diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/freescale/pinctrl-imx.c b/drivers/pinctrl/freescale/pinctrl-imx.c
index 28164b04b1be..2d3d80921c0d 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/freescale/pinctrl-imx.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/freescale/pinctrl-imx.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ static inline const struct group_desc *imx_pinctrl_find_group_by_name(
 
 	for (i = 0; i < pctldev->num_groups; i++) {
 		grp = pinctrl_generic_get_group(pctldev, i);
-		if (grp && !strcmp(grp->name, name))
+		if (grp && !strcmp(grp->grp.name, name))
 			break;
 	}
 
@@ -79,9 +79,9 @@ static int imx_dt_node_to_map(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev,
 	}
 
 	if (info->flags & IMX_USE_SCU) {
-		map_num += grp->num_pins;
+		map_num += grp->grp.npins;
 	} else {
-		for (i = 0; i < grp->num_pins; i++) {
+		for (i = 0; i < grp->grp.npins; i++) {
 			pin = &((struct imx_pin *)(grp->data))[i];
 			if (!(pin->conf.mmio.config & IMX_NO_PAD_CTL))
 				map_num++;
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ static int imx_dt_node_to_map(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev,
 
 	/* create config map */
 	new_map++;
-	for (i = j = 0; i < grp->num_pins; i++) {
+	for (i = j = 0; i < grp->grp.npins; i++) {
 		pin = &((struct imx_pin *)(grp->data))[i];
 
 		/*
@@ -263,10 +263,10 @@ static int imx_pmx_set(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev, unsigned selector,
 	if (!func)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	npins = grp->num_pins;
+	npins = grp->grp.npins;
 
 	dev_dbg(ipctl->dev, "enable function %s group %s\n",
-		func->name, grp->name);
+		func->name, grp->grp.name);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < npins; i++) {
 		/*
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ static void imx_pinconf_group_dbg_show(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev,
 	if (!grp)
 		return;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < grp->num_pins; i++) {
+	for (i = 0; i < grp->grp.npins; i++) {
 		struct imx_pin *pin = &((struct imx_pin *)(grp->data))[i];
 
 		name = pin_get_name(pctldev, pin->pin);
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ static int imx_pinctrl_parse_groups(struct device_node *np,
 		pin_size = FSL_PIN_SIZE;
 
 	/* Initialise group */
-	grp->name = np->name;
+	grp->grp.name = np->name;
 
 	/*
 	 * the binding format is fsl,pins = <PIN_FUNC_ID CONFIG ...>,
@@ -554,19 +554,17 @@ static int imx_pinctrl_parse_groups(struct device_node *np,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	grp->num_pins = size / pin_size;
-	grp->data = devm_kcalloc(ipctl->dev,
-				 grp->num_pins, sizeof(struct imx_pin),
-				 GFP_KERNEL);
+	grp->grp.npins = size / pin_size;
+	grp->data = devm_kcalloc(ipctl->dev, grp->grp.npins, sizeof(*pin), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!grp->data)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	pins = devm_kcalloc(ipctl->dev, grp->num_pins, sizeof(*pins), GFP_KERNEL);
+	pins = devm_kcalloc(ipctl->dev, grp->grp.npins, sizeof(*pins), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!pins)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	grp->pins = pins;
+	grp->grp.pins = pins;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < grp->num_pins; i++) {
+	for (i = 0; i < grp->grp.npins; i++) {
 		pin = &((struct imx_pin *)(grp->data))[i];
 		if (info->flags & IMX_USE_SCU)
 			info->imx_pinctrl_parse_pin(ipctl, &pins[i], pin, &list);
@@ -613,8 +611,7 @@ static int imx_pinctrl_parse_functions(struct device_node *np,
 
 	i = 0;
 	for_each_child_of_node(np, child) {
-		grp = devm_kzalloc(ipctl->dev, sizeof(struct group_desc),
-				   GFP_KERNEL);
+		grp = devm_kzalloc(ipctl->dev, sizeof(*grp), GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!grp) {
 			of_node_put(child);
 			return -ENOMEM;