diff --git a/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_probe.c b/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_probe.c
index e63e674..9eb47b8 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_probe.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_probe.c
@@ -213,6 +213,12 @@ static int __xipram cfi_chip_setup(struct map_info *map,
        cfi->cfiq->InterfaceDesc = le16_to_cpu(cfi->cfiq->InterfaceDesc);
        cfi->cfiq->MaxBufWriteSize = le16_to_cpu(cfi->cfiq->MaxBufWriteSize);
 
+       /*printk("NOTE: change CFI MaxBufWriteSize from 2^%d to 2^%d\n",*/
+       /*cfi->cfiq->MaxBufWriteSize, 3);*/
+       if (cfi->cfiq->MaxBufWriteSize) {
+               cfi->cfiq->MaxBufWriteSize = 3;
+       }
+

But I'm not sure whether the CFI driver is really using 8 byte
write buffer since the error pattern indicates the usage of a