diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/gpmc.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/gpmc.c
index 382dea83e4f038a74f0677418f5212ab8e2b76aa..674174365f787ccb3f5139a1a1afff2defefc82f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/gpmc.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/gpmc.c
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@
 #define GPMC_CHUNK_SHIFT	24		/* 16 MB */
 #define GPMC_SECTION_SHIFT	28		/* 128 MB */
 
-#define PREFETCH_FIFOTHRESHOLD	(0x40 << 8)
 #define CS_NUM_SHIFT		24
 #define ENABLE_PREFETCH		(0x1 << 7)
 #define DMA_MPU_MODE		2
@@ -606,15 +605,19 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(gpmc_nand_write);
 /**
  * gpmc_prefetch_enable - configures and starts prefetch transfer
  * @cs: cs (chip select) number
+ * @fifo_th: fifo threshold to be used for read/ write
  * @dma_mode: dma mode enable (1) or disable (0)
  * @u32_count: number of bytes to be transferred
  * @is_write: prefetch read(0) or write post(1) mode
  */
-int gpmc_prefetch_enable(int cs, int dma_mode,
+int gpmc_prefetch_enable(int cs, int fifo_th, int dma_mode,
 				unsigned int u32_count, int is_write)
 {
 
-	if (!(gpmc_read_reg(GPMC_PREFETCH_CONTROL))) {
+	if (fifo_th > PREFETCH_FIFOTHRESHOLD_MAX) {
+		pr_err("gpmc: fifo threshold is not supported\n");
+		return -1;
+	} else if (!(gpmc_read_reg(GPMC_PREFETCH_CONTROL))) {
 		/* Set the amount of bytes to be prefetched */
 		gpmc_write_reg(GPMC_PREFETCH_CONFIG2, u32_count);
 
@@ -622,7 +625,7 @@ int gpmc_prefetch_enable(int cs, int dma_mode,
 		 * enable the engine. Set which cs is has requested for.
 		 */
 		gpmc_write_reg(GPMC_PREFETCH_CONFIG1, ((cs << CS_NUM_SHIFT) |
-					PREFETCH_FIFOTHRESHOLD |
+					PREFETCH_FIFOTHRESHOLD(fifo_th) |
 					ENABLE_PREFETCH |
 					(dma_mode << DMA_MPU_MODE) |
 					(0x1 & is_write)));
diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-omap/include/plat/gpmc.h b/arch/arm/plat-omap/include/plat/gpmc.h
index 9c060da0a873db3c475d311c86b9a1c3bf9d4819..a2434639063d6b02275bbcac17bf0a4f88f201ef 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-omap/include/plat/gpmc.h
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-omap/include/plat/gpmc.h
@@ -83,6 +83,9 @@
 #define GPMC_IRQ_FIFOEVENTENABLE	0x01
 #define GPMC_IRQ_COUNT_EVENT		0x02
 
+#define PREFETCH_FIFOTHRESHOLD_MAX	0x40
+#define PREFETCH_FIFOTHRESHOLD(val)	((val) << 8)
+
 /*
  * Note that all values in this struct are in nanoseconds except sync_clk
  * (which is in picoseconds), while the register values are in gpmc_fck cycles.
@@ -134,7 +137,7 @@ extern int gpmc_cs_request(int cs, unsigned long size, unsigned long *base);
 extern void gpmc_cs_free(int cs);
 extern int gpmc_cs_set_reserved(int cs, int reserved);
 extern int gpmc_cs_reserved(int cs);
-extern int gpmc_prefetch_enable(int cs, int dma_mode,
+extern int gpmc_prefetch_enable(int cs, int fifo_th, int dma_mode,
 					unsigned int u32_count, int is_write);
 extern int gpmc_prefetch_reset(int cs);
 extern void omap3_gpmc_save_context(void);
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/omap2.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/omap2.c
index fbe841467175949456dd31aff4df968c060f2291..f1648fd5924afced6c90ed7da9e7a2cd031c9c8e 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/omap2.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/omap2.c
@@ -244,7 +244,8 @@ static void omap_read_buf_pref(struct mtd_info *mtd, u_char *buf, int len)
 	}
 
 	/* configure and start prefetch transfer */
-	ret = gpmc_prefetch_enable(info->gpmc_cs, 0x0, len, 0x0);
+	ret = gpmc_prefetch_enable(info->gpmc_cs,
+			PREFETCH_FIFOTHRESHOLD_MAX, 0x0, len, 0x0);
 	if (ret) {
 		/* PFPW engine is busy, use cpu copy method */
 		if (info->nand.options & NAND_BUSWIDTH_16)
@@ -289,7 +290,8 @@ static void omap_write_buf_pref(struct mtd_info *mtd,
 	}
 
 	/*  configure and start prefetch transfer */
-	ret = gpmc_prefetch_enable(info->gpmc_cs, 0x0, len, 0x1);
+	ret = gpmc_prefetch_enable(info->gpmc_cs,
+			PREFETCH_FIFOTHRESHOLD_MAX, 0x0, len, 0x1);
 	if (ret) {
 		/* PFPW engine is busy, use cpu copy method */
 		if (info->nand.options & NAND_BUSWIDTH_16)
@@ -345,8 +347,9 @@ static inline int omap_nand_dma_transfer(struct mtd_info *mtd, void *addr,
 	int ret;
 	unsigned long tim, limit;
 
-	/* The fifo depth is 64 bytes. We have a sync at each frame and frame
-	 * length is 64 bytes.
+	/* The fifo depth is 64 bytes max.
+	 * But configure the FIFO-threahold to 32 to get a sync at each frame
+	 * and frame length is 32 bytes.
 	 */
 	int buf_len = len >> 6;
 
@@ -387,7 +390,8 @@ static inline int omap_nand_dma_transfer(struct mtd_info *mtd, void *addr,
 					OMAP24XX_DMA_GPMC, OMAP_DMA_SRC_SYNC);
 	}
 	/*  configure and start prefetch transfer */
-	ret = gpmc_prefetch_enable(info->gpmc_cs, 0x1, len, is_write);
+	ret = gpmc_prefetch_enable(info->gpmc_cs,
+			PREFETCH_FIFOTHRESHOLD_MAX, 0x1, len, is_write);
 	if (ret)
 		/* PFPW engine is busy, use cpu copy method */
 		goto out_copy;
@@ -522,7 +526,8 @@ static void omap_read_buf_irq_pref(struct mtd_info *mtd, u_char *buf, int len)
 	init_completion(&info->comp);
 
 	/*  configure and start prefetch transfer */
-	ret = gpmc_prefetch_enable(info->gpmc_cs, 0x0, len, 0x0);
+	ret = gpmc_prefetch_enable(info->gpmc_cs,
+			PREFETCH_FIFOTHRESHOLD_MAX/2, 0x0, len, 0x0);
 	if (ret)
 		/* PFPW engine is busy, use cpu copy method */
 		goto out_copy;
@@ -569,8 +574,9 @@ static void omap_write_buf_irq_pref(struct mtd_info *mtd,
 	info->buf = (u_char *) buf;
 	init_completion(&info->comp);
 
-	/*  configure and start prefetch transfer */
-	ret = gpmc_prefetch_enable(info->gpmc_cs, 0x0, len, 0x1);
+	/* configure and start prefetch transfer : size=24 */
+	ret = gpmc_prefetch_enable(info->gpmc_cs,
+			(PREFETCH_FIFOTHRESHOLD_MAX * 3) / 8, 0x0, len, 0x1);
 	if (ret)
 		/* PFPW engine is busy, use cpu copy method */
 		goto out_copy;