diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/nand_micron.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/nand_micron.c
index 1622d3145587..8ca9fad6e6ad 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/nand_micron.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/nand_micron.c
@@ -390,6 +390,14 @@ static int micron_supports_on_die_ecc(struct nand_chip *chip)
 	    (chip->id.data[4] & MICRON_ID_INTERNAL_ECC_MASK) != 0x2)
 		return MICRON_ON_DIE_UNSUPPORTED;
 
+	/*
+	 * It seems that there are devices which do not support ECC officially.
+	 * At least the MT29F2G08ABAGA / MT29F2G08ABBGA devices supports
+	 * enabling the ECC feature but don't reflect that to the READ_ID table.
+	 * So we have to guarantee that we disable the ECC feature directly
+	 * after we did the READ_ID table command. Later we can evaluate the
+	 * ECC_ENABLE support.
+	 */
 	ret = micron_nand_on_die_ecc_setup(chip, true);
 	if (ret)
 		return MICRON_ON_DIE_UNSUPPORTED;
@@ -398,13 +406,13 @@ static int micron_supports_on_die_ecc(struct nand_chip *chip)
 	if (ret)
 		return MICRON_ON_DIE_UNSUPPORTED;
 
-	if (!(id[4] & MICRON_ID_ECC_ENABLED))
-		return MICRON_ON_DIE_UNSUPPORTED;
-
 	ret = micron_nand_on_die_ecc_setup(chip, false);
 	if (ret)
 		return MICRON_ON_DIE_UNSUPPORTED;
 
+	if (!(id[4] & MICRON_ID_ECC_ENABLED))
+		return MICRON_ON_DIE_UNSUPPORTED;
+
 	ret = nand_readid_op(chip, 0, id, sizeof(id));
 	if (ret)
 		return MICRON_ON_DIE_UNSUPPORTED;