diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion-ioctl.c b/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion-ioctl.c
index e26b786..c8c906c 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion-ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion-ioctl.c
@@ -25,8 +25,11 @@ union ion_ioctl_arg {
 	struct ion_heap_query query;
 };
 
-static int validate_ioctl_arg(unsigned int cmd, union ion_ioctl_arg *arg)
+static int validate_ioctl_arg(struct file *filp,
+			      unsigned int cmd, union ion_ioctl_arg *arg)
 {
+	int mask = 1 << iminor(filp->f_inode);
+
 	switch (cmd) {
 	case ION_IOC_HEAP_QUERY:
 		if (arg->query.reserved0 ||
@@ -34,6 +37,10 @@ static int validate_ioctl_arg(unsigned int cmd, union ion_ioctl_arg *arg)
 		    arg->query.reserved2 )
 			return -EINVAL;
 		break;
+	case ION_IOC_ALLOC:
+		if (!(arg->allocation.heap_id_mask & mask))
+			return -EINVAL;
+		break;
 	default:
 		break;
 	}
@@ -69,7 +76,7 @@ long ion_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 	if (copy_from_user(&data, (void __user *)arg, _IOC_SIZE(cmd)))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
-	ret = validate_ioctl_arg(cmd, &data);
+	ret = validate_ioctl_arg(filp, cmd, &data);
 	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(ret))
 		return ret;
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion.c b/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion.c
index 93e2c90..3f8b595 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion.c
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@
 
 #include "ion.h"
 
+#define ION_DEV_MAX 32
+
 static struct ion_device *internal_dev;
 static int heap_id;
 
@@ -541,11 +543,24 @@ void ion_device_add_heap(struct ion_heap *heap)
 {
 	struct dentry *debug_file;
 	struct ion_device *dev = internal_dev;
+	int ret;
 
 	if (!heap->ops->allocate || !heap->ops->free)
 		pr_err("%s: can not add heap with invalid ops struct.\n",
 		       __func__);
 
+	if (heap_id >= ION_DEV_MAX)
+		return -EBUSY;
+
+	heap->ddev.devt = MKDEV(MAJOR(dev->devt), heap_id);
+	dev_set_name(&heap->ddev, "ion%d", heap_id);
+	device_initialize(&heap->ddev);
+	cdev_init(&heap->chrdev, &ion_fops);
+	heap->chrdev.owner = THIS_MODULE;
+	ret = cdev_device_add(&heap->chrdev, &heap->ddev);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return;
+
 	spin_lock_init(&heap->free_lock);
 	heap->free_list_size = 0;
 
@@ -595,13 +610,9 @@ static int ion_device_create(void)
 	if (!idev)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	idev->dev.minor = MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR;
-	idev->dev.name = "ion";
-	idev->dev.fops = &ion_fops;
-	idev->dev.parent = NULL;
-	ret = misc_register(&idev->dev);
+	ret = alloc_chrdev_region(&idev->devt, 0, ION_DEV_MAX, "ion");
 	if (ret) {
-		pr_err("ion: failed to register misc device.\n");
+		pr_err("ion: unable to allocate major\n");
 		kfree(idev);
 		return ret;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion.h b/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion.h
index 621e5f7..ef51ff5 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #ifndef _ION_H
 #define _ION_H
 
+#include <linux/cdev.h>
 #include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/dma-direction.h>
 #include <linux/kref.h>
@@ -26,7 +27,6 @@
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/shrinker.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
-#include <linux/miscdevice.h>
 
 #include "../uapi/ion.h"
 
@@ -90,13 +90,13 @@ void ion_buffer_destroy(struct ion_buffer *buffer);
 
 /**
  * struct ion_device - the metadata of the ion device node
- * @dev:		the actual misc device
+ * @dev:		the actual device
  * @buffers:		an rb tree of all the existing buffers
  * @buffer_lock:	lock protecting the tree of buffers
  * @lock:		rwsem protecting the tree of heaps and clients
  */
 struct ion_device {
-	struct miscdevice dev;
+	dev_t devt;
 	struct rb_root buffers;
 	struct mutex buffer_lock;
 	struct rw_semaphore lock;
@@ -152,6 +152,8 @@ struct ion_heap_ops {
  * struct ion_heap - represents a heap in the system
  * @node:		rb node to put the heap on the device's tree of heaps
  * @dev:		back pointer to the ion_device
+ * @ddev:		device structure
+ * @chrdev:		associated character device
  * @type:		type of heap
  * @ops:		ops struct as above
  * @flags:		flags
@@ -176,6 +178,8 @@ struct ion_heap_ops {
 struct ion_heap {
 	struct plist_node node;
 	struct ion_device *dev;
+	struct device ddev;
+	struct cdev chrdev;
 	enum ion_heap_type type;
 	struct ion_heap_ops *ops;
 	unsigned long flags;
