diff --git a/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0002.c b/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0002.c
index eb8ce0cf285575088fba018de81d4ee14f96ab63..288fc2ea8494d97f3f2f653f9667ad71ee475a58 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0002.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0002.c
@@ -291,6 +291,8 @@ static void fixup_sst39vf_rev_b(struct mtd_info *mtd, void *param)
 
 	cfi->addr_unlock1 = 0x555;
 	cfi->addr_unlock2 = 0x2AA;
+
+	cfi->sector_erase_cmd = CMD(0x50);
 }
 
 static void fixup_sst38vf640x_sectorsize(struct mtd_info *mtd, void *param)
@@ -691,7 +693,7 @@ static int get_chip(struct map_info *map, struct flchip *chip, unsigned long adr
 				 * there was an error (so leave the erase
 				 * routine to recover from it) or we trying to
 				 * use the erase-in-progress sector. */
-				map_write(map, CMD(0x30), chip->in_progress_block_addr);
+				map_write(map, cfi->sector_erase_cmd, chip->in_progress_block_addr);
 				chip->state = FL_ERASING;
 				chip->oldstate = FL_READY;
 				printk(KERN_ERR "MTD %s(): chip not ready after erase suspend\n", __func__);
@@ -744,7 +746,7 @@ static void put_chip(struct map_info *map, struct flchip *chip, unsigned long ad
 	switch(chip->oldstate) {
 	case FL_ERASING:
 		chip->state = chip->oldstate;
-		map_write(map, CMD(0x30), chip->in_progress_block_addr);
+		map_write(map, cfi->sector_erase_cmd, chip->in_progress_block_addr);
 		chip->oldstate = FL_READY;
 		chip->state = FL_ERASING;
 		break;
@@ -887,7 +889,7 @@ static void __xipram xip_udelay(struct map_info *map, struct flchip *chip,
 			local_irq_disable();
 
 			/* Resume the write or erase operation */
-			map_write(map, CMD(0x30), adr);
+			map_write(map, cfi->sector_erase_cmd, adr);
 			chip->state = oldstate;
 			start = xip_currtime();
 		} else if (usec >= 1000000/HZ) {
@@ -1670,7 +1672,7 @@ static int __xipram do_erase_oneblock(struct map_info *map, struct flchip *chip,
 	cfi_send_gen_cmd(0x80, cfi->addr_unlock1, chip->start, map, cfi, cfi->device_type, NULL);
 	cfi_send_gen_cmd(0xAA, cfi->addr_unlock1, chip->start, map, cfi, cfi->device_type, NULL);
 	cfi_send_gen_cmd(0x55, cfi->addr_unlock2, chip->start, map, cfi, cfi->device_type, NULL);
-	map_write(map, CMD(0x30), adr);
+	map_write(map, cfi->sector_erase_cmd, adr);
 
 	chip->state = FL_ERASING;
 	chip->erase_suspended = 0;
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_probe.c b/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_probe.c
index 8f5b96aa87a0ae601f2ebeb2ea2e4353bcf5d65d..d25535279404a7b7d101692b3f5c3f262cd0626e 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_probe.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_probe.c
@@ -177,6 +177,8 @@ static int __xipram cfi_chip_setup(struct map_info *map,
 
 	cfi->cfi_mode = CFI_MODE_CFI;
 
+	cfi->sector_erase_cmd = CMD(0x30);
+
 	/* Read the CFI info structure */
 	xip_disable_qry(base, map, cfi);
 	for (i=0; i<(sizeof(struct cfi_ident) + num_erase_regions * 4); i++)
diff --git a/include/linux/mtd/cfi.h b/include/linux/mtd/cfi.h
index d2118b0eac9ae12fcfd7a7b8c951f3863b096a0a..4dd0c2cd7659e368d42483ba7d37ae702ed16e98 100644
--- a/include/linux/mtd/cfi.h
+++ b/include/linux/mtd/cfi.h
@@ -289,6 +289,7 @@ struct cfi_private {
 				  must be of the same type. */
 	int mfr, id;
 	int numchips;
+	map_word sector_erase_cmd;
 	unsigned long chipshift; /* Because they're of the same type */
 	const char *im_name;	 /* inter_module name for cmdset_setup */
 	struct flchip chips[0];  /* per-chip data structure for each chip */