diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/gpmc.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/gpmc.c
index 579697a..c877129 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/gpmc.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/gpmc.c
@@ -1341,14 +1341,6 @@
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MTD_NAND
 
-static const char * const nand_ecc_opts[] = {
-	[OMAP_ECC_HAMMING_CODE_DEFAULT]		= "sw",
-	[OMAP_ECC_HAMMING_CODE_HW]		= "hw",
-	[OMAP_ECC_HAMMING_CODE_HW_ROMCODE]	= "hw-romcode",
-	[OMAP_ECC_BCH4_CODE_HW]			= "bch4",
-	[OMAP_ECC_BCH8_CODE_HW]			= "bch8",
-};
-
 static const char * const nand_xfer_types[] = {
 	[NAND_OMAP_PREFETCH_POLLED]		= "prefetch-polled",
 	[NAND_OMAP_POLLED]			= "polled",
@@ -1378,13 +1370,41 @@
 	gpmc_nand_data->cs = val;
 	gpmc_nand_data->of_node = child;
 
-	if (!of_property_read_string(child, "ti,nand-ecc-opt", &s))
-		for (val = 0; val < ARRAY_SIZE(nand_ecc_opts); val++)
-			if (!strcasecmp(s, nand_ecc_opts[val])) {
-				gpmc_nand_data->ecc_opt = val;
-				break;
-			}
+	/* Detect availability of ELM module */
+	gpmc_nand_data->elm_of_node = of_parse_phandle(child, "ti,elm-id", 0);
+	if (gpmc_nand_data->elm_of_node == NULL)
+		gpmc_nand_data->elm_of_node =
+					of_parse_phandle(child, "elm_id", 0);
+	if (gpmc_nand_data->elm_of_node == NULL)
+		pr_warn("%s: ti,elm-id property not found\n", __func__);
 
+	/* select ecc-scheme for NAND */
+	if (of_property_read_string(child, "ti,nand-ecc-opt", &s)) {
+		pr_err("%s: ti,nand-ecc-opt not found\n", __func__);
+		return -ENODEV;
+	}
+	if (!strcmp(s, "ham1") || !strcmp(s, "sw") ||
+		!strcmp(s, "hw") || !strcmp(s, "hw-romcode"))
+		gpmc_nand_data->ecc_opt =
+				OMAP_ECC_HAM1_CODE_HW;
+	else if (!strcmp(s, "bch4"))
+		if (gpmc_nand_data->elm_of_node)
+			gpmc_nand_data->ecc_opt =
+				OMAP_ECC_BCH4_CODE_HW;
+		else
+			gpmc_nand_data->ecc_opt =
+				OMAP_ECC_BCH4_CODE_HW_DETECTION_SW;
+	else if (!strcmp(s, "bch8"))
+		if (gpmc_nand_data->elm_of_node)
+			gpmc_nand_data->ecc_opt =
+				OMAP_ECC_BCH8_CODE_HW;
+		else
+			gpmc_nand_data->ecc_opt =
+				OMAP_ECC_BCH8_CODE_HW_DETECTION_SW;
+	else
+		pr_err("%s: ti,nand-ecc-opt invalid value\n", __func__);
+
+	/* select data transfer mode for NAND controller */
 	if (!of_property_read_string(child, "ti,nand-xfer-type", &s))
 		for (val = 0; val < ARRAY_SIZE(nand_xfer_types); val++)
 			if (!strcasecmp(s, nand_xfer_types[val])) {