diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-zynq/include/mach/nand.h b/arch/arm/mach-zynq/include/mach/nand.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..61ef45f582
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-zynq/include/mach/nand.h
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 National Instruments Corp.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier:	GPL-2.0+
+ */
+
+#include <nand.h>
+
+void zynq_nand_init(void);
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/zynq_nand.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/zynq_nand.c
index 8d6a663d72..e6c80b5b5c 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/zynq_nand.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/zynq_nand.c
@@ -994,7 +994,7 @@ static int zynq_nand_device_ready(struct mtd_info *mtd)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int zynq_nand_init(struct nand_chip *nand_chip, int devnum)
+int zynq_nand_init(struct nand_chip *nand_chip, int devnum)
 {
 	struct zynq_nand_info *xnand;
 	struct mtd_info *mtd;
@@ -1180,12 +1180,14 @@ fail:
 	return err;
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYS_NAND_SELF_INIT
 static struct nand_chip nand_chip[CONFIG_SYS_MAX_NAND_DEVICE];
 
-void board_nand_init(void)
+void __weak board_nand_init(void)
 {
 	struct nand_chip *nand = &nand_chip[0];
 
 	if (zynq_nand_init(nand, 0))
 		puts("ZYNQ NAND init failed\n");
 }
+#endif