diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/sunxi_nand.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/sunxi_nand.c
index 8b8470c4e6d02..e40482a65de66 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/sunxi_nand.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/sunxi_nand.c
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@
 #define NFC_ECC_PIPELINE	BIT(3)
 #define NFC_ECC_EXCEPTION	BIT(4)
 #define NFC_ECC_BLOCK_SIZE_MSK	BIT(5)
+#define NFC_ECC_BLOCK_512	BIT(5)
 #define NFC_RANDOM_EN		BIT(9)
 #define NFC_RANDOM_DIRECTION	BIT(10)
 #define NFC_ECC_MODE_MSK	GENMASK(15, 12)
@@ -817,6 +818,9 @@ static void sunxi_nfc_hw_ecc_enable(struct mtd_info *mtd)
 	ecc_ctl |= NFC_ECC_EN | NFC_ECC_MODE(data->mode) | NFC_ECC_EXCEPTION |
 		   NFC_ECC_PIPELINE;
 
+	if (nand->ecc.size == 512)
+		ecc_ctl |= NFC_ECC_BLOCK_512;
+
 	writel(ecc_ctl, nfc->regs + NFC_REG_ECC_CTL);
 }