1 files changed, 20 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/redboot.c b/drivers/mtd/redboot.c
index b5259215f6d7..035cd9b0cc08 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/redboot.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/redboot.c
@@ -96,7 +96,19 @@ static int parse_redboot_partitions(struct mtd_info *master,
                          */
                         if (swab32(buf[i].size) == master->erasesize) {
                                 int j;
-                                for (j = 0; j < numslots && buf[j].name[0] != 0xff; ++j) {
+                                for (j = 0; j < numslots; ++j) {
+
+                                        /* A single 0xff denotes a deleted entry.
+                                         * Two of them in a row is the end of the table.
+                                         */
+                                        if (buf[j].name[0] == 0xff) {
+                                                if (buf[j].name[1] == 0xff) {
+                                                        break;
+                                                } else {
+                                                        continue;
+                                                }
+                                        }
+
                                         /* The unsigned long fields were written with the
                                          * wrong byte sex, name and pad have no byte sex.
                                          */
@@ -126,8 +138,13 @@ static int parse_redboot_partitions(struct mtd_info *master,
         for (i = 0; i < numslots; i++) {
                 struct fis_list *new_fl, **prev;
 
-                if (buf[i].name[0] == 0xff)
-                        continue;
+                if (buf[i].name[0] == 0xff) {
+                        if (buf[i].name[1] == 0xff) {
+                                break;
+                        } else {
+                                continue;
+                        }
+                }
                 if (!redboot_checksum(&buf[i]))
                         break;