diff --git a/include/configs/APC405.h b/include/configs/APC405.h
index a7724ad..bb0238f 100644
--- a/include/configs/APC405.h
+++ b/include/configs/APC405.h
@@ -264,16 +264,10 @@
 /*
  * FLASH organization
  */
-#ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
-extern int flash_banks;
-#endif
-
 #define CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE		0xFE000000
 #define CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_CFI		1	/* Flash is CFI conformant */
 #define CONFIG_FLASH_CFI_DRIVER	1	/* Use the common driver */
 #define CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_SECT	256	/* max num of sects on one chip */
-#define CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_BANKS	flash_banks /* max num of flash banks */
-					    /* updated in board_early_init_r */
 #define CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_BANKS_DETECT 2
 #define CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_QUIET_TEST	1
 #define CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_INCREMENT	0x01000000
diff --git a/include/configs/IDS8247.h b/include/configs/IDS8247.h
index 71bb7b4..4e73941 100644
--- a/include/configs/IDS8247.h
+++ b/include/configs/IDS8247.h
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@
 #define CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_CFI				/* The flash is CFI compatible  */
 #define CONFIG_FLASH_CFI_DRIVER			/* Use common CFI driver        */
 #define CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BANKS_LIST	{ 0xFF800000 }
-#define CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_BANKS_DETECT	1
+#define CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_BANKS	1	/* max number of memory banks	      */
 /* What should the base address of the main FLASH be and how big is
  * it (in MBytes)? This must contain TEXT_BASE from board/ids8247/config.mk
  * The main FLASH is whichever is connected to *CS0.
@@ -242,7 +242,6 @@
 /*-----------------------------------------------------------------------
  * FLASH organization
  */
-#define CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_BANKS	1	/* max num of memory banks      */
 #define CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_SECT	128	/* max num of sects on one chip */
 
 #define CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_ERASE_TOUT	240000	/* Flash Erase Timeout (in ms)  */
diff --git a/include/configs/TQM834x.h b/include/configs/TQM834x.h
index c1e0e64..9193b51 100644
--- a/include/configs/TQM834x.h
+++ b/include/configs/TQM834x.h
@@ -101,10 +101,6 @@
  * defined as tqm834x_num_flash_banks.
  */
 #define CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_BANKS_DETECT	2
-#ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
-extern int tqm834x_num_flash_banks;
-#endif
-#define CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_BANKS (tqm834x_num_flash_banks)
 
 #define CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_SECT		512	/* max sectors per device */
 
diff --git a/include/flash.h b/include/flash.h
index 8feca1b..1b6821a 100644
--- a/include/flash.h
+++ b/include/flash.h
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@
 #endif
 } flash_info_t;
 
+extern flash_info_t flash_info[]; /* info for FLASH chips	*/
+
 typedef unsigned long flash_sect_t;
 
 /*
diff --git a/include/mtd/cfi_flash.h b/include/mtd/cfi_flash.h
index 2aa6911..2ff00f2 100644
--- a/include/mtd/cfi_flash.h
+++ b/include/mtd/cfi_flash.h
@@ -151,6 +151,24 @@
 	u8	minor_version;
 } __attribute__((packed));
 
+#ifndef CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BANKS_LIST
+#define CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BANKS_LIST { CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE }
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * CFI_MAX_FLASH_BANKS only used for flash_info struct declaration.
+ *
+ * Use CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_BANKS_DETECT if defined
+ */
+#if defined(CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_BANKS_DETECT)
+#define CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_BANKS	(cfi_flash_num_flash_banks)
+#define CFI_MAX_FLASH_BANKS	CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_BANKS_DETECT
+/* board code can update this variable before CFI detection */
+extern int cfi_flash_num_flash_banks;
+#else
+#define CFI_MAX_FLASH_BANKS	CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_BANKS
+#endif
+
 void flash_write_cmd(flash_info_t * info, flash_sect_t sect,
 		     uint offset, u32 cmd);