diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/nandsim.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/nandsim.c
index 13feefd7d8caf2bc12aa7a9a1637d65c68d7ad2a..754b6ed7ce140b5470f5c8533ac45b0aedf4030a 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/nandsim.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/nandsim.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
  * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
  * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA
  *
- * $Id: nandsim.c,v 1.7 2004/12/06 11:53:06 dedekind Exp $
+ * $Id: nandsim.c,v 1.8 2005/03/19 15:33:56 dedekind Exp $
  */
 
 #include <linux/config.h>
@@ -1483,33 +1483,6 @@ ns_nand_verify_buf(struct mtd_info *mtd, const u_char *buf, int len)
 	}
 }
 
-/*
- * Having only NAND chip IDs we call nand_scan which detects NAND flash
- * parameters and then calls scan_bbt in order to scan/find/build the
- * NAND flash bad block table. But since at that moment the NAND flash
- * image isn't allocated in the simulator, errors arise. To avoid this
- * we redefine the scan_bbt callback and initialize the nandsim structure
- * before the flash media scanning.
- */
-int ns_scan_bbt(struct mtd_info *mtd)
-{ 
-	struct nand_chip *chip = (struct nand_chip *)mtd->priv;
-	struct nandsim   *ns   = (struct nandsim *)(chip->priv);
-	int retval;
-
-	if (!NS_IS_INITIALIZED(ns))
-		if ((retval = init_nandsim(mtd)) != 0) {
-			NS_ERR("scan_bbt: can't initialize the nandsim structure\n");
-			return retval;
-		}
-	if ((retval = nand_default_bbt(mtd)) != 0) {
-		free_nandsim(ns);
-		return retval;
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 /*
  * Module initialization function
  */
@@ -1544,7 +1517,6 @@ int __init ns_init_module(void)
 	chip->hwcontrol  = ns_hwcontrol;
 	chip->read_byte  = ns_nand_read_byte;
 	chip->dev_ready  = ns_device_ready;
-	chip->scan_bbt   = ns_scan_bbt;
 	chip->write_byte = ns_nand_write_byte;
 	chip->write_buf  = ns_nand_write_buf;
 	chip->read_buf   = ns_nand_read_buf;
@@ -1552,6 +1524,7 @@ int __init ns_init_module(void)
 	chip->write_word = ns_nand_write_word;
 	chip->read_word  = ns_nand_read_word;
 	chip->eccmode    = NAND_ECC_SOFT;
+	chip->options   |= NAND_SKIP_BBTSCAN;
 
 	/* 
 	 * Perform minimum nandsim structure initialization to handle
@@ -1580,6 +1553,16 @@ int __init ns_init_module(void)
 		goto error;
 	}
 
+	if ((retval = init_nandsim(nsmtd)) != 0) {
+		NS_ERR("scan_bbt: can't initialize the nandsim structure\n");
+		goto error;
+	}
+	
+	if ((retval = nand_default_bbt(nsmtd)) != 0) {
+		free_nandsim(nand);
+		goto error;
+	}
+
 	/* Register NAND as one big partition */
 	add_mtd_partitions(nsmtd, &nand->part, 1);