diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/denali.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/denali.c
index 7b6186ffe3accd5ef25e8260a32260f89fb02e2d..43c0771c587cfb53531d77f6e42a00e0ac51ab23 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/denali.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/denali.c
@@ -458,8 +458,17 @@ static void find_valid_banks(struct denali_nand_info *denali)
 static void detect_max_banks(struct denali_nand_info *denali)
 {
 	uint32_t features = ioread32(denali->flash_reg + FEATURES);
+	/*
+	 * Read the revision register, so we can calculate the max_banks
+	 * properly: the encoding changed from rev 5.0 to 5.1
+	 */
+	u32 revision = MAKE_COMPARABLE_REVISION(
+				ioread32(denali->flash_reg + REVISION));
 
-	denali->max_banks = 2 << (features & FEATURES__N_BANKS);
+	if (revision < REVISION_5_1)
+		denali->max_banks = 2 << (features & FEATURES__N_BANKS);
+	else
+		denali->max_banks = 1 << (features & FEATURES__N_BANKS);
 }
 
 static void detect_partition_feature(struct denali_nand_info *denali)
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/denali.h b/drivers/mtd/nand/denali.h
index 145bf88930e82e24a6e9cd43fbd1a2cf81a60e0e..4b12cd302819ac21479ef84d5cee3237f7514834 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/denali.h
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/denali.h
@@ -178,6 +178,8 @@
 
 #define REVISION				0x370
 #define     REVISION__VALUE				0xffff
+#define MAKE_COMPARABLE_REVISION(x)		swab16((x) & REVISION__VALUE)
+#define REVISION_5_1				0x00000501
 
 #define ONFI_DEVICE_FEATURES			0x380
 #define     ONFI_DEVICE_FEATURES__VALUE			0x003f