diff --git a/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0002.c b/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0002.c
index b99e51f778b4..fb5a3052f144 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0002.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0002.c
@@ -2294,12 +2294,13 @@ static int __xipram do_erase_chip(struct map_info *map, struct flchip *chip)
 			chip->erase_suspended = 0;
 		}
 
-		if (chip_ready(map, adr))
+		if (chip_good(map, adr, map_word_ff(map)))
 			break;
 
 		if (time_after(jiffies, timeo)) {
 			printk(KERN_WARNING "MTD %s(): software timeout\n",
 				__func__ );
+			ret = -EIO;
 			break;
 		}
 
@@ -2307,15 +2308,15 @@ static int __xipram do_erase_chip(struct map_info *map, struct flchip *chip)
 		UDELAY(map, chip, adr, 1000000/HZ);
 	}
 	/* Did we succeed? */
-	if (!chip_good(map, adr, map_word_ff(map))) {
+	if (ret) {
 		/* reset on all failures. */
 		map_write( map, CMD(0xF0), chip->start );
 		/* FIXME - should have reset delay before continuing */
 
-		if (++retry_cnt <= MAX_RETRIES)
+		if (++retry_cnt <= MAX_RETRIES) {
+			ret = 0;
 			goto retry;
-
-		ret = -EIO;
+		}
 	}
 
 	chip->state = FL_READY;
@@ -2389,7 +2390,7 @@ static int __xipram do_erase_oneblock(struct map_info *map, struct flchip *chip,
 			chip->erase_suspended = 0;
 		}
 
-		if (chip_ready(map, adr)) {
+		if (chip_good(map, adr, map_word_ff(map))) {
 			xip_enable(map, chip, adr);
 			break;
 		}
@@ -2398,6 +2399,7 @@ static int __xipram do_erase_oneblock(struct map_info *map, struct flchip *chip,
 			xip_enable(map, chip, adr);
 			printk(KERN_WARNING "MTD %s(): software timeout\n",
 				__func__ );
+			ret = -EIO;
 			break;
 		}
 
@@ -2405,15 +2407,15 @@ static int __xipram do_erase_oneblock(struct map_info *map, struct flchip *chip,
 		UDELAY(map, chip, adr, 1000000/HZ);
 	}
 	/* Did we succeed? */
-	if (!chip_good(map, adr, map_word_ff(map))) {
+	if (ret) {
 		/* reset on all failures. */
 		map_write( map, CMD(0xF0), chip->start );
 		/* FIXME - should have reset delay before continuing */
 
-		if (++retry_cnt <= MAX_RETRIES)
+		if (++retry_cnt <= MAX_RETRIES) {
+			ret = 0;
 			goto retry;
-
-		ret = -EIO;
+		}
 	}
 
 	chip->state = FL_READY;