmem;
-	int i, num_mem_regions;
+	int i = 0;
 
 	r5_core = (struct zynqmp_r5_core *)rproc->priv;
-	num_mem_regions = r5_core->rmem_count;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < num_mem_regions; i++) {
-		rmem = r5_core->rmem[i];
+	/* Register associated reserved memory regions */
+	of_phandle_iterator_init(&it, r5_core->np, "memory-region", NULL, 0);
 
-		if (!strncmp(rmem->name, "vdev0buffer", strlen("vdev0buffer"))) {
+	while (of_phandle_iterator_next(&it) == 0) {
+		rmem = of_reserved_mem_lookup(it.node);
+		if (!rmem) {
+			of_node_put(it.node);
+			dev_err(&rproc->dev, "unable to acquire memory-region\n");
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+
+		if (!strcmp(it.node->name, "vdev0buffer")) {
 			/* Init reserved memory for vdev buffer */
 			rproc_mem = rproc_of_resm_mem_entry_init(&rproc->dev, i,
 								 rmem->size,
 								 rmem->base,
-								 rmem->name);
+								 it.node->name);
 		} else {
 			/* Register associated reserved memory regions */
 			rproc_mem = rproc_mem_entry_init(&rproc->dev, NULL,
@@ -261,16 +265,19 @@ static int add_mem_regions_carveout(struct rproc *rproc)
 							 rmem->size, rmem->base,
 							 zynqmp_r5_mem_region_map,
 							 zynqmp_r5_mem_region_unmap,
-							 rmem->name);
+							 it.node->name);
 		}
 
-		if (!rproc_mem)
+		if (!rproc_mem) {
+			of_node_put(it.node);
 			return -ENOMEM;
+		}
 
 		rproc_add_carveout(rproc, rproc_mem);
 
 		dev_dbg(&rproc->dev, "reserved mem carveout %s addr=%llx, size=0x%llx",
-			rmem->name, rmem->base, rmem->size);
+			it.node->name, rmem->base, rmem->size);
+		i++;
 	}
 
 	return 0;
@@ -726,59 +733,6 @@ static int zynqmp_r5_get_tcm_node(struct zynqmp_r5_cluster *cluster)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/**
- * zynqmp_r5_get_mem_region_node()
- * parse memory-region property and get reserved mem regions
- *
- * @r5_core: pointer to zynqmp_r5_core type object
- *
- * Return: 0 for success and error code for failure.
- */
-static int zynqmp_r5_get_mem_region_node(struct zynqmp_r5_core *r5_core)
-{
-	struct device_node *np, *rmem_np;
-	struct reserved_mem **rmem;
-	int res_mem_count, i;
-	struct device *dev;
-
-	dev = r5_core->dev;
-	np = r5_core->np;
-
-	res_mem_count = of_property_count_elems_of_size(np, "memory-region",
-							sizeof(phandle));
-	if (res_mem_count <= 0) {
-		dev_warn(dev, "failed to get memory-region property %d\n",
-			 res_mem_count);
-		return 0;
-	}
-
-	rmem = devm_kcalloc(dev, res_mem_count,
-			    sizeof(struct reserved_mem *), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!rmem)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < res_mem_count; i++) {
-		rmem_np = of_parse_phandle(np, "memory-region", i);
-		if (!rmem_np)
-			goto release_rmem;
-
-		rmem[i] = of_reserved_mem_lookup(rmem_np);
-		if (!rmem[i]) {
-			of_node_put(rmem_np);
-			goto release_rmem;
-		}
-
-		of_node_put(rmem_np);
-	}
-
-	r5_core->rmem_count = res_mem_count;
-	r5_core->rmem = rmem;
-	return 0;
-
-release_rmem:
-	return -EINVAL;
-}
-
 /*
  * zynqmp_r5_core_init()
  * Create and initialize zynqmp_r5_core type object
@@ -806,10 +760,6 @@ static int zynqmp_r5_core_init(struct zynqmp_r5_cluster *cluster,
 	for (i = 0; i < cluster->core_count; i++) {
 		r5_core = cluster->r5_cores[i];
 
-		ret = zynqmp_r5_get_mem_region_node(r5_core);
-		if (ret)
-			dev_warn(dev, "memory-region prop failed %d\n", ret);
-
 		/* Initialize r5 cores with power-domains parsed from dts */
 		ret = of_property_read_u32_index(r5_core->np, "power-domains",
 						 1, &r5_core->pm_domain_id);