2 files changed, 3 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c
index 1547e2a68279..8feb5fdcd97b 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c
@@ -672,8 +672,8 @@ static int mtd_ioctl(struct file *file, u_int cmd, u_long arg)
                 info.erasesize  = mtd->erasesize;
                 info.writesize  = mtd->writesize;
                 info.oobsize    = mtd->oobsize;
-                /* The below fields are obsolete */
-                info.ecctype    = -1;
+                /* The below field is obsolete */
+                info.padding    = 0;
                 if (copy_to_user(argp, &info, sizeof(struct mtd_info_user)))
                         return -EFAULT;
                 break;
diff --git a/include/mtd/mtd-abi.h b/include/mtd/mtd-abi.h
index 7dee9709fbfc..1a7e1d20adf9 100644
--- a/include/mtd/mtd-abi.h
+++ b/include/mtd/mtd-abi.h
@@ -129,10 +129,7 @@ struct mtd_info_user {
         __u32 erasesize;
         __u32 writesize;
         __u32 oobsize;  /* Amount of OOB data per block (e.g. 16) */
-        /* The below two fields are obsolete and broken, do not use them
-         * (TODO: remove at some point) */
-        __u32 ecctype;
-        __u32 eccsize;
+        __u64 padding;  /* Old obsolete field; do not use */
 };
 
 struct region_info_user {