diff --git a/README b/README
index f39accfe5307ca7f1f94dbd8c6a8e13486f2604e..c9990e6796d307239c3d50f6f97e8063a2a74e91 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -4496,6 +4496,11 @@ Low Level (hardware related) configuration options:
 - CONFIG_SPL_AM33XX_ENABLE_RTC32K_OSC:
 		Enables the RTC32K OSC on AM33xx based plattforms
 
+- CONFIG_SYS_NAND_NO_SUBPAGE_WRITE
+		Option to disable subpage write in NAND driver
+		driver that uses this:
+		drivers/mtd/nand/davinci_nand.c
+
 Freescale QE/FMAN Firmware Support:
 -----------------------------------
 
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/davinci_nand.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/davinci_nand.c
index 5b17d7be8b23d544215a4f9096f955a2419da98d..75b03a74b65ab9eb6498bb52022a34cfa95033bb 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/davinci_nand.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/davinci_nand.c
@@ -609,6 +609,9 @@ void davinci_nand_init(struct nand_chip *nand)
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYS_NAND_USE_FLASH_BBT
 	nand->bbt_options	  |= NAND_BBT_USE_FLASH;
 #endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYS_NAND_NO_SUBPAGE_WRITE
+	nand->options	  |= NAND_NO_SUBPAGE_WRITE;
+#endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYS_NAND_HW_ECC
 	nand->ecc.mode = NAND_ECC_HW;
 	nand->ecc.size = 512;