diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/cafe_nand.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/cafe_nand.c
index 41371ba1a811..f3f6cfedd69e 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/cafe_nand.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/cafe_nand.c
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ static const char *part_probes[] = { "cmdlinepart", "RedBoot", NULL };
 static int cafe_device_ready(struct mtd_info *mtd)
 {
 	struct cafe_priv *cafe = mtd->priv;
-	int result = !!(cafe_readl(cafe, NAND_STATUS) | 0x40000000);
+	int result = !!(cafe_readl(cafe, NAND_STATUS) & 0x40000000);
 	uint32_t irqs = cafe_readl(cafe, NAND_IRQ);
 
 	cafe_writel(cafe, irqs, NAND_IRQ);
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c
index d47586cf64ce..a11253a0fcab 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c
@@ -3501,6 +3501,13 @@ 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;
+	/*
+	 * Initialize bitflip_threshold to its default prior scan_bbt() call.
+	 * scan_bbt() might invoke mtd_read(), thus bitflip_threshold must be
+	 * properly set.
+	 */
+	if (!mtd->bitflip_threshold)
+		mtd->bitflip_threshold = mtd->ecc_strength;
 
 	/* Check, if we should skip the bad block table scan */
 	if (chip->options & NAND_SKIP_BBTSCAN)