diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/gpmc-onenand.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/gpmc-onenand.c
index 7b76ce01c21d..8633c703546a 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/gpmc-onenand.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/gpmc-onenand.c
@@ -101,10 +101,8 @@ static void omap2_onenand_set_async_mode(void __iomem *onenand_base)
 
 static void set_onenand_cfg(void __iomem *onenand_base)
 {
-	u32 reg;
+	u32 reg = ONENAND_SYS_CFG1_RDY | ONENAND_SYS_CFG1_INT;
 
-	reg = readw(onenand_base + ONENAND_REG_SYS_CFG1);
-	reg &= ~((0x7 << ONENAND_SYS_CFG1_BRL_SHIFT) | (0x7 << 9));
 	reg |=	(latency << ONENAND_SYS_CFG1_BRL_SHIFT) |
 		ONENAND_SYS_CFG1_BL_16;
 	if (onenand_flags & ONENAND_FLAG_SYNCREAD)
@@ -123,6 +121,7 @@ static void set_onenand_cfg(void __iomem *onenand_base)
 		reg |= ONENAND_SYS_CFG1_VHF;
 	else
 		reg &= ~ONENAND_SYS_CFG1_VHF;
+
 	writew(reg, onenand_base + ONENAND_REG_SYS_CFG1);
 }
 
@@ -289,6 +288,7 @@ static int omap2_onenand_setup_async(void __iomem *onenand_base)
 		}
 	}
 
+	onenand_async.sync_write = true;
 	omap2_onenand_calc_async_timings(&t);
 
 	ret = gpmc_cs_program_settings(gpmc_onenand_data->cs, &onenand_async);