diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nvmxip/nvmxip-uclass.c b/drivers/mtd/nvmxip/nvmxip-uclass.c
index 6d8eb17..36eb056 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nvmxip/nvmxip-uclass.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nvmxip/nvmxip-uclass.c
@@ -22,17 +22,7 @@
 
 #define DEFAULT_LBA_SZ BIT(DEFAULT_LBA_SHIFT)
 
-/**
- * nvmxip_post_bind() - post binding treatments
- * @dev:	the NVMXIP device
- *
- * Create and probe a child block device.
- *
- * Return:
- *
- * 0 on success. Otherwise, failure
- */
-static int nvmxip_post_bind(struct udevice *udev)
+int nvmxip_probe(struct udevice *udev)
 {
 	int ret;
 	struct udevice *bdev = NULL;
@@ -64,6 +54,12 @@
 
 	log_info("[%s]: the block device %s ready for use\n", udev->name, bdev_name);
 
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int nvmxip_post_bind(struct udevice *udev)
+{
+	dev_or_flags(udev, DM_FLAG_PROBE_AFTER_BIND);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nvmxip/nvmxip_qspi.c b/drivers/mtd/nvmxip/nvmxip_qspi.c
index 7221fd1..1bf0d31 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nvmxip/nvmxip_qspi.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nvmxip/nvmxip_qspi.c
@@ -66,5 +66,6 @@
 	.id = UCLASS_NVMXIP,
 	.of_match = nvmxip_qspi_ids,
 	.of_to_plat = nvmxip_qspi_of_to_plat,
+	.probe = nvmxip_probe,
 	.plat_auto = sizeof(struct nvmxip_plat),
 };
diff --git a/include/nvmxip.h b/include/nvmxip.h
index f4ef377..726fffe 100644
--- a/include/nvmxip.h
+++ b/include/nvmxip.h
@@ -29,4 +29,16 @@
 	lbaint_t lba;
 };
 
+/**
+ * nvmxip_bind() - post binding treatments
+ * @dev:	the NVMXIP device
+ *
+ * Create and probe a child block device.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ *
+ * 0 on success. Otherwise, failure
+ */
+int nvmxip_probe(struct udevice *udev);
+
 #endif /* __DRIVER_NVMXIP_H__ */