diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/gpmc-nand.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/gpmc-nand.txt
index 65f4f7c..ee654e9 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/gpmc-nand.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/gpmc-nand.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 				width of 8 is assumed.
 
  - ti,nand-ecc-opt:		A string setting the ECC layout to use. One of:
-		"sw"		<deprecated> use "ham1" instead
+		"sw"		1-bit Hamming ecc code via software
 		"hw"		<deprecated> use "ham1" instead
 		"hw-romcode"	<deprecated> use "ham1" instead
 		"ham1"		1-bit Hamming ecc code
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/gpmc.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/gpmc.c
index 8bc1338..9f42d54 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/gpmc.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/gpmc.c
@@ -1403,8 +1403,11 @@
 		pr_err("%s: ti,nand-ecc-opt not found\n", __func__);
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
-	if (!strcmp(s, "ham1") || !strcmp(s, "sw") ||
-		!strcmp(s, "hw") || !strcmp(s, "hw-romcode"))
+
+	if (!strcmp(s, "sw"))
+		gpmc_nand_data->ecc_opt = OMAP_ECC_HAM1_CODE_SW;
+	else if (!strcmp(s, "ham1") ||
+		 !strcmp(s, "hw") || !strcmp(s, "hw-romcode"))
 		gpmc_nand_data->ecc_opt =
 				OMAP_ECC_HAM1_CODE_HW;
 	else if (!strcmp(s, "bch4"))