diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/board-flash.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/board-flash.c
index e87f2a83d6bfccf809fe6d5c1cf16cbd474a8f70..2d245c2e641cd9314378def624b45093951a59cc 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/board-flash.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/board-flash.c
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ __init board_nand_init(struct mtd_partition *nand_parts, u8 nr_parts, u8 cs,
 	board_nand_data.nr_parts	= nr_parts;
 	board_nand_data.devsize		= nand_type;
 
-	board_nand_data.ecc_opt = OMAP_ECC_HAM1_CODE_HW;
+	board_nand_data.ecc_opt = OMAP_ECC_HAM1_CODE_SW;
 	gpmc_nand_init(&board_nand_data, gpmc_t);
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_MTD_NAND_OMAP2 || CONFIG_MTD_NAND_OMAP2_MODULE */
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/gpmc-nand.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/gpmc-nand.c
index 8897ad7035fd448bf8021a9aea06c3684639fb3f..cb7764314f1736206c9dba849e2e777c76cbb1e7 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/gpmc-nand.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/gpmc-nand.c
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ static bool gpmc_hwecc_bch_capable(enum omap_ecc ecc_opt)
 		return 0;
 
 	/* legacy platforms support only HAM1 (1-bit Hamming) ECC scheme */
-	if (ecc_opt == OMAP_ECC_HAM1_CODE_HW)
+	if (ecc_opt == OMAP_ECC_HAM1_CODE_HW ||
+	    ecc_opt == OMAP_ECC_HAM1_CODE_SW)
 		return 1;
 	else
 		return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/omap2.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/omap2.c
index f0ed92e210a1fc39d1944e8240d0f4728d91835b..4dd617897eeeaa3ddfc6077015db180cc43818af 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/omap2.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/omap2.c
@@ -1794,9 +1794,12 @@ static int omap_nand_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	}
 
 	/* populate MTD interface based on ECC scheme */
-	nand_chip->ecc.layout	= &omap_oobinfo;
 	ecclayout		= &omap_oobinfo;
 	switch (info->ecc_opt) {
+	case OMAP_ECC_HAM1_CODE_SW:
+		nand_chip->ecc.mode = NAND_ECC_SOFT;
+		break;
+
 	case OMAP_ECC_HAM1_CODE_HW:
 		pr_info("nand: using OMAP_ECC_HAM1_CODE_HW\n");
 		nand_chip->ecc.mode             = NAND_ECC_HW;
@@ -1848,7 +1851,7 @@ static int omap_nand_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		nand_chip->ecc.priv		= nand_bch_init(mtd,
 							nand_chip->ecc.size,
 							nand_chip->ecc.bytes,
-							&nand_chip->ecc.layout);
+							&ecclayout);
 		if (!nand_chip->ecc.priv) {
 			pr_err("nand: error: unable to use s/w BCH library\n");
 			err = -EINVAL;
@@ -1923,7 +1926,7 @@ static int omap_nand_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		nand_chip->ecc.priv		= nand_bch_init(mtd,
 							nand_chip->ecc.size,
 							nand_chip->ecc.bytes,
-							&nand_chip->ecc.layout);
+							&ecclayout);
 		if (!nand_chip->ecc.priv) {
 			pr_err("nand: error: unable to use s/w BCH library\n");
 			err = -EINVAL;
@@ -2012,6 +2015,9 @@ static int omap_nand_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		goto return_error;
 	}
 
+	if (info->ecc_opt == OMAP_ECC_HAM1_CODE_SW)
+		goto scan_tail;
+
 	/* all OOB bytes from oobfree->offset till end off OOB are free */
 	ecclayout->oobfree->length = mtd->oobsize - ecclayout->oobfree->offset;
 	/* check if NAND device's OOB is enough to store ECC signatures */
@@ -2021,7 +2027,9 @@ static int omap_nand_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		err = -EINVAL;
 		goto return_error;
 	}
+	nand_chip->ecc.layout = ecclayout;
 
+scan_tail:
 	/* second phase scan */
 	if (nand_scan_tail(mtd)) {
 		err = -ENXIO;
diff --git a/include/linux/platform_data/mtd-nand-omap2.h b/include/linux/platform_data/mtd-nand-omap2.h
index 660c029d694fce72c7f3b8d53c7703d21c85f54a..16ec262dfcc804a567910dad83bb3edbe72bdc74 100644
--- a/include/linux/platform_data/mtd-nand-omap2.h
+++ b/include/linux/platform_data/mtd-nand-omap2.h
@@ -21,8 +21,17 @@ enum nand_io {
 };
 
 enum omap_ecc {
-	/* 1-bit  ECC calculation by GPMC, Error detection by Software */
-	OMAP_ECC_HAM1_CODE_HW = 0,
+	/*
+	 * 1-bit ECC: calculation and correction by SW
+	 * ECC stored at end of spare area
+	 */
+	OMAP_ECC_HAM1_CODE_SW = 0,
+
+	/*
+	 * 1-bit ECC: calculation by GPMC, Error detection by Software
+	 * ECC layout compatible with ROM code layout
+	 */
+	OMAP_ECC_HAM1_CODE_HW,
 	/* 4-bit  ECC calculation by GPMC, Error detection by Software */
 	OMAP_ECC_BCH4_CODE_HW_DETECTION_SW,
 	/* 4-bit  ECC calculation by GPMC, Error detection by ELM */