diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/pxa3xx_nand.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/pxa3xx_nand.c
index 3b66a6460d672331ca8d406ba18c6f77085feb02..2a9add06c2d5ca56ac8d82bd50d4a90928fc4b4b 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/pxa3xx_nand.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/pxa3xx_nand.c
@@ -1519,8 +1519,13 @@ static int pxa3xx_nand_scan(struct mtd_info *mtd)
 		}
 	}
 
-	ecc_strength = chip->ecc_strength_ds;
-	ecc_step = chip->ecc_step_ds;
+	if (pdata->ecc_strength && pdata->ecc_step_size) {
+		ecc_strength = pdata->ecc_strength;
+		ecc_step = pdata->ecc_step_size;
+	} else {
+		ecc_strength = chip->ecc_strength_ds;
+		ecc_step = chip->ecc_step_ds;
+	}
 
 	/* Set default ECC strength requirements on non-ONFI devices */
 	if (ecc_strength < 1 && ecc_step < 1) {
@@ -1729,6 +1734,14 @@ static int pxa3xx_nand_probe_dt(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	of_property_read_u32(np, "num-cs", &pdata->num_cs);
 	pdata->flash_bbt = of_get_nand_on_flash_bbt(np);
 
+	pdata->ecc_strength = of_get_nand_ecc_strength(np);
+	if (pdata->ecc_strength < 0)
+		pdata->ecc_strength = 0;
+
+	pdata->ecc_step_size = of_get_nand_ecc_step_size(np);
+	if (pdata->ecc_step_size < 0)
+		pdata->ecc_step_size = 0;
+
 	pdev->dev.platform_data = pdata;
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/include/linux/platform_data/mtd-nand-pxa3xx.h b/include/linux/platform_data/mtd-nand-pxa3xx.h
index a941471249299c842a7cfea12de9a4091d2e44e2..ac4ea2e641c7c6ecb52f01414593e7db62fa7a0e 100644
--- a/include/linux/platform_data/mtd-nand-pxa3xx.h
+++ b/include/linux/platform_data/mtd-nand-pxa3xx.h
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ struct pxa3xx_nand_platform_data {
 	/* use an flash-based bad block table */
 	bool	flash_bbt;
 
+	/* requested ECC strength and ECC step size */
+	int ecc_strength, ecc_step_size;
+
 	const struct mtd_partition		*parts[NUM_CHIP_SELECT];
 	unsigned int				nr_parts[NUM_CHIP_SELECT];