diff --git a/Documentation/pinctrl.txt b/Documentation/pinctrl.txt
index f080643..44321d3 100644
--- a/Documentation/pinctrl.txt
+++ b/Documentation/pinctrl.txt
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@
 
 For example, a platform may do this:
 
-ret = pin_config_set(dev, "FOO_GPIO_PIN", PLATFORM_X_PULL_UP);
+ret = pin_config_set("foo-dev", "FOO_GPIO_PIN", PLATFORM_X_PULL_UP);
 
 To pull up a pin to VDD. The pin configuration driver implements callbacks for
 changing pin configuration in the pin controller ops like this:
diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/pinconf.c b/drivers/pinctrl/pinconf.c
index 124762b..57dbb4b 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/pinconf.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/pinconf.c
@@ -39,17 +39,22 @@
 
 /**
  * pin_config_get() - get the configuration of a single pin parameter
- * @pctldev: pin controller device for this pin
+ * @dev_name: name of the pin controller device for this pin
  * @name: name of the pin to get the config for
  * @config: the config pointed to by this argument will be filled in with the
  *	current pin state, it can be used directly by drivers as a numeral, or
  *	it can be dereferenced to any struct.
  */
-int pin_config_get(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev, const char *name,
+int pin_config_get(const char *dev_name, const char *name,
 			  unsigned long *config)
 {
+	struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev;
 	int pin;
 
+	pctldev = get_pinctrl_dev_from_dev(NULL, dev_name);
+	if (!pctldev)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	pin = pin_get_from_name(pctldev, name);
 	if (pin < 0)
 		return pin;
@@ -82,17 +87,22 @@
 
 /**
  * pin_config_set() - set the configuration of a single pin parameter
- * @pctldev: pin controller device for this pin
+ * @dev_name: name of pin controller device for this pin
  * @name: name of the pin to set the config for
  * @config: the config in this argument will contain the desired pin state, it
  *	can be used directly by drivers as a numeral, or it can be dereferenced
  *	to any struct.
  */
-int pin_config_set(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev, const char *name,
+int pin_config_set(const char *dev_name, const char *name,
 		   unsigned long config)
 {
+	struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev;
 	int pin;
 
+	pctldev = get_pinctrl_dev_from_dev(NULL, dev_name);
+	if (!pctldev)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	pin = pin_get_from_name(pctldev, name);
 	if (pin < 0)
 		return pin;
@@ -101,12 +111,18 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(pin_config_set);
 
-int pin_config_group_get(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev, const char *pin_group,
+int pin_config_group_get(const char *dev_name, const char *pin_group,
 			 unsigned long *config)
 {
-	const struct pinconf_ops *ops = pctldev->desc->confops;
+	struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev;
+	const struct pinconf_ops *ops;
 	int selector;
 
+	pctldev = get_pinctrl_dev_from_dev(NULL, dev_name);
+	if (!pctldev)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	ops = pctldev->desc->confops;
+
 	if (!ops || !ops->pin_config_group_get) {
 		dev_err(pctldev->dev, "cannot get configuration for pin "
 			"group, missing group config get function in "
@@ -123,17 +139,24 @@
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(pin_config_group_get);
 
 
-int pin_config_group_set(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev, const char *pin_group,
+int pin_config_group_set(const char *dev_name, const char *pin_group,
 			 unsigned long config)
 {
-	const struct pinctrl_ops *pctlops = pctldev->desc->pctlops;
-	const struct pinconf_ops *ops = pctldev->desc->confops;
+	struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev;
+	const struct pinconf_ops *ops;
+	const struct pinctrl_ops *pctlops;
 	int selector;
 	const unsigned *pins;
 	unsigned num_pins;
 	int ret;
 	int i;
 
+	pctldev = get_pinctrl_dev_from_dev(NULL, dev_name);
+	if (!pctldev)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	ops = pctldev->desc->confops;
+	pctlops = pctldev->desc->pctlops;
+
 	if (!ops || (!ops->pin_config_group_set && !ops->pin_config_set)) {
 		dev_err(pctldev->dev, "cannot configure pin group, missing "
 			"config function in driver\n");
diff --git a/include/linux/pinctrl/pinconf.h b/include/linux/pinctrl/pinconf.h
index 8c2c88e..477922c 100644
--- a/include/linux/pinctrl/pinconf.h
+++ b/include/linux/pinctrl/pinconf.h
@@ -53,39 +53,39 @@
 					   unsigned selector);
 };
 
-extern int pin_config_get(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev, const char *name,
+extern int pin_config_get(const char *dev_name, const char *name,
 			  unsigned long *config);
-extern int pin_config_set(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev, const char *name,
+extern int pin_config_set(const char *dev_name, const char *name,
 			  unsigned long config);
-extern int pin_config_group_get(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev,
+extern int pin_config_group_get(const char *dev_name,
 				const char *pin_group,
 				unsigned long *config);
-extern int pin_config_group_set(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev,
+extern int pin_config_group_set(const char *dev_name,
 				const char *pin_group,
 				unsigned long config);
 
 #else
 
-static inline int pin_config_get(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev, const char *name,
+static inline int pin_config_get(const char *dev_name, const char *name,
 				 unsigned long *config)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static inline int pin_config_set(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev, const char *name,
+static inline int pin_config_set(const char *dev_name, const char *name,
 				 unsigned long config)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static inline int pin_config_group_get(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev,
+static inline int pin_config_group_get(const char *dev_name,
 				       const char *pin_group,
 				       unsigned long *config)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static inline int pin_config_group_set(struct pinctrl_dev *pctldev,
+static inline int pin_config_group_set(const char *dev_name,
 				       const char *pin_group,
 				       unsigned long config)
 {