diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/davinci_nand.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/davinci_nand.c
index 48a8ca78e7552f10cbc16dc1dfb8e9a4711d3e1d..0624644581d5ec9e1451138812a3b7069a52b4cc 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/davinci_nand.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/davinci_nand.c
@@ -799,6 +799,9 @@ void davinci_nand_init(struct nand_chip *nand)
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYS_NAND_NO_SUBPAGE_WRITE
 	nand->options	  |= NAND_NO_SUBPAGE_WRITE;
 #endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BUSWIDTH_16BIT
+	nand->options	  |= NAND_BUSWIDTH_16;
+#endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYS_NAND_HW_ECC
 	nand->ecc.mode = NAND_ECC_HW;
 	nand->ecc.size = 512;