diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c
index 73ae81a629f2..82c06165d3d2 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c
@@ -1162,7 +1162,11 @@ static int mtdchar_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 	resource_size_t start, off;
 	unsigned long len, vma_len;
 
-	if (mtd->type == MTD_RAM || mtd->type == MTD_ROM) {
+        /* This is broken because it assumes the MTD device is map-based
+	   and that mtd->priv is a valid struct map_info.  It should be
+	   replaced with something that uses the mtd_get_unmapped_area()
+	   operation properly. */
+	if (0 /*mtd->type == MTD_RAM || mtd->type == MTD_ROM*/) {
 		off = get_vm_offset(vma);
 		start = map->phys;
 		len = PAGE_ALIGN((start & ~PAGE_MASK) + map->size);