diff --git a/drivers/core/device.c b/drivers/core/device.c
index 746c619cd9..2e5767ed99 100644
--- a/drivers/core/device.c
+++ b/drivers/core/device.c
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ int device_bind_ofnode(struct udevice *parent, const struct driver *drv,
 }
 
 int device_bind_by_name(struct udevice *parent, bool pre_reloc_only,
-			struct driver_info *info, struct udevice **devp)
+			const struct driver_info *info, struct udevice **devp)
 {
 	struct driver *drv;
 	uint platdata_size = 0;
@@ -269,9 +269,6 @@ int device_bind_by_name(struct udevice *parent, bool pre_reloc_only,
 				 platdata_size, devp);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
-#if CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(OF_PLATDATA)
-	info->dev = *devp;
-#endif
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -764,9 +761,13 @@ int device_get_global_by_ofnode(ofnode ofnode, struct udevice **devp)
 int device_get_by_driver_info(const struct driver_info *info,
 			      struct udevice **devp)
 {
+	struct driver_info *info_base =
+		ll_entry_start(struct driver_info, driver_info);
+	int idx = info - info_base;
+	struct driver_rt *drt = gd_dm_driver_rt() + idx;
 	struct udevice *dev;
 
-	dev = info->dev;
+	dev = drt->dev;
 	*devp = NULL;
 
 	return device_get_device_tail(dev, dev ? 0 : -ENOENT, devp);
diff --git a/drivers/core/lists.c b/drivers/core/lists.c
index 5beba9181c..2e6bd5006c 100644
--- a/drivers/core/lists.c
+++ b/drivers/core/lists.c
@@ -56,14 +56,20 @@ int lists_bind_drivers(struct udevice *parent, bool pre_reloc_only)
 	struct driver_info *info =
 		ll_entry_start(struct driver_info, driver_info);
 	const int n_ents = ll_entry_count(struct driver_info, driver_info);
-	struct driver_info *entry;
-	struct udevice *dev;
 	int result = 0;
-	int ret;
+	uint idx;
+
+	for (idx = 0; idx < n_ents; idx++) {
+		const struct driver_info *entry = info + idx;
+		struct driver_rt *drt = gd_dm_driver_rt() + idx;
+		struct udevice *dev;
+		int ret;
 
-	for (entry = info; entry != info + n_ents; entry++) {
 		ret = device_bind_by_name(parent, pre_reloc_only, entry, &dev);
-		if (ret && ret != -EPERM) {
+		if (!ret) {
+			if (CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(OF_PLATDATA))
+				drt->dev = dev;
+		} else if (ret != -EPERM) {
 			dm_warn("No match for driver '%s'\n", entry->name);
 			if (!result || ret != -ENOENT)
 				result = ret;
diff --git a/drivers/core/root.c b/drivers/core/root.c
index de23161cff..e8df5aebe8 100644
--- a/drivers/core/root.c
+++ b/drivers/core/root.c
@@ -185,6 +185,17 @@ int dm_scan_platdata(bool pre_reloc_only)
 {
 	int ret;
 
+	if (CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(OF_PLATDATA)) {
+		struct driver_rt *dyn;
+		int n_ents;
+
+		n_ents = ll_entry_count(struct driver_info, driver_info);
+		dyn = calloc(n_ents, sizeof(struct driver_rt));
+		if (!dyn)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+		gd_set_dm_driver_rt(dyn);
+	}
+
 	ret = lists_bind_drivers(DM_ROOT_NON_CONST, pre_reloc_only);
 	if (ret == -ENOENT) {
 		dm_warn("Some drivers were not found\n");
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/global_data.h b/include/asm-generic/global_data.h
index cadfc05dd7..0aa1144184 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/global_data.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/global_data.h
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 #include <membuff.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
 
+struct driver_rt;
+
 typedef struct global_data gd_t;
 
 /**
@@ -192,6 +194,10 @@ struct global_data {
 	 * @uclass_root: head of core tree
 	 */
 	struct list_head uclass_root;
+# if CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(OF_PLATDATA)
+        /** Dynamic info about the driver */
+	struct driver_rt *dm_driver_rt;
+# endif
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_TIMER
 	/**
@@ -438,6 +444,14 @@ struct global_data {
 #define gd_set_of_root(_root)
 #endif
 
