--- a/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0002.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0002.c
@@ -1217,8 +1217,8 @@ static int __xipram do_write_oneword(str
 			break;
 		}
 
-		if (chip_ready(map, adr))
-			break;
+		if (chip_good(map, adr, datum))
+			goto enable_xip;
 
 		/* Latency issues. Drop the lock, wait a while and retry */
 		UDELAY(map, chip, adr, 1);
@@ -1234,6 +1234,8 @@ static int __xipram do_write_oneword(str
 
 		ret = -EIO;
 	}
+
+ enable_xip:
 	xip_enable(map, chip, adr);
  op_done:
 	chip->state = FL_READY;
@@ -1580,7 +1582,6 @@ static int cfi_amdstd_write_buffers(stru
 	return 0;
 }
 
-
 /*
  * Handle devices with one erase region, that only implement
  * the chip erase command.
@@ -1644,8 +1645,8 @@ static int __xipram do_erase_chip(struct
 			chip->erase_suspended = 0;
 		}
 
-		if (chip_ready(map, adr))
-			break;
+		if (chip_good(map, adr, map_word_ff(map)))
+			goto op_done;
 
 		if (time_after(jiffies, timeo)) {
 			printk(KERN_WARNING "MTD %s(): software timeout\n",
@@ -1665,6 +1666,7 @@ static int __xipram do_erase_chip(struct
 		ret = -EIO;
 	}
 
+ op_done:
 	chip->state = FL_READY;
 	xip_enable(map, chip, adr);
 	put_chip(map, chip, adr);
@@ -1732,9 +1734,9 @@ static int __xipram do_erase_oneblock(st
 			chip->erase_suspended = 0;
 		}
 
-		if (chip_ready(map, adr)) {
+		if (chip_good(map, adr, map_word_ff(map))) {
 			xip_enable(map, chip, adr);
-			break;
+			goto op_done;
 		}
 
 		if (time_after(jiffies, timeo)) {
@@ -1756,6 +1758,7 @@ static int __xipram do_erase_oneblock(st
 		ret = -EIO;
 	}
 
+ op_done:
 	chip->state = FL_READY;
 	put_chip(map, chip, adr);
 	mutex_unlock(&chip->mutex);