diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_ecc.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_ecc.c
index 94923b952425533102c1214bb21d95c3a53ff094..463f9cb4d412eef12fa512f36ba7cb65f9fafee7 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_ecc.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_ecc.c
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@
 #include <asm/errno.h>
 #include <linux/mtd/mtd.h>
 
+/* The PPC4xx NDFC uses Smart Media (SMC) bytes order */
+#ifdef CONFIG_NAND_NDFC
+#define CONFIG_MTD_NAND_ECC_SMC
+#endif
+
 /*
  * NAND-SPL has no sofware ECC for now, so don't include nand_calculate_ecc(),
  * only nand_correct_data() is needed