* number.
                 */
                image_seq = be32_to_cpu(ech->image_seq);
-               if (!si->image_seq_set) {
+               if (!ubi->image_seq && image_seq)
                        ubi->image_seq = image_seq;
-                       si->image_seq_set = 1;
-               } else if (ubi->image_seq && ubi->image_seq != image_seq) {
+               if (ubi->image_seq && image_seq &&
+                   ubi->image_seq != image_seq) {
                        ubi_err("bad image sequence number %d in PEB %d, "
                                "expected %d", image_seq, pnum, ubi->image_seq);
                        ubi_dbg_dump_ec_hdr(ech);
                        return -EINVAL;
                }
-
        }
 
        /* OK, we've done with the EC header, let's look at the VID header */
 
  * @ec_sum: a temporary variable used when calculating @mean_ec
  * @ec_count: a temporary variable used when calculating @mean_ec
  * @corr_count: count of corrupted PEBs
- * @image_seq_set: indicates @ubi->image_seq is known
  *
  * This data structure contains the result of scanning and may be used by other
  * UBI sub-systems to build final UBI data structures, further error-recovery
        uint64_t ec_sum;
        int ec_count;
        int corr_count;
-       int image_seq_set;
 };
 
 struct ubi_device;