diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c
index 512066e3d143..671f228d4c7c 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c
@@ -3487,7 +3487,7 @@ int nand_scan_tail(struct mtd_info *mtd)
 
 	/* propagate ecc info to mtd_info */
 	mtd->ecclayout = chip->ecc.layout;
-	mtd->ecc_strength = chip->ecc.strength * chip->ecc.steps;
+	mtd->ecc_strength = chip->ecc.strength;
 
 	/* Check, if we should skip the bad block table scan */
 	if (chip->options & NAND_SKIP_BBTSCAN)
diff --git a/include/linux/mtd/mtd.h b/include/linux/mtd/mtd.h
index cf5ea8cdcf8e..cd0119d19cd9 100644
--- a/include/linux/mtd/mtd.h
+++ b/include/linux/mtd/mtd.h
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ struct mtd_info {
 	/* ECC layout structure pointer - read only! */
 	struct nand_ecclayout *ecclayout;
 
-	/* max number of correctible bit errors per writesize */
+	/* max number of correctible bit errors per ecc step */
 	unsigned int ecc_strength;
 
 	/* Data for variable erase regions. If numeraseregions is zero,