diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c
index 2957cc70da3d16cb25477c54adcbbaee6d4fcc18..ba06473326d15a8172d33ca84985560f2fe25986 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c
@@ -428,6 +428,28 @@ static int nand_block_checkbad(struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t ofs, int getchip,
 	return nand_isbad_bbt(mtd, ofs, allowbbt);
 }
 
+/**
+ * panic_nand_wait_ready - [GENERIC] Wait for the ready pin after commands.
+ * @mtd:	MTD device structure
+ * @timeo:	Timeout
+ *
+ * Helper function for nand_wait_ready used when needing to wait in interrupt
+ * context.
+ */
+static void panic_nand_wait_ready(struct mtd_info *mtd, unsigned long timeo)
+{
+	struct nand_chip *chip = mtd->priv;
+	int i;
+
+	/* Wait for the device to get ready */
+	for (i = 0; i < timeo; i++) {
+		if (chip->dev_ready(mtd))
+			break;
+		touch_softlockup_watchdog();
+		mdelay(1);
+	}
+}
+
 /*
  * Wait for the ready pin, after a command
  * The timeout is catched later.
@@ -437,6 +459,10 @@ void nand_wait_ready(struct mtd_info *mtd)
 	struct nand_chip *chip = mtd->priv;
 	unsigned long timeo = jiffies + 2;
 
+	/* 400ms timeout */
+	if (in_interrupt() || oops_in_progress)
+		return panic_nand_wait_ready(mtd, 400);
+
 	led_trigger_event(nand_led_trigger, LED_FULL);
 	/* wait until command is processed or timeout occures */
 	do {
@@ -671,6 +697,22 @@ static void nand_command_lp(struct mtd_info *mtd, unsigned int command,
 	nand_wait_ready(mtd);
 }
 
+/**
+ * panic_nand_get_device - [GENERIC] Get chip for selected access
+ * @chip:	the nand chip descriptor
+ * @mtd:	MTD device structure
+ * @new_state:	the state which is requested
+ *
+ * Used when in panic, no locks are taken.
+ */
+static void panic_nand_get_device(struct nand_chip *chip,
+		      struct mtd_info *mtd, int new_state)
+{
+	/* Hardware controller shared among independend devices */
+	chip->controller->active = chip;
+	chip->state = new_state;
+}
+
 /**
  * nand_get_device - [GENERIC] Get chip for selected access
  * @chip:	the nand chip descriptor
@@ -709,6 +751,32 @@ nand_get_device(struct nand_chip *chip, struct mtd_info *mtd, int new_state)
 	goto retry;
 }
 
+/**
+ * panic_nand_wait - [GENERIC]  wait until the command is done
+ * @mtd:	MTD device structure
+ * @chip:	NAND chip structure
+ * @timeo:	Timeout
+ *
+ * Wait for command done. This is a helper function for nand_wait used when
+ * we are in interrupt context. May happen when in panic and trying to write
+ * an oops trough mtdoops.
+ */
+static void panic_nand_wait(struct mtd_info *mtd, struct nand_chip *chip,
+			    unsigned long timeo)
+{
+	int i;
+	for (i = 0; i < timeo; i++) {
+		if (chip->dev_ready) {
+			if (chip->dev_ready(mtd))
+				break;
+		} else {
+			if (chip->read_byte(mtd) & NAND_STATUS_READY)
+				break;
+		}
+		mdelay(1);
+        }
+}
+
 /**
  * nand_wait - [DEFAULT]  wait until the command is done
  * @mtd:	MTD device structure
@@ -740,15 +808,19 @@ static int nand_wait(struct mtd_info *mtd, struct nand_chip *chip)
 	else
 		chip->cmdfunc(mtd, NAND_CMD_STATUS, -1, -1);
 
-	while (time_before(jiffies, timeo)) {
-		if (chip->dev_ready) {
-			if (chip->dev_ready(mtd))
-				break;
-		} else {
-			if (chip->read_byte(mtd) & NAND_STATUS_READY)
-				break;
+	if (in_interrupt() || oops_in_progress)
+		panic_nand_wait(mtd, chip, timeo);
+	else {
+		while (time_before(jiffies, timeo)) {
+			if (chip->dev_ready) {
+				if (chip->dev_ready(mtd))
+					break;
+			} else {
+				if (chip->read_byte(mtd) & NAND_STATUS_READY)
+					break;
+			}
+			cond_resched();
 		}
-		cond_resched();
 	}
 	led_trigger_event(nand_led_trigger, LED_OFF);
 
@@ -1948,6 +2020,45 @@ static int nand_do_write_ops(struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t to,
 	return ret;
 }
 
+/**
+ * panic_nand_write - [MTD Interface] NAND write with ECC
+ * @mtd:	MTD device structure
+ * @to:		offset to write to
+ * @len:	number of bytes to write
+ * @retlen:	pointer to variable to store the number of written bytes
+ * @buf:	the data to write
+ *
+ * NAND write with ECC. Used when performing writes in interrupt context, this
+ * may for example be called by mtdoops when writing an oops while in panic.
+ */
+static int panic_nand_write(struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t to, size_t len,
+			    size_t *retlen, const uint8_t *buf)
+{
+	struct nand_chip *chip = mtd->priv;
+	int ret;
+
+	/* Do not allow reads past end of device */
+	if ((to + len) > mtd->size)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	if (!len)
+		return 0;
+
+	/* Wait for the device to get ready.  */
+	panic_nand_wait(mtd, chip, 400);
+
+	/* Grab the device.  */
+	panic_nand_get_device(chip, mtd, FL_WRITING);
+
+	chip->ops.len = len;
+	chip->ops.datbuf = (uint8_t *)buf;
+	chip->ops.oobbuf = NULL;
+
+	ret = nand_do_write_ops(mtd, to, &chip->ops);
+
+	*retlen = chip->ops.retlen;
+	return ret;
+}
+
 /**
  * nand_write - [MTD Interface] NAND write with ECC
  * @mtd:	MTD device structure
@@ -2877,6 +2988,7 @@ int nand_scan_tail(struct mtd_info *mtd)
 	mtd->unpoint = NULL;
 	mtd->read = nand_read;
 	mtd->write = nand_write;
+	mtd->panic_write = panic_nand_write;
 	mtd->read_oob = nand_read_oob;
 	mtd->write_oob = nand_write_oob;
 	mtd->sync = nand_sync;