diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c
index 801cad1de9eb..5b5c62712814 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c
@@ -3594,6 +3594,8 @@ static bool find_full_id_nand(struct mtd_info *mtd, struct nand_chip *chip,
 		chip->options |= type->options;
 		chip->ecc_strength_ds = NAND_ECC_STRENGTH(type);
 		chip->ecc_step_ds = NAND_ECC_STEP(type);
+		chip->onfi_timing_mode_default =
+					type->onfi_timing_mode_default;
 
 		*busw = type->options & NAND_BUSWIDTH_16;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/mtd/nand.h b/include/linux/mtd/nand.h
index 8acb307b6fde..e4d451e4600b 100644
--- a/include/linux/mtd/nand.h
+++ b/include/linux/mtd/nand.h
@@ -587,6 +587,11 @@ struct nand_buffers {
  * @ecc_step_ds:	[INTERN] ECC step required by the @ecc_strength_ds,
  *                      also from the datasheet. It is the recommended ECC step
  *			size, if known; if unknown, set to zero.
+ * @onfi_timing_mode_default: [INTERN] default ONFI timing mode. This field is
+ *			      either deduced from the datasheet if the NAND
+ *			      chip is not ONFI compliant or set to 0 if it is
+ *			      (an ONFI chip is always configured in mode 0
+ *			      after a NAND reset)
  * @numchips:		[INTERN] number of physical chips
  * @chipsize:		[INTERN] the size of one chip for multichip arrays
  * @pagemask:		[INTERN] page number mask = number of (pages / chip) - 1
@@ -671,6 +676,7 @@ struct nand_chip {
 	uint8_t bits_per_cell;
 	uint16_t ecc_strength_ds;
 	uint16_t ecc_step_ds;
+	int onfi_timing_mode_default;
 	int badblockpos;
 	int badblockbits;
 
@@ -773,6 +779,10 @@ struct nand_chip {
  *               @ecc_step_ds in nand_chip{}, also from the datasheet.
  *               For example, the "4bit ECC for each 512Byte" can be set with
  *               NAND_ECC_INFO(4, 512).
+ * @onfi_timing_mode_default: the default ONFI timing mode entered after a NAND
+ *			      reset. Should be deduced from timings described
+ *			      in the datasheet.
+ *
  */
 struct nand_flash_dev {
 	char *name;
@@ -793,6 +803,7 @@ struct nand_flash_dev {
 		uint16_t strength_ds;
 		uint16_t step_ds;
 	} ecc;
+	int onfi_timing_mode_default;
 };
 
 /**