diff --git a/doc/driver-model/README.txt b/doc/driver-model/README.txt
index 7a24552..1b5ccec 100644
--- a/doc/driver-model/README.txt
+++ b/doc/driver-model/README.txt
@@ -606,19 +606,24 @@ methods actually defined.
 
 1. Bind stage
 
-A device and its driver are bound using one of these two methods:
+U-Boot discovers devices using one of these two methods:
 
-   - Scan the U_BOOT_DEVICE() definitions. U-Boot It looks up the
-name specified by each, to find the appropriate driver. It then calls
-device_bind() to create a new device and bind' it to its driver. This will
-call the device's bind() method.
+   - Scan the U_BOOT_DEVICE() definitions. U-Boot looks up the name specified
+by each, to find the appropriate U_BOOT_DRIVER() definition. In this case,
+there is no path by which driver_data may be provided, but the U_BOOT_DEVICE()
+may provide platdata.
 
    - Scan through the device tree definitions. U-Boot looks at top-level
 nodes in the the device tree. It looks at the compatible string in each node
-and uses the of_match part of the U_BOOT_DRIVER() structure to find the
-right driver for each node. It then calls device_bind() to bind the
-newly-created device to its driver (thereby creating a device structure).
-This will also call the device's bind() method.
+and uses the of_match table of the U_BOOT_DRIVER() structure to find the
+right driver for each node. In this case, the of_match table may provide a
+driver_data value, but platdata cannot be provided until later.
+
+For each device that is discovered, U-Boot then calls device_bind() to create a
+new device, initializes various core fields of the device object such as name,
+uclass & driver, initializes any optional fields of the device object that are
+applicable such as of_offset, driver_data & platdata, and finally calls the
+driver's bind() method if one is defined.
 
 At this point all the devices are known, and bound to their drivers. There
 is a 'struct udevice' allocated for all devices. However, nothing has been
diff --git a/drivers/core/device.c b/drivers/core/device.c
index 45d5e3e..eb75b17 100644
--- a/drivers/core/device.c
+++ b/drivers/core/device.c
@@ -26,9 +26,10 @@
 
 DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
 
-int device_bind(struct udevice *parent, const struct driver *drv,
-		const char *name, void *platdata, int of_offset,
-		struct udevice **devp)
+static int device_bind_common(struct udevice *parent, const struct driver *drv,
+			      const char *name, void *platdata,
+			      ulong driver_data, int of_offset,
+			      struct udevice **devp)
 {
 	struct udevice *dev;
 	struct uclass *uc;
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ int device_bind(struct udevice *parent, const struct driver *drv,
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dev->devres_head);
 #endif
 	dev->platdata = platdata;
+	dev->driver_data = driver_data;
 	dev->name = name;
 	dev->of_offset = of_offset;
 	dev->parent = parent;
@@ -193,6 +195,23 @@ fail_alloc1:
 	return ret;
 }
 
+int device_bind_with_driver_data(struct udevice *parent,
+				 const struct driver *drv, const char *name,
+				 ulong driver_data, int of_offset,
+				 struct udevice **devp)
+{
+	return device_bind_common(parent, drv, name, NULL, driver_data,
+				  of_offset, devp);
+}
+
+int device_bind(struct udevice *parent, const struct driver *drv,
+		const char *name, void *platdata, int of_offset,
+		struct udevice **devp)
+{
+	return device_bind_common(parent, drv, name, platdata, 0, of_offset,
+				  devp);
+}
+
 int device_bind_by_name(struct udevice *parent, bool pre_reloc_only,
 			const struct driver_info *info, struct udevice **devp)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/core/lists.c b/drivers/core/lists.c
index a72db13..0c27717 100644
--- a/drivers/core/lists.c
+++ b/drivers/core/lists.c
@@ -170,7 +170,8 @@ int lists_bind_fdt(struct udevice *parent, const void *blob, int offset,
 		}
 
 		dm_dbg("   - found match at '%s'\n", entry->name);
-		ret = device_bind(parent, entry, name, NULL, offset, &dev);
+		ret = device_bind_with_driver_data(parent, entry, name,
+						   id->data, offset, &dev);
 		if (ret == -ENODEV) {
 			dm_dbg("Driver '%s' refuses to bind\n", entry->name);
 			continue;
@@ -180,7 +181,6 @@ int lists_bind_fdt(struct udevice *parent, const void *blob, int offset,
 				ret);
 			return ret;
 		} else {
-			dev->driver_data = id->data;
 			found = true;
 			if (devp)
 				*devp = dev;
diff --git a/include/dm/device-internal.h b/include/dm/device-internal.h
index b348ad5..0bf8707 100644
--- a/include/dm/device-internal.h
+++ b/include/dm/device-internal.h
@@ -39,6 +39,30 @@ int device_bind(struct udevice *parent, const struct driver *drv,
 		struct udevice **devp);
 
 /**
+ * device_bind_with_driver_data() - Create a device and bind it to a driver
+ *
+ * Called to set up a new device attached to a driver, in the case where the
+ * driver was matched to the device by means of a match table that provides
+ * driver_data.
+ *
+ * Once bound a device exists but is not yet active until device_probe() is
+ * called.
+ *
+ * @parent: Pointer to device's parent, under which this driver will exist
+ * @drv: Device's driver
+ * @name: Name of device (e.g. device tree node name)
+ * @driver_data: The driver_data field from the driver's match table.
+ * @of_offset: Offset of device tree node for this device. This is -1 for
+ * devices which don't use device tree.
+ * @devp: if non-NULL, returns a pointer to the bound device
+ * @return 0 if OK, -ve on error
+ */
+int device_bind_with_driver_data(struct udevice *parent,
+				 const struct driver *drv, const char *name,
+				 ulong driver_data, int of_offset,
+				 struct udevice **devp);
+
+/**
  * device_bind_by_name: Create a device and bind it to a driver
  *
  * This is a helper function used to bind devices which do not use device