diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
index 28553c840d3217bd7dcbc38c4851cc82438e203a..56cb037a1052fedc3476818055f56296a0206182 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
@@ -971,10 +971,14 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__put_mtd_device);
  */
 int mtd_erase(struct mtd_info *mtd, struct erase_info *instr)
 {
+	if (!mtd->erasesize || !mtd->_erase)
+		return -ENOTSUPP;
+
 	if (instr->addr >= mtd->size || instr->len > mtd->size - instr->addr)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	if (!(mtd->flags & MTD_WRITEABLE))
 		return -EROFS;
+
 	instr->fail_addr = MTD_FAIL_ADDR_UNKNOWN;
 	if (!instr->len) {
 		instr->state = MTD_ERASE_DONE;