diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-mtd b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-mtd
index bfd119ace6ad..1399bb2da3eb 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-mtd
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-mtd
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ Description:
 		One of the following ASCII strings, representing the device
 		type:
 
-		absent, ram, rom, nor, nand, dataflash, ubi, unknown
+		absent, ram, rom, nor, nand, mlc-nand, dataflash, ubi, unknown
 
 What:		/sys/class/mtd/mtdX/writesize
 Date:		April 2009
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
index 5e14d540ba2f..92311a56939f 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
@@ -157,6 +157,9 @@ static ssize_t mtd_type_show(struct device *dev,
 	case MTD_UBIVOLUME:
 		type = "ubi";
 		break;
+	case MTD_MLCNANDFLASH:
+		type = "mlc-nand";
+		break;
 	default:
 		type = "unknown";
 	}