diff --git a/drivers/nvmem/core.c b/drivers/nvmem/core.c
index bd14d04782cd..ee794613024c 100644
--- a/drivers/nvmem/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvmem/core.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ struct nvmem_device {
 	int			flags;
 	struct bin_attribute	eeprom;
 	struct device		*base_dev;
+	struct list_head	cells;
 	nvmem_reg_read_t	reg_read;
 	nvmem_reg_write_t	reg_write;
 	void *priv;
@@ -58,9 +59,6 @@ struct nvmem_cell {
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(nvmem_mutex);
 static DEFINE_IDA(nvmem_ida);
 
-static LIST_HEAD(nvmem_cells);
-static DEFINE_MUTEX(nvmem_cells_mutex);
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC
 static struct lock_class_key eeprom_lock_key;
 #endif
@@ -282,28 +280,11 @@ static struct nvmem_device *of_nvmem_find(struct device_node *nvmem_np)
 	return to_nvmem_device(d);
 }
 
-static struct nvmem_cell *nvmem_find_cell(const char *cell_id)
-{
-	struct nvmem_cell *p;
-
-	mutex_lock(&nvmem_cells_mutex);
-
-	list_for_each_entry(p, &nvmem_cells, node)
-		if (!strcmp(p->name, cell_id)) {
-			mutex_unlock(&nvmem_cells_mutex);
-			return p;
-		}
-
-	mutex_unlock(&nvmem_cells_mutex);
-
-	return NULL;
-}
-
 static void nvmem_cell_drop(struct nvmem_cell *cell)
 {
-	mutex_lock(&nvmem_cells_mutex);
+	mutex_lock(&nvmem_mutex);
 	list_del(&cell->node);
-	mutex_unlock(&nvmem_cells_mutex);
+	mutex_unlock(&nvmem_mutex);
 	kfree(cell);
 }
 
@@ -311,16 +292,15 @@ static void nvmem_device_remove_all_cells(const struct nvmem_device *nvmem)
 {
 	struct nvmem_cell *cell, *p;
 
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(cell, p, &nvmem_cells, node)
-		if (cell->nvmem == nvmem)
-			nvmem_cell_drop(cell);
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(cell, p, &nvmem->cells, node)
+		nvmem_cell_drop(cell);
 }
 
 static void nvmem_cell_add(struct nvmem_cell *cell)
 {
-	mutex_lock(&nvmem_cells_mutex);
-	list_add_tail(&cell->node, &nvmem_cells);
-	mutex_unlock(&nvmem_cells_mutex);
+	mutex_lock(&nvmem_mutex);
+	list_add_tail(&cell->node, &cell->nvmem->cells);
+	mutex_unlock(&nvmem_mutex);
 }
 
 static int nvmem_cell_info_to_nvmem_cell(struct nvmem_device *nvmem,
@@ -465,6 +445,7 @@ struct nvmem_device *nvmem_register(const struct nvmem_config *config)
 	}
 
 	kref_init(&nvmem->refcnt);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&nvmem->cells);
 
 	nvmem->id = rval;
 	nvmem->owner = config->owner;
@@ -626,29 +607,14 @@ static struct nvmem_device *__nvmem_device_get(struct device_node *np,
 {
 	struct nvmem_device *nvmem = NULL;
 
+	if (!np)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
+
 	mutex_lock(&nvmem_mutex);
-
-	if (np) {
-		nvmem = of_nvmem_find(np);
-		if (!nvmem) {
-			mutex_unlock(&nvmem_mutex);
-			return ERR_PTR(-EPROBE_DEFER);
-		}
-	} else {
-		struct nvmem_cell *cell = nvmem_find_cell(cell_id);
-
-		if (cell) {
-			nvmem = cell->nvmem;
-			*cellp = cell;
-		}
-
-		if (!nvmem) {
-			mutex_unlock(&nvmem_mutex);
-			return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
-		}
-	}
-
+	nvmem = of_nvmem_find(np);
 	mutex_unlock(&nvmem_mutex);
+	if (!nvmem)
+		return ERR_PTR(-EPROBE_DEFER);
 
 	if (!try_module_get(nvmem->owner)) {
 		dev_err(&nvmem->dev,