diff --git a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/Makefile b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/Makefile
index 5f298f00a82e..df2c05a545d8 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
-obj-y	= scmi-bus.o scmi-driver.o scmi-protocols.o
+obj-y	= scmi-bus.o scmi-driver.o scmi-protocols.o scmi-transport.o
 scmi-bus-y = bus.o
 scmi-driver-y = driver.o
+scmi-transport-y = mailbox.o
 scmi-protocols-y = base.o clock.o perf.o power.o reset.o sensors.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_ARM_SCMI_POWER_DOMAIN) += scmi_pm_domain.o
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/common.h b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/common.h
index 5237c2ff79fe..e11314146e67 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/common.h
+++ b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/common.h
@@ -111,3 +111,42 @@ void scmi_setup_protocol_implemented(const struct scmi_handle *handle,
 				     u8 *prot_imp);
 
 int scmi_base_protocol_init(struct scmi_handle *h);
+
+/* SCMI Transport */
+
+/**
+ * struct scmi_chan_info - Structure representing a SCMI channel information
+ *
+ * @payload: Transmit/Receive payload area
+ * @dev: Reference to device in the SCMI hierarchy corresponding to this
+ *	 channel
+ * @handle: Pointer to SCMI entity handle
+ * @transport_info: Transport layer related information
+ */
+struct scmi_chan_info {
+	void __iomem *payload;
+	struct device *dev;
+	struct scmi_handle *handle;
+	void *transport_info;
+};
+
+/**
+ * struct scmi_transport_ops - Structure representing a SCMI transport ops
+ *
+ * @send_message: Callback to send a message
+ * @mark_txdone: Callback to mark tx as done
+ * @chan_setup: Callback to allocate and setup a channel
+ * @chan_free: Callback to free a channel
+ */
+struct scmi_transport_ops {
+	bool (*chan_available)(struct device *dev, int idx);
+	int (*chan_setup)(struct scmi_chan_info *cinfo, bool tx);
+	int (*chan_free)(int id, void *p, void *data);
+	int (*send_message)(struct scmi_chan_info *cinfo, struct scmi_xfer *xfer);
+	void (*mark_txdone)(struct scmi_chan_info *cinfo, int ret);
+};
+
+void scmi_tx_prepare(struct scmi_chan_info *cinfo, struct scmi_xfer *t);
+void scmi_rx_callback(struct scmi_chan_info *cinfo, struct scmi_xfer *t);
+void scmi_free_channel(struct scmi_chan_info *cinfo, struct idr *idr, int id);
+struct scmi_transport_ops *scmi_mailbox_get_ops(struct device *dev);
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/driver.c b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/driver.c
index 3eb0382491ce..dfdd12f3dd8b 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/driver.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/driver.c
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include <linux/io.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/ktime.h>
-#include <linux/mailbox_client.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/of_address.h>
 #include <linux/of_device.h>
@@ -91,24 +90,6 @@ struct scmi_desc {
 	int max_msg_size;
 };
 
-/**
- * struct scmi_chan_info - Structure representing a SCMI channel information
- *
- * @cl: Mailbox Client
- * @chan: Transmit/Receive mailbox channel
- * @payload: Transmit/Receive mailbox channel payload area
- * @dev: Reference to device in the SCMI hierarchy corresponding to this
- *	 channel
- * @handle: Pointer to SCMI entity handle
- */
-struct scmi_chan_info {
-	struct mbox_client cl;
-	struct mbox_chan *chan;
-	void __iomem *payload;
-	struct device *dev;
-	struct scmi_handle *handle;
-};
-
 /**
  * struct scmi_info - Structure representing a SCMI instance
  *
@@ -128,6 +109,7 @@ struct scmi_chan_info {
 struct scmi_info {
 	struct device *dev;
 	const struct scmi_desc *desc;
+	struct scmi_transport_ops *transport_ops;
 	struct scmi_revision_info version;
 	struct scmi_handle handle;
 	struct scmi_xfers_info tx_minfo;
@@ -138,7 +120,6 @@ struct scmi_info {
 	int users;
 };
 
