diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_write.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_write.c
index cd8ee06..eea5113 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_write.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_write.c
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@
 			memset(chip->oob_poi, 0xff, mtd->oobsize);
 		}
 
-		if (!mtd_all_ff(wbuf, mtd->writesize)) {
+		if (oob || !mtd_all_ff(wbuf, mtd->writesize)) {
 			ret = chip->write_page(mtd, chip, wbuf, page, cached,
 					       (ops->mode == MTD_OOB_RAW));
 			if (ret)