diff --git a/arch/arm/dts/am335x-phytec-phycore.dts b/arch/arm/dts/am335x-phytec-phycore.dts
index 6196eb324..0c70628d8 100644
--- a/arch/arm/dts/am335x-phytec-phycore.dts
+++ b/arch/arm/dts/am335x-phytec-phycore.dts
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@
 	nand: nand@0,0 {
 		reg = <0 0 0>; /* CS0, offset 0 */
 		nand-bus-width = <8>;
-		ti,nand-ecc-opt = "bch8";
+		ti,nand-ecc-opt = "bch8-romcode";
 		gpmc,device-nand = "true";
 		gpmc,device-width = <1>;
 		gpmc,sync-clk-ps = <0>;
diff --git a/drivers/bus/omap-gpmc.c b/drivers/bus/omap-gpmc.c
index ad21af290..9d260b755 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/omap-gpmc.c
+++ b/drivers/bus/omap-gpmc.c
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ static struct dt_eccmode modes[] = {
 		.mode = OMAP_ECC_BCH4_CODE_HW,
 	}, {
 		.name = "bch8",
-		.mode = OMAP_ECC_BCH8_CODE_HW,
+		.mode = OMAP_ECC_BCH8_CODE_HW_ROMCODE,
 	}, {
 		.name = "bch8-romcode",
 		.mode = OMAP_ECC_BCH8_CODE_HW_ROMCODE,