diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/sunxi_nand.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/sunxi_nand.c
index bb440b91096f372bddd5124b4010ed8647d168e6..6e319bace72405009eb5f904838ef333946756d1 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/sunxi_nand.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/sunxi_nand.c
@@ -1786,6 +1786,9 @@ static int sunxi_nand_hw_common_ecc_ctrl_init(struct mtd_info *mtd,
 	if (!data)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	if (ecc->size != 512 && ecc->size != 1024)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	/* Prefer 1k ECC chunk over 512 ones */
 	if (ecc->size == 512 && mtd->writesize > 512) {
 		ecc->size = 1024;