diff --git a/cpu/arm926ejs/davinci/nand.c b/cpu/arm926ejs/davinci/nand.c
index 080b32c1f2..5a1da633d3 100644
--- a/cpu/arm926ejs/davinci/nand.c
+++ b/cpu/arm926ejs/davinci/nand.c
@@ -369,12 +369,11 @@ int board_nand_init(struct nand_chip *nand)
 	nand->options	  = NAND_USE_FLASH_BBT;
 #endif
 #ifdef CFG_NAND_HW_ECC
-#ifdef CFG_NAND_LARGEPAGE
 	nand->ecc.mode = NAND_ECC_HW;
+#ifdef CFG_NAND_LARGEPAGE
 	nand->ecc.size = 2048;
 	nand->ecc.bytes = 12;
 #elif defined(CFG_NAND_SMALLPAGE)
-	nand->ecc.mode = NAND_ECC_HW;
 	nand->ecc.size = 512;
 	nand->ecc.bytes = 3;
 #else