+#if CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(OF_PLATDATA)
+#define gd_set_dm_driver_rt(dyn)	gd->dm_driver_rt = dyn
+#define gd_dm_driver_rt()		gd->dm_driver_rt
+#else
+#define gd_set_dm_driver_rt(dyn)
+#define gd_dm_driver_rt()		NULL
+#endif
+
 /**
  * enum gd_flags - global data flags
  *
diff --git a/include/dm/device-internal.h b/include/dm/device-internal.h
index 1dcc22f689..c5d7ec0650 100644
--- a/include/dm/device-internal.h
+++ b/include/dm/device-internal.h
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ int device_bind_with_driver_data(struct udevice *parent,
  * @return 0 if OK, -ve on error
  */
 int device_bind_by_name(struct udevice *parent, bool pre_reloc_only,
-			struct driver_info *info, struct udevice **devp);
+			const struct driver_info *info, struct udevice **devp);
 
 /**
  * device_reparent: reparent the device to a new parent
diff --git a/include/dm/platdata.h b/include/dm/platdata.h
index 25479b03d2..2c3cc90c29 100644
--- a/include/dm/platdata.h
+++ b/include/dm/platdata.h
@@ -22,17 +22,27 @@
  * @name:	Driver name
  * @platdata:	Driver-specific platform data
  * @platdata_size: Size of platform data structure
- * @dev:	Device created from this structure data
  */
 struct driver_info {
 	const char *name;
 	const void *platdata;
 #if CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(OF_PLATDATA)
 	uint platdata_size;
-	struct udevice *dev;
 #endif
 };
 
+/**
+ * driver_rt - runtime information set up by U-Boot
+ *
+ * There is one of these for every driver_info in the linker list, indexed by
+ * the driver_info idx value.
+ *
+ * @dev: Device created from this idx
+ */
+struct driver_rt {
+	struct udevice *dev;
+};
+
 /**
  * NOTE: Avoid using these except in extreme circumstances, where device tree
  * is not feasible (e.g. serial driver in SPL where <8KB of SRAM is
diff --git a/test/dm/of_platdata.c b/test/dm/of_platdata.c
index 57f903611a..e827d45ffb 100644
--- a/test/dm/of_platdata.c
+++ b/test/dm/of_platdata.c
@@ -109,16 +109,16 @@ static int find_driver_info(struct unit_test_state *uts, struct udevice *parent,
 
 	/* If not the root device, find the entry that caused it to be bound */
 	if (parent->parent) {
-		const struct driver_info *info =
-			ll_entry_start(struct driver_info, driver_info);
 		const int n_ents =
 			ll_entry_count(struct driver_info, driver_info);
-		const struct driver_info *entry;
 		int idx = -1;
+		int i;
 
-		for (entry = info; entry != info + n_ents; entry++) {
-			if (entry->dev == parent) {
-				idx = entry - info;
+		for (i = 0; i < n_ents; i++) {
+			const struct driver_rt *drt = gd_dm_driver_rt() + i;
+
+			if (drt->dev == parent) {
+				idx = i;
 				found[idx] = true;
 				break;
 			}
@@ -153,16 +153,17 @@ static int dm_test_of_platdata_dev(struct unit_test_state *uts)
 
 	/* Make sure that the driver entries without devices have no ->dev */
 	for (i = 0; i < n_ents; i++) {
+		const struct driver_rt *drt = gd_dm_driver_rt() + i;
 		const struct driver_info *entry = info + i;
 		struct udevice *dev;
 
 		if (found[i]) {
 			/* Make sure we can find it */
-			ut_assertnonnull(entry->dev);
+			ut_assertnonnull(drt->dev);
 			ut_assertok(device_get_by_driver_info(entry, &dev));
-			ut_asserteq_ptr(dev, entry->dev);
+			ut_asserteq_ptr(dev, drt->dev);
 		} else {
-			ut_assertnull(entry->dev);
+			ut_assertnull(drt->dev);
 			ut_asserteq(-ENOENT,
 				    device_get_by_driver_info(entry, &dev));
 		}