diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-omap/include/plat/omap_device.h b/arch/arm/plat-omap/include/plat/omap_device.h
index 4677ff7d3ab5..3694b622c4ac 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-omap/include/plat/omap_device.h
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-omap/include/plat/omap_device.h
@@ -90,15 +90,16 @@ struct omap_device *omap_device_build(const char *pdev_name, int pdev_id,
 				      struct omap_hwmod *oh, void *pdata,
 				      int pdata_len,
 				      struct omap_device_pm_latency *pm_lats,
-				      int pm_lats_cnt);
+				      int pm_lats_cnt, int is_early_device);
 
 struct omap_device *omap_device_build_ss(const char *pdev_name, int pdev_id,
 					 struct omap_hwmod **oh, int oh_cnt,
 					 void *pdata, int pdata_len,
 					 struct omap_device_pm_latency *pm_lats,
-					 int pm_lats_cnt);
+					 int pm_lats_cnt, int is_early_device);
 
 int omap_device_register(struct omap_device *od);
+int omap_early_device_register(struct omap_device *od);
 
 /* OMAP PM interface */
 int omap_device_align_pm_lat(struct platform_device *pdev,
diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-omap/omap_device.c b/arch/arm/plat-omap/omap_device.c
index c739a046cc02..590435894848 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-omap/omap_device.c
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-omap/omap_device.c
@@ -307,6 +307,7 @@ int omap_device_fill_resources(struct omap_device *od, struct resource *res)
  * @pdata_len: amount of memory pointed to by @pdata
  * @pm_lats: pointer to a omap_device_pm_latency array for this device
  * @pm_lats_cnt: ARRAY_SIZE() of @pm_lats
+ * @is_early_device: should the device be registered as an early device or not
  *
  * Convenience function for building and registering a single
  * omap_device record, which in turn builds and registers a
@@ -318,7 +319,7 @@ struct omap_device *omap_device_build(const char *pdev_name, int pdev_id,
 				      struct omap_hwmod *oh, void *pdata,
 				      int pdata_len,
 				      struct omap_device_pm_latency *pm_lats,
-				      int pm_lats_cnt)
+				      int pm_lats_cnt, int is_early_device)
 {
 	struct omap_hwmod *ohs[] = { oh };
 
@@ -326,7 +327,8 @@ struct omap_device *omap_device_build(const char *pdev_name, int pdev_id,
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 
 	return omap_device_build_ss(pdev_name, pdev_id, ohs, 1, pdata,
-				    pdata_len, pm_lats, pm_lats_cnt);
+				    pdata_len, pm_lats, pm_lats_cnt,
+				    is_early_device);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -338,6 +340,7 @@ struct omap_device *omap_device_build(const char *pdev_name, int pdev_id,
  * @pdata_len: amount of memory pointed to by @pdata
  * @pm_lats: pointer to a omap_device_pm_latency array for this device
  * @pm_lats_cnt: ARRAY_SIZE() of @pm_lats
+ * @is_early_device: should the device be registered as an early device or not
  *
  * Convenience function for building and registering an omap_device
  * subsystem record.  Subsystem records consist of multiple
@@ -349,7 +352,7 @@ struct omap_device *omap_device_build_ss(const char *pdev_name, int pdev_id,
 					 struct omap_hwmod **ohs, int oh_cnt,
 					 void *pdata, int pdata_len,
 					 struct omap_device_pm_latency *pm_lats,
-					 int pm_lats_cnt)
+					 int pm_lats_cnt, int is_early_device)
 {
 	int ret = -ENOMEM;
 	struct omap_device *od;
@@ -407,7 +410,11 @@ struct omap_device *omap_device_build_ss(const char *pdev_name, int pdev_id,
 
 	od->magic = OMAP_DEVICE_MAGIC;
 
-	ret = omap_device_register(od);
+	if (is_early_device)
+		ret = omap_early_device_register(od);
+	else
+		ret = omap_device_register(od);
+
 	if (ret)
 		goto odbs_exit4;
 
@@ -427,6 +434,24 @@ struct omap_device *omap_device_build_ss(const char *pdev_name, int pdev_id,
 	return ERR_PTR(ret);
 }
 
+/**
+ * omap_early_device_register - register an omap_device as an early platform
+ * device.
+ * @od: struct omap_device * to register
+ *
+ * Register the omap_device structure.  This currently just calls
+ * platform_early_add_device() on the underlying platform_device.
+ * Returns 0 by default.
+ */
+int omap_early_device_register(struct omap_device *od)
+{
+	struct platform_device *devices[1];
+
+	devices[0] = &(od->pdev);
+	early_platform_add_devices(devices, 1);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /**
  * omap_device_register - register an omap_device with one omap_hwmod
  * @od: struct omap_device * to register