diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/gpmc-onenand.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/gpmc-onenand.c
index 64b5a8346982..8b6876c98ce1 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/gpmc-onenand.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/gpmc-onenand.c
@@ -272,9 +272,19 @@ static int omap2_onenand_setup_async(void __iomem *onenand_base)
 	struct gpmc_timings t;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (gpmc_onenand_data->of_node)
+	if (gpmc_onenand_data->of_node) {
 		gpmc_read_settings_dt(gpmc_onenand_data->of_node,
 				      &onenand_async);
+		if (onenand_async.sync_read || onenand_async.sync_write) {
+			if (onenand_async.sync_write)
+				gpmc_onenand_data->flags |=
+					ONENAND_SYNC_READWRITE;
+			else
+				gpmc_onenand_data->flags |= ONENAND_SYNC_READ;
+			onenand_async.sync_read = false;
+			onenand_async.sync_write = false;
+		}
+	}
 
 	omap2_onenand_set_async_mode(onenand_base);