diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c
index b206254..bcb7f05 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c
@@ -391,6 +391,7 @@
 	uint64_t start, uint32_t length, void __user *ptr,
 	uint32_t __user *retp)
 {
+	struct mtd_file_info *mfi = file->private_data;
 	struct mtd_oob_ops ops;
 	uint32_t retlen;
 	int ret = 0;
@@ -412,7 +413,7 @@
 	ops.ooblen = length;
 	ops.ooboffs = start & (mtd->writesize - 1);
 	ops.datbuf = NULL;
-	ops.mode = MTD_OOB_PLACE;
+	ops.mode = (mfi->mode == MTD_MODE_RAW) ? MTD_OOB_RAW : MTD_OOB_PLACE;
 
 	if (ops.ooboffs && ops.ooblen > (mtd->oobsize - ops.ooboffs))
 		return -EINVAL;
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c
index 7f2691f..b61a7c7 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c
@@ -2404,7 +2404,11 @@
 		chip->pagebuf = -1;
 
 	nand_fill_oob(mtd, ops->oobbuf, ops->ooblen, ops);
-	status = chip->ecc.write_oob(mtd, chip, page & chip->pagemask);
+
+	if (ops->mode == MTD_OOB_RAW)
+		status = chip->ecc.write_oob_raw(mtd, chip, page & chip->pagemask);
+	else
+		status = chip->ecc.write_oob(mtd, chip, page & chip->pagemask);
 
 	if (status)
 		return status;
@@ -3380,6 +3384,10 @@
 		BUG();
 	}
 
+	/* For many systems, the standard OOB write also works for raw */
+	if (!chip->ecc.write_oob_raw)
+		chip->ecc.write_oob_raw = chip->ecc.write_oob;
+
 	/*
 	 * The number of bytes available for a client to place data into
 	 * the out of band area.