diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/tmio_mmc.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/tmio_mmc.txt
index df204e18e030181a23dceebb0bff9de64a84d0a3..6a2a1160a70defdbac92be8850152f1c4448cbde 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/tmio_mmc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/tmio_mmc.txt
@@ -9,12 +9,15 @@ compulsory and any optional properties, common to all SD/MMC drivers, as
 described in mmc.txt, can be used. Additionally the following tmio_mmc-specific
 optional bindings can be used.
 
+Required properties:
+- compatible:	"renesas,sdhi-shmobile" - a generic sh-mobile SDHI unit
+		"renesas,sdhi-sh7372" - SDHI IP on SH7372 SoC
+		"renesas,sdhi-sh73a0" - SDHI IP on SH73A0 SoC
+		"renesas,sdhi-r8a73a4" - SDHI IP on R8A73A4 SoC
+		"renesas,sdhi-r8a7740" - SDHI IP on R8A7740 SoC
+		"renesas,sdhi-r8a7778" - SDHI IP on R8A7778 SoC
+		"renesas,sdhi-r8a7779" - SDHI IP on R8A7779 SoC
+		"renesas,sdhi-r8a7790" - SDHI IP on R8A7790 SoC
+
 Optional properties:
 - toshiba,mmc-wrprotect-disable: write-protect detection is unavailable
-
-When used with Renesas SDHI hardware, the following compatibility strings
-configure various model-specific properties:
-
-"renesas,sh7372-sdhi":	(default) compatible with SH7372
-"renesas,r8a7740-sdhi":	compatible with R8A7740: certain MMC/SD commands have to
-			wait for the interface to become idle.
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/r8a73a4.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/r8a73a4.dtsi
index 6c26caa880f2917344ada23a6a8e8e106412a0f9..658fcc537576b309ae06ecb74eaf65b3e3f2856c 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/r8a73a4.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/r8a73a4.dtsi
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ pfc: pfc@e6050000 {
 	};
 
 	sdhi0: sdhi@ee100000 {
-		compatible = "renesas,r8a73a4-sdhi";
+		compatible = "renesas,sdhi-r8a73a4";
 		reg = <0 0xee100000 0 0x100>;
 		interrupt-parent = <&gic>;
 		interrupts = <0 165 4>;
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ sdhi0: sdhi@ee100000 {
 	};
 
 	sdhi1: sdhi@ee120000 {
-		compatible = "renesas,r8a73a4-sdhi";
+		compatible = "renesas,sdhi-r8a73a4";
 		reg = <0 0xee120000 0 0x100>;
 		interrupt-parent = <&gic>;
 		interrupts = <0 166 4>;
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ sdhi1: sdhi@ee120000 {
 	};
 
 	sdhi2: sdhi@ee140000 {
-		compatible = "renesas,r8a73a4-sdhi";
+		compatible = "renesas,sdhi-r8a73a4";
 		reg = <0 0xee140000 0 0x100>;
 		interrupt-parent = <&gic>;
 		interrupts = <0 167 4>;
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/r8a7790.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/r8a7790.dtsi
index 3b879e7c697c336748d5f35adf6744c6d7e14458..885f9f4bf26f1346f5c12c7b982dd132d1f72880 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/r8a7790.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/r8a7790.dtsi
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ pfc: pfc@e6060000 {
 	};
 
 	sdhi0: sdhi@ee100000 {
-		compatible = "renesas,r8a7790-sdhi";
+		compatible = "renesas,sdhi-r8a7790";
 		reg = <0 0xee100000 0 0x100>;
 		interrupt-parent = <&gic>;
 		interrupts = <0 165 4>;
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ sdhi0: sdhi@ee100000 {
 	};
 
 	sdhi1: sdhi@ee120000 {
-		compatible = "renesas,r8a7790-sdhi";
+		compatible = "renesas,sdhi-r8a7790";
 		reg = <0 0xee120000 0 0x100>;
 		interrupt-parent = <&gic>;
 		interrupts = <0 166 4>;
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ sdhi1: sdhi@ee120000 {
 	};
 
 	sdhi2: sdhi@ee140000 {
-		compatible = "renesas,r8a7790-sdhi";
+		compatible = "renesas,sdhi-r8a7790";
 		reg = <0 0xee140000 0 0x100>;
 		interrupt-parent = <&gic>;
 		interrupts = <0 167 4>;
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ sdhi2: sdhi@ee140000 {
 	};
 
