diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/denali.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/denali.c
index 8537c609fb6..be1b3627ad0 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/denali.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/denali.c
@@ -1069,11 +1069,18 @@ static void denali_hw_init(struct denali_nand_info *denali)
 		denali->revision = swab16(ioread32(denali->reg + REVISION));
 
 	/*
-	 * tell driver how many bit controller will skip before writing
-	 * ECC code in OOB. This is normally used for bad block marker
+	 * Set how many bytes should be skipped before writing data in OOB.
+	 * If a platform requests a non-zero value, set it to the register.
+	 * Otherwise, read the value out, expecting it has already been set up
+	 * by firmware.
 	 */
-	denali->oob_skip_bytes = CONFIG_NAND_DENALI_SPARE_AREA_SKIP_BYTES;
-	iowrite32(denali->oob_skip_bytes, denali->reg + SPARE_AREA_SKIP_BYTES);
+	if (denali->oob_skip_bytes)
+		iowrite32(denali->oob_skip_bytes,
+			  denali->reg + SPARE_AREA_SKIP_BYTES);
+	else
+		denali->oob_skip_bytes = ioread32(denali->reg +
+						  SPARE_AREA_SKIP_BYTES);
+
 	denali_detect_max_banks(denali);
 	iowrite32(0x0F, denali->reg + RB_PIN_ENABLED);
 	iowrite32(CHIP_EN_DONT_CARE__FLAG, denali->reg + CHIP_ENABLE_DONT_CARE);
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/denali_dt.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/denali_dt.c
index 1afc61f8767..587e480faa1 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/denali_dt.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/denali_dt.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 struct denali_dt_data {
 	unsigned int revision;
 	unsigned int caps;
+	unsigned int oob_skip_bytes;
 	const struct nand_ecc_caps *ecc_caps;
 };
 
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ NAND_ECC_CAPS_SINGLE(denali_socfpga_ecc_caps, denali_calc_ecc_bytes,
 		     512, 8, 15);
 static const struct denali_dt_data denali_socfpga_data = {
 	.caps = DENALI_CAP_HW_ECC_FIXUP,
+	.oob_skip_bytes = 2,
 	.ecc_caps = &denali_socfpga_ecc_caps,
 };
 
@@ -31,6 +33,7 @@ NAND_ECC_CAPS_SINGLE(denali_uniphier_v5a_ecc_caps, denali_calc_ecc_bytes,
 static const struct denali_dt_data denali_uniphier_v5a_data = {
 	.caps = DENALI_CAP_HW_ECC_FIXUP |
 		DENALI_CAP_DMA_64BIT,
+	.oob_skip_bytes = 8,
 	.ecc_caps = &denali_uniphier_v5a_ecc_caps,
 };
 
@@ -40,6 +43,7 @@ static const struct denali_dt_data denali_uniphier_v5b_data = {
 	.revision = 0x0501,
 	.caps = DENALI_CAP_HW_ECC_FIXUP |
 		DENALI_CAP_DMA_64BIT,
+	.oob_skip_bytes = 8,
 	.ecc_caps = &denali_uniphier_v5b_ecc_caps,
 };
 
@@ -69,11 +73,13 @@ static int denali_dt_probe(struct udevice *dev)
 	int ret;
 
 	data = (void *)dev_get_driver_data(dev);
-	if (data) {
-		denali->revision = data->revision;
-		denali->caps = data->caps;
-		denali->ecc_caps = data->ecc_caps;
-	}
+	if (WARN_ON(!data))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	denali->revision = data->revision;
+	denali->caps = data->caps;
+	denali->oob_skip_bytes = data->oob_skip_bytes;
+	denali->ecc_caps = data->ecc_caps;
 
 	denali->dev = dev;