-#define client_to_scmi_chan_info(c) container_of(c, struct scmi_chan_info, cl)
 #define handle_to_scmi_info(h)	container_of(h, struct scmi_info, handle)
 
 /*
@@ -233,18 +214,16 @@ static inline void unpack_scmi_header(u32 msg_hdr, struct scmi_msg_hdr *hdr)
 }
 
 /**
- * scmi_tx_prepare() - mailbox client callback to prepare for the transfer
+ * scmi_tx_prepare() - callback to prepare for the transfer
  *
- * @cl: client pointer
- * @m: mailbox message
+ * @cinfo: SCMI channel info
+ * @t: transfer message
  *
  * This function prepares the shared memory which contains the header and the
  * payload.
  */
-static void scmi_tx_prepare(struct mbox_client *cl, void *m)
+void scmi_tx_prepare(struct scmi_chan_info *cinfo, struct scmi_xfer *t)
 {
-	struct scmi_xfer *t = m;
-	struct scmi_chan_info *cinfo = client_to_scmi_chan_info(cl);
 	struct scmi_shared_mem __iomem *mem = cinfo->payload;
 
 	/*
@@ -332,10 +311,10 @@ __scmi_xfer_put(struct scmi_xfers_info *minfo, struct scmi_xfer *xfer)
 }
 
 /**
- * scmi_rx_callback() - mailbox client callback for receive messages
+ * scmi_rx_callback() - callback for receive messages
  *
- * @cl: client pointer
- * @m: mailbox message
+ * @cinfo: SCMI channel info
+ * @t: transfer message
  *
  * Processes one received message to appropriate transfer information and
  * signals completion of the transfer.
@@ -343,13 +322,12 @@ __scmi_xfer_put(struct scmi_xfers_info *minfo, struct scmi_xfer *xfer)
  * NOTE: This function will be invoked in IRQ context, hence should be
  * as optimal as possible.
  */
-static void scmi_rx_callback(struct mbox_client *cl, void *m)
+void scmi_rx_callback(struct scmi_chan_info *cinfo, struct scmi_xfer *t)
 {
 	u8 msg_type;
 	u32 msg_hdr;
 	u16 xfer_id;
 	struct scmi_xfer *xfer;
-	struct scmi_chan_info *cinfo = client_to_scmi_chan_info(cl);
 	struct device *dev = cinfo->dev;
 	struct scmi_info *info = handle_to_scmi_info(cinfo->handle);
 	struct scmi_xfers_info *minfo = &info->tx_minfo;
@@ -439,15 +417,12 @@ int scmi_do_xfer(const struct scmi_handle *handle, struct scmi_xfer *xfer)
 	if (unlikely(!cinfo))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	ret = mbox_send_message(cinfo->chan, xfer);
+	ret = info->transport_ops->send_message(cinfo, xfer);
 	if (ret < 0) {
-		dev_dbg(dev, "mbox send fail %d\n", ret);
+		dev_dbg(dev, "Failed to send message %d\n", ret);
 		return ret;
 	}
 
-	/* mbox_send_message returns non-negative value on success, so reset */
-	ret = 0;
-
 	if (xfer->hdr.poll_completion) {
 		ktime_t stop = ktime_add_ns(ktime_get(), SCMI_MAX_POLL_TO_NS);
 
@@ -461,7 +436,7 @@ int scmi_do_xfer(const struct scmi_handle *handle, struct scmi_xfer *xfer)
 		/* And we wait for the response. */
 		timeout = msecs_to_jiffies(info->desc->max_rx_timeout_ms);
 		if (!wait_for_completion_timeout(&xfer->done, timeout)) {
-			dev_err(dev, "mbox timed out in resp(caller: %pS)\n",
+			dev_err(dev, "timed out in resp(caller: %pS)\n",
 				(void *)_RET_IP_);
 			ret = -ETIMEDOUT;
 		}
@@ -470,13 +445,7 @@ int scmi_do_xfer(const struct scmi_handle *handle, struct scmi_xfer *xfer)
 	if (!ret && xfer->hdr.status)
 		ret = scmi_to_linux_errno(xfer->hdr.status);
 