 	sdhi3: sdhi@ee160000 {
-		compatible = "renesas,r8a7790-sdhi";
+		compatible = "renesas,sdhi-r8a7790";
 		reg = <0 0xee160000 0 0x100>;
 		interrupt-parent = <&gic>;
 		interrupts = <0 168 4>;
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/sh73a0.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/sh73a0.dtsi
index ba59a5875a10689d14fd96d9102e21814baf2a54..3955c7606a6f45a33036bec612ad918806315dee 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/sh73a0.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/sh73a0.dtsi
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ mmcif: mmcif@e6bd0000 {
 	};
 
 	sdhi0: sdhi@ee100000 {
-		compatible = "renesas,r8a7740-sdhi";
+		compatible = "renesas,sdhi-r8a7740";
 		reg = <0xee100000 0x100>;
 		interrupt-parent = <&gic>;
 		interrupts = <0 83 4
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ sdhi0: sdhi@ee100000 {
 
 	/* SDHI1 and SDHI2 have no CD pins, no need for CD IRQ */
 	sdhi1: sdhi@ee120000 {
-		compatible = "renesas,r8a7740-sdhi";
+		compatible = "renesas,sdhi-r8a7740";
 		reg = <0xee120000 0x100>;
 		interrupt-parent = <&gic>;
 		interrupts = <0 88 4
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ sdhi1: sdhi@ee120000 {
 	};
 
 	sdhi2: sdhi@ee140000 {
-		compatible = "renesas,r8a7740-sdhi";
+		compatible = "renesas,sdhi-r8a7740";
 		reg = <0xee140000 0x100>;
 		interrupt-parent = <&gic>;
 		interrupts = <0 104 4
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/sh_mobile_sdhi.c b/drivers/mmc/host/sh_mobile_sdhi.c
index 87ed3fb5149ace85aef3338526741e5010ee1d9d..f344659dceac2739f47e032cbaaec2c54c86b6f6 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/sh_mobile_sdhi.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/sh_mobile_sdhi.c
@@ -113,14 +113,14 @@ static const struct sh_mobile_sdhi_ops sdhi_ops = {
 };
 
 static const struct of_device_id sh_mobile_sdhi_of_match[] = {
-	{ .compatible = "renesas,shmobile-sdhi" },
-	{ .compatible = "renesas,sh7372-sdhi" },
-	{ .compatible = "renesas,sh73a0-sdhi", .data = &sh_mobile_sdhi_of_cfg[0], },
-	{ .compatible = "renesas,r8a73a4-sdhi", .data = &sh_mobile_sdhi_of_cfg[0], },
-	{ .compatible = "renesas,r8a7740-sdhi", .data = &sh_mobile_sdhi_of_cfg[0], },
-	{ .compatible = "renesas,r8a7778-sdhi", .data = &sh_mobile_sdhi_of_cfg[0], },
-	{ .compatible = "renesas,r8a7779-sdhi", .data = &sh_mobile_sdhi_of_cfg[0], },
-	{ .compatible = "renesas,r8a7790-sdhi", .data = &sh_mobile_sdhi_of_cfg[0], },
+	{ .compatible = "renesas,sdhi-shmobile" },
+	{ .compatible = "renesas,sdhi-sh7372" },
+	{ .compatible = "renesas,sdhi-sh73a0", .data = &sh_mobile_sdhi_of_cfg[0], },
+	{ .compatible = "renesas,sdhi-r8a73a4", .data = &sh_mobile_sdhi_of_cfg[0], },
+	{ .compatible = "renesas,sdhi-r8a7740", .data = &sh_mobile_sdhi_of_cfg[0], },
+	{ .compatible = "renesas,sdhi-r8a7778", .data = &sh_mobile_sdhi_of_cfg[0], },
+	{ .compatible = "renesas,sdhi-r8a7779", .data = &sh_mobile_sdhi_of_cfg[0], },
+	{ .compatible = "renesas,sdhi-r8a7790", .data = &sh_mobile_sdhi_of_cfg[0], },
 	{},
 };
 MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, sh_mobile_sdhi_of_match);