diff --git a/drivers/nvmem/core.c b/drivers/nvmem/core.c
index 233c6c275031..30567dd51fba 100644
--- a/drivers/nvmem/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvmem/core.c
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ struct nvmem_cell_entry {
 struct nvmem_cell {
 	struct nvmem_cell_entry *entry;
 	const char		*id;
+	int			index;
 };
 
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(nvmem_mutex);
@@ -1122,7 +1123,8 @@ struct nvmem_device *devm_nvmem_device_get(struct device *dev, const char *id)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devm_nvmem_device_get);
 
-static struct nvmem_cell *nvmem_create_cell(struct nvmem_cell_entry *entry, const char *id)
+static struct nvmem_cell *nvmem_create_cell(struct nvmem_cell_entry *entry,
+					    const char *id, int index)
 {
 	struct nvmem_cell *cell;
 	const char *name = NULL;
@@ -1141,6 +1143,7 @@ static struct nvmem_cell *nvmem_create_cell(struct nvmem_cell_entry *entry, cons
 
 	cell->id = name;
 	cell->entry = entry;
+	cell->index = index;
 
 	return cell;
 }
@@ -1179,7 +1182,7 @@ nvmem_cell_get_from_lookup(struct device *dev, const char *con_id)
 				__nvmem_device_put(nvmem);
 				cell = ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
 			} else {
-				cell = nvmem_create_cell(cell_entry, con_id);
+				cell = nvmem_create_cell(cell_entry, con_id, 0);
 				if (IS_ERR(cell))
 					__nvmem_device_put(nvmem);
 			}
@@ -1227,15 +1230,27 @@ struct nvmem_cell *of_nvmem_cell_get(struct device_node *np, const char *id)
 	struct nvmem_device *nvmem;
 	struct nvmem_cell_entry *cell_entry;
 	struct nvmem_cell *cell;
+	struct of_phandle_args cell_spec;
 	int index = 0;
+	int cell_index = 0;
+	int ret;
 
 	/* if cell name exists, find index to the name */
 	if (id)
 		index = of_property_match_string(np, "nvmem-cell-names", id);
 
-	cell_np = of_parse_phandle(np, "nvmem-cells", index);
-	if (!cell_np)
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
+	ret = of_parse_phandle_with_optional_args(np, "nvmem-cells",
+						  "#nvmem-cell-cells",
+						  index, &cell_spec);
+	if (ret)
+		return ERR_PTR(ret);
+
+	if (cell_spec.args_count > 1)
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+
+	cell_np = cell_spec.np;
+	if (cell_spec.args_count)
+		cell_index = cell_spec.args[0];
 
 	nvmem_np = of_get_parent(cell_np);
 	if (!nvmem_np) {
@@ -1257,7 +1272,7 @@ struct nvmem_cell *of_nvmem_cell_get(struct device_node *np, const char *id)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
 	}
 
-	cell = nvmem_create_cell(cell_entry, id);
+	cell = nvmem_create_cell(cell_entry, id, cell_index);
 	if (IS_ERR(cell))
 		__nvmem_device_put(nvmem);
 
@@ -1410,8 +1425,8 @@ static void nvmem_shift_read_buffer_in_place(struct nvmem_cell_entry *cell, void
 }
 
 static int __nvmem_cell_read(struct nvmem_device *nvmem,
-		      struct nvmem_cell_entry *cell,
-		      void *buf, size_t *len, const char *id)
+			     struct nvmem_cell_entry *cell,
+			     void *buf, size_t *len, const char *id, int index)
 {
 	int rc;
 
@@ -1425,7 +1440,7 @@ static int __nvmem_cell_read(struct nvmem_device *nvmem,
 		nvmem_shift_read_buffer_in_place(cell, buf);
 
 	if (nvmem->cell_post_process) {
-		rc = nvmem->cell_post_process(nvmem->priv, id,
+		rc = nvmem->cell_post_process(nvmem->priv, id, index,
 					      cell->offset, buf, cell->bytes);
 		if (rc)
 			return rc;
@@ -1460,7 +1475,7 @@ void *nvmem_cell_read(struct nvmem_cell *cell, size_t *len)
 	if (!buf)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
-	rc = __nvmem_cell_read(nvmem, cell->entry, buf, len, cell->id);
+	rc = __nvmem_cell_read(nvmem, cell->entry, buf, len, cell->id, cell->index);
 	if (rc) {
 		kfree(buf);
 		return ERR_PTR(rc);
@@ -1773,7 +1788,7 @@ ssize_t nvmem_device_cell_read(struct nvmem_device *nvmem,
 	if (rc)
 		return rc;
 
-	rc = __nvmem_cell_read(nvmem, &cell, buf, &len, NULL);
+	rc = __nvmem_cell_read(nvmem, &cell, buf, &len, NULL, 0);
 	if (rc)
 		return rc;
 
diff --git a/drivers/nvmem/imx-ocotp.c b/drivers/nvmem/imx-ocotp.c
index 14284e866f26..e9b52ecb3f72 100644
--- a/drivers/nvmem/imx-ocotp.c
+++ b/drivers/nvmem/imx-ocotp.c
@@ -222,8 +222,8 @@ read_end:
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int imx_ocotp_cell_pp(void *context, const char *id, unsigned int offset,
-			     void *data, size_t bytes)
+static int imx_ocotp_cell_pp(void *context, const char *id, int index,
+			     unsigned int offset, void *data, size_t bytes)
 {
 	struct ocotp_priv *priv = context;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/nvmem-provider.h b/include/linux/nvmem-provider.h
index bb15c9234e21..55181d837969 100644
--- a/include/linux/nvmem-provider.h
+++ b/include/linux/nvmem-provider.h
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ typedef int (*nvmem_reg_read_t)(void *priv, unsigned int offset,
 typedef int (*nvmem_reg_write_t)(void *priv, unsigned int offset,
 				 void *val, size_t bytes);
 /* used for vendor specific post processing of cell data */
-typedef int (*nvmem_cell_post_process_t)(void *priv, const char *id, unsigned int offset,
-					  void *buf, size_t bytes);
+typedef int (*nvmem_cell_post_process_t)(void *priv, const char *id, int index,
+					 unsigned int offset, void *buf, size_t bytes);
 
 enum nvmem_type {
 	NVMEM_TYPE_UNKNOWN = 0,