-	/*
-	 * NOTE: we might prefer not to need the mailbox ticker to manage the
-	 * transfer queueing since the protocol layer queues things by itself.
-	 * Unfortunately, we have to kick the mailbox framework after we have
-	 * received our message.
-	 */
-	mbox_client_txdone(cinfo->chan, ret);
+	info->transport_ops->mark_txdone(cinfo, ret);
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -713,21 +682,14 @@ static int scmi_xfer_info_init(struct scmi_info *sinfo)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int scmi_mailbox_check(struct device_node *np, int idx)
-{
-	return of_parse_phandle_with_args(np, "mboxes", "#mbox-cells",
-					  idx, NULL);
-}
-
-static int scmi_mbox_chan_setup(struct scmi_info *info, struct device *dev,
-				int prot_id, bool tx)
+static int scmi_chan_setup(struct scmi_info *info, struct device *dev,
+			   int prot_id, bool tx)
 {
 	int ret, idx;
 	struct resource res;
 	resource_size_t size;
-	struct device_node *shmem, *np = dev->of_node;
+	struct device_node *shmem;
 	struct scmi_chan_info *cinfo;
-	struct mbox_client *cl;
 	struct idr *idr;
 	const char *desc = tx ? "Tx" : "Rx";
 
@@ -735,7 +697,7 @@ static int scmi_mbox_chan_setup(struct scmi_info *info, struct device *dev,
 	idx = tx ? 0 : 1;
 	idr = tx ? &info->tx_idr : &info->rx_idr;
 
-	if (scmi_mailbox_check(np, idx)) {
+	if (!info->transport_ops->chan_available(dev, idx)) {
 		cinfo = idr_find(idr, SCMI_PROTOCOL_BASE);
 		if (unlikely(!cinfo)) /* Possible only if platform has no Rx */
 			return -EINVAL;
@@ -748,14 +710,7 @@ static int scmi_mbox_chan_setup(struct scmi_info *info, struct device *dev,
 
 	cinfo->dev = dev;
 
-	cl = &cinfo->cl;
-	cl->dev = dev;
-	cl->rx_callback = scmi_rx_callback;
-	cl->tx_prepare = tx ? scmi_tx_prepare : NULL;
-	cl->tx_block = false;
-	cl->knows_txdone = tx;
-
-	shmem = of_parse_phandle(np, "shmem", idx);
+	shmem = of_parse_phandle(dev->of_node, "shmem", idx);
 	ret = of_address_to_resource(shmem, 0, &res);
 	of_node_put(shmem);
 	if (ret) {
@@ -770,14 +725,9 @@ static int scmi_mbox_chan_setup(struct scmi_info *info, struct device *dev,
 		return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
 	}
 
-	cinfo->chan = mbox_request_channel(cl, idx);
-	if (IS_ERR(cinfo->chan)) {
-		ret = PTR_ERR(cinfo->chan);
-		if (ret != -EPROBE_DEFER)
-			dev_err(dev, "failed to request SCMI %s mailbox\n",
-				desc);
+	ret = info->transport_ops->chan_setup(cinfo, tx);
+	if (ret)
 		return ret;
-	}
 
 idr_alloc:
 	ret = idr_alloc(idr, cinfo, prot_id, prot_id + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -791,12 +741,12 @@ static int scmi_mbox_chan_setup(struct scmi_info *info, struct device *dev,
 }
 
 static inline int
-scmi_mbox_txrx_setup(struct scmi_info *info, struct device *dev, int prot_id)
+scmi_txrx_setup(struct scmi_info *info, struct device *dev, int prot_id)
 {
-	int ret = scmi_mbox_chan_setup(info, dev, prot_id, true);
+	int ret = scmi_chan_setup(info, dev, prot_id, true);
 
 	if (!ret) /* Rx is optional, hence no error check */
-		scmi_mbox_chan_setup(info, dev, prot_id, false);
+		scmi_chan_setup(info, dev, prot_id, false);
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -814,7 +764,7 @@ scmi_create_protocol_device(struct device_node *np, struct scmi_info *info,
 		return;
 	}
 
