* Generic mode is used for executing rest of commands.
  */
 
-#define MAX_OOB_SIZE_PER_SECTOR        32
 #define MAX_ADDRESS_CYC                6
 #define MAX_ERASE_ADDRESS_CYC  3
 #define MAX_DATA_SIZE          0xFFFC
 
 /* BCH Engine identification register 3. */
 #define BCH_CFG_3                              0x844
+#define                BCH_CFG_3_METADATA_SIZE         GENMASK(23, 16)
 
 /* Ready/Busy# line status. */
 #define RBN_SETINGS                            0x1004
 
        unsigned long assigned_cs;
        struct list_head chips;
+       u8 bch_metadata_size;
 };
 
 struct cdns_nand_chip {
        int max_step_size = 0, nstrengths, i;
        u32 reg;
 
+       reg = readl_relaxed(cdns_ctrl->reg + BCH_CFG_3);
+       cdns_ctrl->bch_metadata_size = FIELD_GET(BCH_CFG_3_METADATA_SIZE, reg);
+       if (cdns_ctrl->bch_metadata_size < 4) {
+               dev_err(cdns_ctrl->dev,
+                       "Driver needs at least 4 bytes of BCH meta data\n");
+               return -EIO;
+       }
+
        reg = readl_relaxed(cdns_ctrl->reg + BCH_CFG_0);
        cdns_ctrl->ecc_strengths[0] = FIELD_GET(BCH_CFG_0_CORR_CAP_0, reg);
        cdns_ctrl->ecc_strengths[1] = FIELD_GET(BCH_CFG_0_CORR_CAP_1, reg);
        writel_relaxed(0xFFFFFFFF, cdns_ctrl->reg + INTR_STATUS);
 
        cadence_nand_get_caps(cdns_ctrl);
-       cadence_nand_read_bch_caps(cdns_ctrl);
+       if (cadence_nand_read_bch_caps(cdns_ctrl))
+               return -EIO;
 
        /*
         * Set IO width access to 8.
        struct cdns_nand_chip *cdns_chip = to_cdns_nand_chip(chip);
        u32 ecc_size = cdns_chip->sector_count * chip->ecc.bytes;
        struct mtd_info *mtd = nand_to_mtd(chip);
-       u32 max_oob_data_size;
        int ret;
 
        if (chip->options & NAND_BUSWIDTH_16) {
 
        cdns_chip->avail_oob_size = mtd->oobsize - ecc_size;
 
-       max_oob_data_size = MAX_OOB_SIZE_PER_SECTOR;
-
-       if (cdns_chip->avail_oob_size > max_oob_data_size)
-               cdns_chip->avail_oob_size = max_oob_data_size;
+       if (cdns_chip->avail_oob_size > cdns_ctrl->bch_metadata_size)
+               cdns_chip->avail_oob_size = cdns_ctrl->bch_metadata_size;
 
        if ((cdns_chip->avail_oob_size + cdns_chip->bbm_len + ecc_size)
            > mtd->oobsize)