diff --git a/commands/Kconfig b/commands/Kconfig
index 1de4b9d..c14332c 100644
--- a/commands/Kconfig
+++ b/commands/Kconfig
@@ -14,11 +14,6 @@
 	help
 	  Turns on compilation of digest.c
 
-config COMPILE_MEMORY
-	bool
-	help
-	  Turns on compilation of mem.c
-
 menu "Commands"
 
 
@@ -1493,7 +1488,7 @@
 config CMD_MD
 	tristate
 	default y
-	select COMPILE_MEMORY
+	select DEV_MEM
 	prompt "md"
 	help
 	  Memory display
@@ -1517,7 +1512,7 @@
 config CMD_MEMCMP
 	tristate
 	default y
-	select COMPILE_MEMORY
+	select DEV_MEM
 	prompt "memcmp"
 	help
 	  Memory compare
@@ -1539,7 +1534,7 @@
 config CMD_MEMCPY
 	tristate
 	default y
-	select COMPILE_MEMORY
+	select DEV_MEM
 	prompt "memcpy"
 	help
 	  Memory copy
@@ -1558,7 +1553,7 @@
 config CMD_MEMSET
 	tristate
 	default y
-	select COMPILE_MEMORY
+	select DEV_MEM
 	prompt "memset"
 	help
 	  Memory fill
@@ -1591,7 +1586,7 @@
 
 config CMD_MM
 	tristate
-	select COMPILE_MEMORY
+	select DEV_MEM
 	prompt "memory modify (mm)"
 	help
 	  Memory modify with mask
@@ -1609,7 +1604,7 @@
 config CMD_MW
 	tristate
 	default y
-	select COMPILE_MEMORY
+	select DEV_MEM
 	prompt "mw"
 	help
 	  Memory write
diff --git a/commands/Makefile b/commands/Makefile
index eb47963..358671b 100644
--- a/commands/Makefile
+++ b/commands/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 obj-$(CONFIG_STDDEV)		+= stddev.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CMD_DIGEST)	+= digest.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_COMPILE_HASH)	+= hashsum.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_COMPILE_MEMORY)	+= mem.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CMD_BOOTM)		+= bootm.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CMD_UIMAGE)	+= uimage.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CMD_LINUX16)	+= linux16.o
diff --git a/commands/mem.c b/commands/mem.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 8a47e1f..0000000
--- a/commands/mem.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,77 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2011 Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>, Pengutronix
- *
- * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
- * project.
- *
- * 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.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- */
-
-/*
- * Memory Functions
- *
- * Copied from FADS ROM, Dan Malek (dmalek@jlc.net)
- */
-
-#include <common.h>
-#include <command.h>
-#include <init.h>
-#include <driver.h>
-#include <malloc.h>
-#include <errno.h>
-#include <fs.h>
-#include <fcntl.h>
-#include <getopt.h>
-#include <linux/stat.h>
-#include <xfuncs.h>
-
-#ifdef	CMD_MEM_DEBUG
-#define	PRINTF(fmt,args...)	printf (fmt ,##args)
-#else
-#define PRINTF(fmt,args...)
-#endif
-
-static struct cdev_operations memops = {
-	.read  = mem_read,
-	.write = mem_write,
-	.memmap = generic_memmap_rw,
-	.lseek = dev_lseek_default,
-};
-
-static int mem_probe(struct device_d *dev)
-{
-	struct cdev *cdev;
-
-	cdev = xzalloc(sizeof (*cdev));
-	dev->priv = cdev;
-
-	cdev->name = (char*)dev->resource[0].name;
-	cdev->size = min_t(unsigned long long, resource_size(&dev->resource[0]),
-			   S64_MAX);
-	cdev->ops = &memops;
-	cdev->dev = dev;
-
-	devfs_create(cdev);
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static struct driver_d mem_drv = {
-	.name  = "mem",
-	.probe = mem_probe,
-};
-
-static int mem_init(void)
-{
-	add_mem_device("mem", 0, ~0, IORESOURCE_MEM_WRITEABLE);
-	return platform_driver_register(&mem_drv);
-}
-device_initcall(mem_init);
diff --git a/drivers/misc/Kconfig b/drivers/misc/Kconfig
index 6640a70..4c8a769 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/misc/Kconfig
@@ -20,4 +20,7 @@
 	depends on OFDEVICE
 	depends on STATE
 
+config DEV_MEM
+        bool "Generic memory I/O device (/dev/mem)"
+
 endmenu
diff --git a/drivers/misc/Makefile b/drivers/misc/Makefile
index 487e4b8..d4e616d 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/misc/Makefile
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@
 obj-$(CONFIG_JTAG)		+= jtag.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SRAM)		+= sram.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_STATE_DRV)		+= state.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_DEV_MEM)		+= mem.o
diff --git a/drivers/misc/mem.c b/drivers/misc/mem.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..60981a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/misc/mem.c
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2011 Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>, Pengutronix
+ */
+
+#include <common.h>
+#include <driver.h>
+#include <init.h>
+
+static struct cdev_operations memops = {
+	.read  = mem_read,
+	.write = mem_write,
+	.memmap = generic_memmap_rw,
+};
+
+static int mem_probe(struct device_d *dev)
+{
+	struct cdev *cdev;
+
+	cdev = xzalloc(sizeof (*cdev));
+	dev->priv = cdev;
+
+	cdev->name = (char*)dev->resource[0].name;
+	cdev->size = min_t(unsigned long long, resource_size(&dev->resource[0]),
+			   S64_MAX);
+	cdev->ops = &memops;
+	cdev->dev = dev;
+
+	devfs_create(cdev);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static struct driver_d mem_drv = {
+	.name  = "mem",
+	.probe = mem_probe,
+};
+
+static int mem_init(void)
+{
+	add_mem_device("mem", 0, ~0, IORESOURCE_MEM_WRITEABLE);
+	return platform_driver_register(&mem_drv);
+}
+device_initcall(mem_init);