size_t *retlen, const u_char *buf)
 {
        struct spi_nor *nor = mtd_to_spi_nor(mtd);
-       u32 page_offset, page_size, i;
-       int ret;
+       size_t page_offset, page_remain, i;
+       ssize_t ret;
 
        dev_dbg(nor->dev, "to 0x%08x, len %zd\n", (u32)to, len);
 
        if (ret)
                return ret;
 
-       write_enable(nor);
-
-       page_offset = to & (nor->page_size - 1);
+       for (i = 0; i < len; ) {
+               ssize_t written;
 
-       /* do all the bytes fit onto one page? */
-       if (page_offset + len <= nor->page_size) {
-               ret = nor->write(nor, to, len, buf);
-               if (ret < 0)
-                       goto write_err;
-               *retlen += ret;
-       } else {
+               page_offset = (to + i) & (nor->page_size - 1);
+               WARN_ONCE(page_offset,
+                         "Writing at offset %zu into a NOR page. Writing partial pages may decrease reliability and increase wear of NOR flash.",
+                         page_offset);
                /* the size of data remaining on the first page */
-               page_size = nor->page_size - page_offset;
-               ret = nor->write(nor, to, page_size, buf);
+               page_remain = min_t(size_t,
+                                   nor->page_size - page_offset, len - i);
+
+               write_enable(nor);
+               ret = nor->write(nor, to + i, page_remain, buf + i);
                if (ret < 0)
                        goto write_err;
-               *retlen += ret;
-
-               /* write everything in nor->page_size chunks */
-               for (i = ret; i < len; ) {
-                       page_size = len - i;
-                       if (page_size > nor->page_size)
-                               page_size = nor->page_size;
-
-                       ret = spi_nor_wait_till_ready(nor);
-                       if (ret)
-                               goto write_err;
+               written = ret;
 
-                       write_enable(nor);
-
-                       ret = nor->write(nor, to + i, page_size, buf + i);
-                       if (ret < 0)
-                               goto write_err;
-                       *retlen += ret;
-                       i += ret;
+               ret = spi_nor_wait_till_ready(nor);
+               if (ret)
+                       goto write_err;
+               *retlen += written;
+               i += written;
+               if (written != page_remain) {
+                       dev_err(nor->dev,
+                               "While writing %zu bytes written %zd bytes\n",
+                               page_remain, written);
+                       ret = -EIO;
+                       goto write_err;
                }
        }
 
-       ret = spi_nor_wait_till_ready(nor);
 write_err:
        spi_nor_unlock_and_unprep(nor, SPI_NOR_OPS_WRITE);
        return ret;