diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/gpmi-nand/gpmi-lib.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/gpmi-nand/gpmi-lib.c
index 1585c5b1c8b..d84699c7968 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/gpmi-nand/gpmi-lib.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/gpmi-nand/gpmi-lib.c
@@ -165,6 +165,15 @@ int gpmi_init(struct gpmi_nand_data *this)
 	if (ret)
 		goto err_out;
 
+	/*
+	 * Reset BCH here, too. We got failures otherwise :(
+	 * See later BCH reset for explanation of MX23 handling
+	 */
+	ret = gpmi_reset_block(r->bch_regs, GPMI_IS_MX23(this));
+	if (ret)
+		goto err_out;
+
+
 	/* Choose NAND mode. */
 	writel(BM_GPMI_CTRL1_GPMI_MODE, r->gpmi_regs + HW_GPMI_CTRL1_CLR);