diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/board-dm355-leopard.c b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/board-dm355-leopard.c
index dff4ddc5ef81..139e42da25f0 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/board-dm355-leopard.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/board-dm355-leopard.c
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ static struct davinci_nand_pdata davinci_nand_data = {
 	.parts			= davinci_nand_partitions,
 	.nr_parts		= ARRAY_SIZE(davinci_nand_partitions),
 	.ecc_mode		= NAND_ECC_HW_SYNDROME,
+	.ecc_bits		= 4,
 	.bbt_options		= NAND_BBT_USE_FLASH,
 };
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/board-dm644x-evm.c b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/board-dm644x-evm.c
index a33686a6fbb2..fa4bfaf952d8 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/board-dm644x-evm.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/board-dm644x-evm.c
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ static struct davinci_nand_pdata davinci_evm_nandflash_data = {
 	.parts		= davinci_evm_nandflash_partition,
 	.nr_parts	= ARRAY_SIZE(davinci_evm_nandflash_partition),
 	.ecc_mode	= NAND_ECC_HW,
+	.ecc_bits	= 1,
 	.bbt_options	= NAND_BBT_USE_FLASH,
 	.timing		= &davinci_evm_nandflash_timing,
 };
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/board-dm646x-evm.c b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/board-dm646x-evm.c
index fbb8e5ab1dc1..0c005e876cac 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/board-dm646x-evm.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/board-dm646x-evm.c
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ static struct davinci_nand_pdata davinci_nand_data = {
 	.parts			= davinci_nand_partitions,
 	.nr_parts		= ARRAY_SIZE(davinci_nand_partitions),
 	.ecc_mode		= NAND_ECC_HW,
+	.ecc_bits		= 1,
 	.options		= 0,
 };
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/board-neuros-osd2.c b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/board-neuros-osd2.c
index 2bc112adf565..808233b60e3d 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/board-neuros-osd2.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/board-neuros-osd2.c
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ static struct davinci_nand_pdata davinci_ntosd2_nandflash_data = {
 	.parts		= davinci_ntosd2_nandflash_partition,
 	.nr_parts	= ARRAY_SIZE(davinci_ntosd2_nandflash_partition),
 	.ecc_mode	= NAND_ECC_HW,
+	.ecc_bits	= 1,
 	.bbt_options	= NAND_BBT_USE_FLASH,
 };