diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/nand_base.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/nand_base.c
index 7c3e3d70be8b..fe0b298f8425 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/nand_base.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/nand_base.c
@@ -6450,11 +6450,14 @@ static int nand_scan_tail(struct nand_chip *chip)
 		ecc->steps = mtd->writesize / ecc->size;
 	if (!base->ecc.ctx.nsteps)
 		base->ecc.ctx.nsteps = ecc->steps;
-	if (ecc->steps * ecc->size != mtd->writesize) {
-		WARN(1, "Invalid ECC parameters\n");
-		ret = -EINVAL;
-		goto err_nand_manuf_cleanup;
-	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Validity check: Warn if ECC parameters are not compatible with page size.
+	 * Due to the custom handling of ECC blocks in certain controllers the check
+	 * may result in an expected failure.
+	 */
+	if (ecc->steps * ecc->size != mtd->writesize)
+		pr_warn("ECC parameters may be invalid in reference to underlying NAND chip\n");
 
 	if (!ecc->total) {
 		ecc->total = ecc->steps * ecc->bytes;