diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/denali.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/denali.c
index 3102ddbd8abdb..b6c463d021677 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/denali.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/denali.c
@@ -1302,14 +1302,21 @@ int denali_init(struct denali_controller *denali)
 
 	/*
 	 * Set how many bytes should be skipped before writing data in OOB.
+	 * If a non-zero value has already been configured, update it in HW.
 	 * If a non-zero value has already been set (by firmware or something),
 	 * just use it. Otherwise, set the driver's default.
 	 */
-	denali->oob_skip_bytes = ioread32(denali->reg + SPARE_AREA_SKIP_BYTES);
-	if (!denali->oob_skip_bytes) {
-		denali->oob_skip_bytes = DENALI_DEFAULT_OOB_SKIP_BYTES;
+	if (denali->oob_skip_bytes) {
 		iowrite32(denali->oob_skip_bytes,
 			  denali->reg + SPARE_AREA_SKIP_BYTES);
+	} else {
+		denali->oob_skip_bytes =
+			ioread32(denali->reg + SPARE_AREA_SKIP_BYTES);
+		if (!denali->oob_skip_bytes) {
+			denali->oob_skip_bytes = DENALI_DEFAULT_OOB_SKIP_BYTES;
+			iowrite32(denali->oob_skip_bytes,
+				  denali->reg + SPARE_AREA_SKIP_BYTES);
+		}
 	}
 
 	iowrite32(0, denali->reg + TRANSFER_SPARE_REG);
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/denali_dt.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/denali_dt.c
index 8b779a899dcf4..443f9c1f6854d 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/denali_dt.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/denali_dt.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ struct denali_dt {
 struct denali_dt_data {
 	unsigned int revision;
 	unsigned int caps;
+	unsigned int oob_skip_bytes;
 	const struct nand_ecc_caps *ecc_caps;
 };
 
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ NAND_ECC_CAPS_SINGLE(denali_socfpga_ecc_caps, denali_calc_ecc_bytes,
 		     512, 8, 15);
 static const struct denali_dt_data denali_socfpga_data = {
 	.caps = DENALI_CAP_HW_ECC_FIXUP,
+	.oob_skip_bytes = 2,
 	.ecc_caps = &denali_socfpga_ecc_caps,
 };
 
@@ -42,6 +44,7 @@ NAND_ECC_CAPS_SINGLE(denali_uniphier_v5a_ecc_caps, denali_calc_ecc_bytes,
 static const struct denali_dt_data denali_uniphier_v5a_data = {
 	.caps = DENALI_CAP_HW_ECC_FIXUP |
 		DENALI_CAP_DMA_64BIT,
+	.oob_skip_bytes = 8,
 	.ecc_caps = &denali_uniphier_v5a_ecc_caps,
 };
 
@@ -51,6 +54,7 @@ static const struct denali_dt_data denali_uniphier_v5b_data = {
 	.revision = 0x0501,
 	.caps = DENALI_CAP_HW_ECC_FIXUP |
 		DENALI_CAP_DMA_64BIT,
+	.oob_skip_bytes = 8,
 	.ecc_caps = &denali_uniphier_v5b_ecc_caps,
 };
 
@@ -122,6 +126,7 @@ static int denali_dt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		denali->revision = data->revision;
 		denali->caps = data->caps;
 		denali->ecc_caps = data->ecc_caps;
+		denali->oob_skip_bytes = data->oob_skip_bytes;
 	}
 
 	denali->dev = dev;