-	if (scmi_mbox_txrx_setup(info, &sdev->dev, prot_id)) {
+	if (scmi_txrx_setup(info, &sdev->dev, prot_id)) {
 		dev_err(&sdev->dev, "failed to setup transport\n");
 		scmi_device_destroy(sdev);
 		return;
@@ -824,6 +774,23 @@ scmi_create_protocol_device(struct device_node *np, struct scmi_info *info,
 	scmi_set_handle(sdev);
 }
 
+static int scmi_set_transport_ops(struct scmi_info *info)
+{
+	struct scmi_transport_ops *ops;
+	struct device *dev = info->dev;
+
+	/* Only mailbox method supported for now */
+	ops = scmi_mailbox_get_ops(dev);
+	if (!ops) {
+		dev_err(dev, "Transport protocol not found in %pOF\n",
+			dev->of_node);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	info->transport_ops = ops;
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int scmi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	int ret;
@@ -833,12 +800,6 @@ static int scmi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
 	struct device_node *child, *np = dev->of_node;
 
-	/* Only mailbox method supported, check for the presence of one */
-	if (scmi_mailbox_check(np, 0)) {
-		dev_err(dev, "no mailbox found in %pOF\n", np);
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
 	desc = of_device_get_match_data(dev);
 	if (!desc)
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -851,6 +812,10 @@ static int scmi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	info->desc = desc;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&info->node);
 
+	ret = scmi_set_transport_ops(info);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
 	ret = scmi_xfer_info_init(info);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
@@ -863,7 +828,7 @@ static int scmi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	handle->dev = info->dev;
 	handle->version = &info->version;
 
-	ret = scmi_mbox_txrx_setup(info, dev, SCMI_PROTOCOL_BASE);
+	ret = scmi_txrx_setup(info, dev, SCMI_PROTOCOL_BASE);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
@@ -898,19 +863,9 @@ static int scmi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int scmi_mbox_free_channel(int id, void *p, void *data)
+void scmi_free_channel(struct scmi_chan_info *cinfo, struct idr *idr, int id)
 {
-	struct scmi_chan_info *cinfo = p;
-	struct idr *idr = data;
-
-	if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(cinfo->chan)) {
-		mbox_free_channel(cinfo->chan);
-		cinfo->chan = NULL;
-	}
-
 	idr_remove(idr, id);
-
-	return 0;
 }
 
 static int scmi_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
@@ -930,11 +885,11 @@ static int scmi_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		return ret;
 
 	/* Safe to free channels since no more users */
-	ret = idr_for_each(idr, scmi_mbox_free_channel, idr);
+	ret = idr_for_each(idr, info->transport_ops->chan_free, idr);
 	idr_destroy(&info->tx_idr);
 
 	idr = &info->rx_idr;
-	ret = idr_for_each(idr, scmi_mbox_free_channel, idr);
+	ret = idr_for_each(idr, info->transport_ops->chan_free, idr);
 	idr_destroy(&info->rx_idr);
 
