diff --git a/drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c b/drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c
index 47486fbd7777..e6892851e813 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c
@@ -709,6 +709,14 @@ static const struct spi_device_id *__devinit jedec_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
 	jedec = jedec << 8;
 	jedec |= id[2];
 
+	/*
+	 * Some chips (like Numonyx M25P80) have JEDEC and non-JEDEC variants,
+	 * which depend on technology process. Officially RDID command doesn't
+	 * exist for non-JEDEC chips, but for compatibility they return ID 0.
+	 */
+	if (jedec == 0)
+		return NULL;
+
 	ext_jedec = id[3] << 8 | id[4];
 
 	for (tmp = 0; tmp < ARRAY_SIZE(m25p_ids) - 1; tmp++) {
@@ -730,7 +738,7 @@ static const struct spi_device_id *__devinit jedec_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
  */
 static int __devinit m25p_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
 {
-	const struct spi_device_id	*id;
+	const struct spi_device_id	*id = spi_get_device_id(spi);
 	struct flash_platform_data	*data;
 	struct m25p			*flash;
 	struct flash_info		*info;
@@ -743,41 +751,44 @@ static int __devinit m25p_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
 	 */
 	data = spi->dev.platform_data;
 	if (data && data->type) {
+		const struct spi_device_id *plat_id;
+
 		for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(m25p_ids) - 1; i++) {
-			id = &m25p_ids[i];
-			info = (void *)m25p_ids[i].driver_data;
-			if (strcmp(data->type, id->name))
+			plat_id = &m25p_ids[i];
+			if (strcmp(data->type, plat_id->name))
 				continue;
 			break;
 		}
 
-		/* unrecognized chip? */
-		if (i == ARRAY_SIZE(m25p_ids) - 1) {
-			DEBUG(MTD_DEBUG_LEVEL0, "%s: unrecognized id %s\n",
-					dev_name(&spi->dev), data->type);
-			info = NULL;
-
-		/* recognized; is that chip really what's there? */
-		} else if (info->jedec_id) {
-			id = jedec_probe(spi);
-
-			if (id != &m25p_ids[i]) {
-				dev_warn(&spi->dev, "found %s, expected %s\n",
-						id ? id->name : "UNKNOWN",
-						m25p_ids[i].name);
-				info = NULL;
-			}
-		}
-	} else {
-		id = jedec_probe(spi);
-		if (!id)
-			id = spi_get_device_id(spi);
-
-		info = (void *)id->driver_data;
+		if (plat_id)
+			id = plat_id;
+		else
+			dev_warn(&spi->dev, "unrecognized id %s\n", data->type);
 	}
 
-	if (!info)
-		return -ENODEV;
+	info = (void *)id->driver_data;
+
+	if (info->jedec_id) {
+		const struct spi_device_id *jid;
+
+		jid = jedec_probe(spi);
+		if (!jid) {
+			dev_info(&spi->dev, "non-JEDEC variant of %s\n",
+				 id->name);
+		} else if (jid != id) {
+			/*
+			 * JEDEC knows better, so overwrite platform ID. We
+			 * can't trust partitions any longer, but we'll let
+			 * mtd apply them anyway, since some partitions may be
+			 * marked read-only, and we don't want to lose that
+			 * information, even if it's not 100% accurate.
+			 */
+			dev_warn(&spi->dev, "found %s, expected %s\n",
+				 jid->name, id->name);
+			id = jid;
+			info = (void *)jid->driver_data;
+		}
+	}
 
 	flash = kzalloc(sizeof *flash, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!flash)