diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/tmio_mmc.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mmc/tmio_mmc.txt
index df204e18e030..6a2a1160a70d 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 6c26caa880f2..658fcc537576 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/r8a73a4.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/r8a73a4.dtsi
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@
 	};
 
 	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 @@
 	};
 
 	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 @@
 	};
 
 	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 3b879e7c697c..885f9f4bf26f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/r8a7790.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/r8a7790.dtsi
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@
 	};
 
 	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 @@
 	};
 
 	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 @@
 	};
 
 	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 @@
 	};
 
 	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 ba59a5875a10..3955c7606a6f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/sh73a0.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/sh73a0.dtsi
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@
 	};
 
 	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 @@
 
 	/* 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 @@
 	};
 
 	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 87ed3fb5149a..f344659dceac 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);