 	return ret;
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/mailbox.c b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/mailbox.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d9d301df5cc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/mailbox.c
@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * System Control and Management Interface (SCMI) Message Mailbox Transport driver
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 ARM Ltd.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/err.h>
+#include <linux/device.h>
+#include <linux/mailbox_client.h>
+#include <linux/of.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+
+#include "common.h"
+
+/**
+ * struct scmi_mailbox - Structure representing a SCMI mailbox transport
+ *
+ * @cl: Mailbox Client
+ * @chan: Transmit/Receive mailbox channel
+ * @cinfo: SCMI channel info
+ */
+struct scmi_mailbox {
+	struct mbox_client cl;
+	struct mbox_chan *chan;
+	struct scmi_chan_info *cinfo;
+};
+
+#define client_to_scmi_mailbox(c) container_of(c, struct scmi_mailbox, cl)
+
+static bool mailbox_chan_available(struct device *dev, int idx)
+{
+	return !of_parse_phandle_with_args(dev->of_node, "mboxes",
+					   "#mbox-cells", idx, NULL);
+}
+
+static void mailbox_tx_prepare(struct mbox_client *cl, void *m)
+{
+	struct scmi_mailbox *smbox = client_to_scmi_mailbox(cl);
+	struct scmi_chan_info *cinfo = smbox->cinfo;
+
+	scmi_tx_prepare(cinfo, m);
+}
+
+static void mailbox_rx_callback(struct mbox_client *cl, void *m)
+{
+	struct scmi_mailbox *smbox = client_to_scmi_mailbox(cl);
+	struct scmi_chan_info *cinfo = smbox->cinfo;
+
+	scmi_rx_callback(cinfo, m);
+}
+
+static int mailbox_chan_setup(struct scmi_chan_info *cinfo, bool tx)
+{
+	struct device *dev = cinfo->dev;
+	struct scmi_mailbox *smbox;
+	struct mbox_client *cl;
+	int ret;
+
+	smbox = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*smbox), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!smbox)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	cl = &smbox->cl;
+	cl->dev = dev;
+	cl->tx_prepare = tx ? mailbox_tx_prepare : NULL;
+	cl->rx_callback = mailbox_rx_callback;
+	cl->tx_block = false;
+	cl->knows_txdone = tx;
+
+	smbox->chan = mbox_request_channel(cl, tx ? 0 : 1);
+	if (IS_ERR(smbox->chan)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(smbox->chan);
+		if (ret != -EPROBE_DEFER)
+			dev_err(dev, "failed to request SCMI %s mailbox\n",
+				tx ? "Tx" : "Rx");
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	cinfo->transport_info = smbox;
+	smbox->cinfo = cinfo;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int mailbox_chan_free(int id, void *p, void *data)
+{
+	struct scmi_chan_info *cinfo = p;
+	struct scmi_mailbox *smbox = cinfo->transport_info;
+
+	if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(smbox->chan)) {
+		mbox_free_channel(smbox->chan);
+		cinfo->transport_info = NULL;
+		smbox->chan = NULL;
+		smbox->cinfo = NULL;
+	}
+
+	scmi_free_channel(cinfo, data, id);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int mailbox_send_message(struct scmi_chan_info *cinfo,
+			struct scmi_xfer *xfer)
+{
+	struct scmi_mailbox *smbox = cinfo->transport_info;
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = mbox_send_message(smbox->chan, xfer);
+
+	/* mbox_send_message returns non-negative value on success, so reset */
+	if (ret > 0)
+		ret = 0;
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static void mailbox_mark_txdone(struct scmi_chan_info *cinfo, int ret)
+{
+	struct scmi_mailbox *smbox = cinfo->transport_info;
+
+	/*
+	 * NOTE: we might prefer not to need the mailbox ticker to manage the
+	 * transfer queueing since the protocol layer queues things by itself.
+	 * Unfortunately, we have to kick the mailbox framework after we have
+	 * received our message.
+	 */
+	mbox_client_txdone(smbox->chan, ret);
+}
+
+static struct scmi_transport_ops scmi_mailbox_ops = {
+	.chan_available = mailbox_chan_available,
+	.chan_setup = mailbox_chan_setup,
+	.chan_free = mailbox_chan_free,
+	.send_message = mailbox_send_message,
+	.mark_txdone = mailbox_mark_txdone,
+};
+
+struct scmi_transport_ops *scmi_mailbox_get_ops(struct device *dev)
+{
+	if (!of_parse_phandle_with_args(dev->of_node, "mboxes", "#mbox-cells",
+					0, NULL))
+		return &scmi_mailbox_ops;
+
+	return NULL;
+}
