diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/sunxi_nand.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/sunxi_nand.c
index 72b79f893e29..41d6560d7df7 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/sunxi_nand.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/sunxi_nand.c
@@ -1843,15 +1843,10 @@ static int sunxi_nfc_hw_ecc_write_oob(struct nand_chip *nand, int page)
 {
 	struct mtd_info *mtd = nand_to_mtd(nand);
 	u8 *buf = nand_get_data_buf(nand);
-	int ret;
 
 	memset(buf, 0xff, mtd->writesize);
-	ret = nand->ecc.write_page(nand, buf, 1, page);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
 
-	/* Send command to program the OOB data */
-	return nand_prog_page_end_op(nand);
+	return nand->ecc.write_page(nand, buf, 1, page);
 }
 
 static const struct sunxi_nfc_timings sun4i_a10_nfc_timings = {