diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c
index e1f7d0a78b9d..14cec04c34f9 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 #include <linux/log2.h>
 #include <linux/kthread.h>
 #include <linux/reboot.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include "ubi.h"
 
 /* Maximum length of the 'mtd=' parameter */
@@ -1257,7 +1258,7 @@ static int __init bytes_str_to_int(const char *str)
 	unsigned long result;
 
 	result = simple_strtoul(str, &endp, 0);
-	if (str == endp || result < 0) {
+	if (str == endp || result >= INT_MAX) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "UBI error: incorrect bytes count: \"%s\"\n",
 		       str);
 		return -EINVAL;
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/scan.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/scan.c
index e7161adc419d..90af61a2c3e4 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/scan.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/scan.c
@@ -794,16 +794,15 @@ static int process_eb(struct ubi_device *ubi, struct ubi_scan_info *si,
 		 * number.
 		 */
 		image_seq = be32_to_cpu(ech->image_seq);
-		if (!si->image_seq_set) {
+		if (!ubi->image_seq && image_seq)
 			ubi->image_seq = image_seq;
-			si->image_seq_set = 1;
-		} else if (ubi->image_seq && ubi->image_seq != image_seq) {
+		if (ubi->image_seq && image_seq &&
+		    ubi->image_seq != image_seq) {
 			ubi_err("bad image sequence number %d in PEB %d, "
 				"expected %d", image_seq, pnum, ubi->image_seq);
 			ubi_dbg_dump_ec_hdr(ech);
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}
-
 	}
 
 	/* OK, we've done with the EC header, let's look at the VID header */
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/scan.h b/drivers/mtd/ubi/scan.h
index bab31695dace..ff179ad7ca55 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/scan.h
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/scan.h
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ struct ubi_scan_volume {
  * @ec_sum: a temporary variable used when calculating @mean_ec
  * @ec_count: a temporary variable used when calculating @mean_ec
  * @corr_count: count of corrupted PEBs
- * @image_seq_set: indicates @ubi->image_seq is known
  *
  * This data structure contains the result of scanning and may be used by other
  * UBI sub-systems to build final UBI data structures, further error-recovery
@@ -127,7 +126,6 @@ struct ubi_scan_info {
 	uint64_t ec_sum;
 	int ec_count;
 	int corr_count;
-	int image_seq_set;
 };
 
 struct ubi_device;