diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/denali-nand.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/denali-nand.txt
index 603110b..e9d5818 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/denali-nand.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/denali-nand.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ Required properties:
   - reg-names: Should contain the reg names "nand_data" and "denali_reg"
   - interrupts : The interrupt number.
 
+Optional properties:
+  - nand-ecc-step-size: must be 512 or 1024.  If not specified, default to 512.
+    see nand.txt for details.
+
 The device tree may optionally contain sub-nodes describing partitions of the
 address space. See partition.txt for more detail.
 
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/denali.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/denali.c
index 63f7500..5d80f16 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/denali.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/denali.c
@@ -894,8 +894,6 @@ static bool denali_hw_ecc_fixup(struct denali_nand_info *denali,
 	return false;
 }
 
-#define ECC_SECTOR_SIZE 512
-
 #define ECC_SECTOR(x)	(((x) & ECC_ERROR_ADDRESS__SECTOR_NR) >> 12)
 #define ECC_BYTE(x)	(((x) & ECC_ERROR_ADDRESS__OFFSET))
 #define ECC_CORRECTION_VALUE(x) ((x) & ERR_CORRECTION_INFO__BYTEMASK)
@@ -908,6 +906,7 @@ static bool denali_sw_ecc_fixup(struct denali_nand_info *denali, u8 *buf,
 {
 	bool check_erased_page = false;
 	unsigned int bitflips = 0;
+	unsigned int ecc_size = denali->nand.ecc.size;
 	u32 err_address, err_correction_info, err_byte, err_sector, err_device,
 	    err_correction_value;
 
@@ -930,18 +929,18 @@ static bool denali_sw_ecc_fixup(struct denali_nand_info *denali, u8 *buf,
 
 		if (ECC_ERROR_CORRECTABLE(err_correction_info)) {
 			/*
-			 * If err_byte is larger than ECC_SECTOR_SIZE, means error
+			 * If err_byte is larger than ecc_size, means error
 			 * happened in OOB, so we ignore it. It's no need for
 			 * us to correct it err_device is represented the NAND
 			 * error bits are happened in if there are more than
 			 * one NAND connected.
 			 */
-			if (err_byte < ECC_SECTOR_SIZE) {
+			if (err_byte < ecc_size) {
 				struct mtd_info *mtd =
 					nand_to_mtd(&denali->nand);
 				int offset;
 
-				offset = (err_sector * ECC_SECTOR_SIZE + err_byte) *
+				offset = (err_sector * ecc_size + err_byte) *
 					denali->devnum + err_device;
 				/* correct the ECC error */
 				buf[offset] ^= err_correction_value;
@@ -1590,22 +1589,25 @@ int denali_init(struct denali_nand_info *denali)
 	/* no subpage writes on denali */
 	chip->options |= NAND_NO_SUBPAGE_WRITE;
 
+	/* If "nand-ecc-step-size" DT property is specified, respect it */
+	if (!chip->ecc.size)
+		chip->ecc.size = denali->caps & DENALI_CAPS_ECC_SIZE_1024 ?
+								1024 : 512;
+
 	/*
 	 * Denali Controller only support 15bit and 8bit ECC in MRST,
 	 * so just let controller do 15bit ECC for MLC and 8bit ECC for
 	 * SLC if possible.
 	 * */
 	if (!nand_is_slc(chip) &&
-			(mtd->oobsize > (denali->bbtskipbytes +
-			ECC_15BITS * (mtd->writesize /
-			ECC_SECTOR_SIZE)))) {
+			mtd->oobsize > denali->bbtskipbytes +
+			ECC_15BITS * (mtd->writesize / chip->ecc.size)) {
 		/* if MLC OOB size is large enough, use 15bit ECC*/
 		chip->ecc.strength = 15;
 		chip->ecc.bytes = ECC_15BITS;
 		iowrite32(15, denali->flash_reg + ECC_CORRECTION);
-	} else if (mtd->oobsize < (denali->bbtskipbytes +
-			ECC_8BITS * (mtd->writesize /
-			ECC_SECTOR_SIZE))) {
+	} else if (mtd->oobsize <
+		   denali->bbtskipbytes + ECC_8BITS * (mtd->writesize / chip->ecc.size)) {
 		pr_err("Your NAND chip OOB is not large enough to contain 8bit ECC correction codes");
 		goto failed_req_irq;
 	} else {
@@ -1616,8 +1618,6 @@ int denali_init(struct denali_nand_info *denali)
 
 	mtd_set_ooblayout(mtd, &denali_ooblayout_ops);
 
-	/* override the default read operations */
-	chip->ecc.size = ECC_SECTOR_SIZE;
 	chip->ecc.read_page = denali_read_page;
 	chip->ecc.read_page_raw = denali_read_page_raw;
 	chip->ecc.write_page = denali_write_page;
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/denali.h b/drivers/mtd/nand/denali.h
index d621b74..5209625 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/denali.h
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/denali.h
@@ -396,8 +396,6 @@
 #define MODE_10    0x08000000
 #define MODE_11    0x0C000000
 
-#define ECC_SECTOR_SIZE     512
-
 struct nand_buf {
 	int head;
 	int tail;
@@ -434,6 +432,7 @@ struct denali_nand_info {
 #define DENALI_CAPS_HW_ECC_FIXUP		BIT(0)
 #define DENALI_CAPS_DMA_64BIT			BIT(1)
 #define DENALI_CAPS_NEW_N_BANKS_FORMAT		BIT(2)
+#define DENALI_CAPS_ECC_SIZE_1024		BIT(3)
 };
 
 extern int denali_init(struct denali_nand_info *denali);
