diff --git a/drivers/mtd/Kconfig b/drivers/mtd/Kconfig
index 4be8373d43e5..cc02e2115efb 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/mtd/Kconfig
@@ -137,7 +137,8 @@ config MTD_AFS_PARTS
 	  'physmap' map driver (CONFIG_MTD_PHYSMAP) does this, for example.
 
 config MTD_OF_PARTS
-	def_bool y
+	tristate "OpenFirmware partitioning information support"
+	default Y
 	depends on OF
 	help
 	  This provides a partition parsing function which derives
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/Makefile b/drivers/mtd/Makefile
index 39664c4229ff..9aaac3ac89f3 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/mtd/Makefile
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 # Core functionality.
 obj-$(CONFIG_MTD)		+= mtd.o
 mtd-y				:= mtdcore.o mtdsuper.o mtdconcat.o mtdpart.o
-mtd-$(CONFIG_MTD_OF_PARTS)	+= ofpart.o
 
+obj-$(CONFIG_MTD_OF_PARTS)	+= ofpart.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MTD_REDBOOT_PARTS) += redboot.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MTD_CMDLINE_PARTS) += cmdlinepart.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MTD_AFS_PARTS)	+= afs.o
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ofpart.c b/drivers/mtd/ofpart.c
index 41c451842fd2..aa33b8ad4f3c 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ofpart.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ofpart.c
@@ -174,3 +174,5 @@ out:
 module_init(ofpart_parser_init);
 
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Parser for MTD partitioning information in device tree");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Vitaly Wool, David Gibson");