diff --git a/drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c b/drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c
index 45f143ac5b93..2d0d7d35d8dc 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c
@@ -681,6 +681,7 @@ struct flash_info {
 	u16		flags;
 #define	SECT_4K		0x01		/* OPCODE_BE_4K works uniformly */
 #define	M25P_NO_ERASE	0x02		/* No erase command needed */
+#define	SST_WRITE	0x04		/* use SST byte programming */
 };
 
 #define INFO(_jedec_id, _ext_id, _sector_size, _n_sectors, _flags)	\
@@ -783,14 +784,14 @@ static const struct spi_device_id m25p_ids[] = {
 	{ "s25fl064k",  INFO(0xef4017,      0,  64 * 1024, 128, SECT_4K) },
 
 	/* SST -- large erase sizes are "overlays", "sectors" are 4K */
-	{ "sst25vf040b", INFO(0xbf258d, 0, 64 * 1024,  8, SECT_4K) },
-	{ "sst25vf080b", INFO(0xbf258e, 0, 64 * 1024, 16, SECT_4K) },
-	{ "sst25vf016b", INFO(0xbf2541, 0, 64 * 1024, 32, SECT_4K) },
-	{ "sst25vf032b", INFO(0xbf254a, 0, 64 * 1024, 64, SECT_4K) },
-	{ "sst25wf512",  INFO(0xbf2501, 0, 64 * 1024,  1, SECT_4K) },
-	{ "sst25wf010",  INFO(0xbf2502, 0, 64 * 1024,  2, SECT_4K) },
-	{ "sst25wf020",  INFO(0xbf2503, 0, 64 * 1024,  4, SECT_4K) },
-	{ "sst25wf040",  INFO(0xbf2504, 0, 64 * 1024,  8, SECT_4K) },
+	{ "sst25vf040b", INFO(0xbf258d, 0, 64 * 1024,  8, SECT_4K | SST_WRITE) },
+	{ "sst25vf080b", INFO(0xbf258e, 0, 64 * 1024, 16, SECT_4K | SST_WRITE) },
+	{ "sst25vf016b", INFO(0xbf2541, 0, 64 * 1024, 32, SECT_4K | SST_WRITE) },
+	{ "sst25vf032b", INFO(0xbf254a, 0, 64 * 1024, 64, SECT_4K | SST_WRITE) },
+	{ "sst25wf512",  INFO(0xbf2501, 0, 64 * 1024,  1, SECT_4K | SST_WRITE) },
+	{ "sst25wf010",  INFO(0xbf2502, 0, 64 * 1024,  2, SECT_4K | SST_WRITE) },
+	{ "sst25wf020",  INFO(0xbf2503, 0, 64 * 1024,  4, SECT_4K | SST_WRITE) },
+	{ "sst25wf040",  INFO(0xbf2504, 0, 64 * 1024,  8, SECT_4K | SST_WRITE) },
 
 	/* ST Microelectronics -- newer production may have feature updates */
 	{ "m25p05",  INFO(0x202010,  0,  32 * 1024,   2, 0) },
@@ -1002,7 +1003,7 @@ static int m25p_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
 	}
 
 	/* sst flash chips use AAI word program */
-	if (JEDEC_MFR(info->jedec_id) == CFI_MFR_SST)
+	if (info->flags & SST_WRITE)
 		flash->mtd._write = sst_write;
 	else
 		flash->mtd._write = m25p80_write;