diff --git a/drivers/base/regmap/Makefile b/drivers/base/regmap/Makefile
index 5e75d1b683e2..cf129980abd0 100644
--- a/drivers/base/regmap/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/base/regmap/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 obj-$(CONFIG_REGMAP) += regmap.o regcache.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_REGMAP) += regcache-rbtree.o regcache-lzo.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_REGMAP) += regcache-rbtree.o regcache-lzo.o regcache-flat.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DEBUG_FS) += regmap-debugfs.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_REGMAP_I2C) += regmap-i2c.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_REGMAP_SPI) += regmap-spi.o
diff --git a/drivers/base/regmap/internal.h b/drivers/base/regmap/internal.h
index 401d1919635a..e22bb80edff1 100644
--- a/drivers/base/regmap/internal.h
+++ b/drivers/base/regmap/internal.h
@@ -177,5 +177,6 @@ int regcache_lookup_reg(struct regmap *map, unsigned int reg);
 
 extern struct regcache_ops regcache_rbtree_ops;
 extern struct regcache_ops regcache_lzo_ops;
+extern struct regcache_ops regcache_flat_ops;
 
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/base/regmap/regcache-flat.c b/drivers/base/regmap/regcache-flat.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d9762e41959b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/base/regmap/regcache-flat.c
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+/*
+ * Register cache access API - flat caching support
+ *
+ * Copyright 2012 Wolfson Microelectronics plc
+ *
+ * Author: Mark Brown <broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/device.h>
+#include <linux/seq_file.h>
+
+#include "internal.h"
+
+static int regcache_flat_init(struct regmap *map)
+{
+	int i;
+	unsigned int *cache;
+
+	map->cache = kzalloc(sizeof(unsigned int) * (map->max_register + 1),
+			     GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!map->cache)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	cache = map->cache;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < map->num_reg_defaults; i++)
+		cache[map->reg_defaults[i].reg] = map->reg_defaults[i].def;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int regcache_flat_exit(struct regmap *map)
+{
+	kfree(map->cache);
+	map->cache = NULL;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int regcache_flat_read(struct regmap *map,
+			      unsigned int reg, unsigned int *value)
+{
+	unsigned int *cache = map->cache;
+
+	*value = cache[reg];
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int regcache_flat_write(struct regmap *map, unsigned int reg,
+			       unsigned int value)
+{
+	unsigned int *cache = map->cache;
+
+	cache[reg] = value;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+struct regcache_ops regcache_flat_ops = {
+	.type = REGCACHE_FLAT,
+	.name = "flat",
+	.init = regcache_flat_init,
+	.exit = regcache_flat_exit,
+	.read = regcache_flat_read,
+	.write = regcache_flat_write,
+};
diff --git a/drivers/base/regmap/regcache.c b/drivers/base/regmap/regcache.c
index 835883bda977..e69ff3e4742c 100644
--- a/drivers/base/regmap/regcache.c
+++ b/drivers/base/regmap/regcache.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 static const struct regcache_ops *cache_types[] = {
 	&regcache_rbtree_ops,
 	&regcache_lzo_ops,
+	&regcache_flat_ops,
 };
 
 static int regcache_hw_init(struct regmap *map)
diff --git a/include/linux/regmap.h b/include/linux/regmap.h
index b7e95bf942c9..390d879d473a 100644
--- a/include/linux/regmap.h
+++ b/include/linux/regmap.h
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ struct regmap_range_cfg;
 enum regcache_type {
 	REGCACHE_NONE,
 	REGCACHE_RBTREE,
-	REGCACHE_COMPRESSED
+	REGCACHE_COMPRESSED,
+	REGCACHE_FLAT,
 };
 
 /**