diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c
index 8ab8303..44f7b91 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c
@@ -479,6 +479,11 @@
 {
 	struct nand_chip *chip = mtd->priv;
 
+	if (!(chip->options & NAND_BBT_SCANNED)) {
+		chip->options |= NAND_BBT_SCANNED;
+		chip->scan_bbt(mtd);
+	}
+
 	if (!chip->bbt)
 		return chip->block_bad(mtd, ofs, getchip);
 
@@ -3166,10 +3171,9 @@
 
 	/* Check, if we should skip the bad block table scan */
 	if (chip->options & NAND_SKIP_BBTSCAN)
-		return 0;
+		chip->options |= NAND_BBT_SCANNED;
 
-	/* Build bad block table */
-	return chip->scan_bbt(mtd);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/include/linux/mtd/nand.h b/include/linux/mtd/nand.h
index 99668d5..da6fa18 100644
--- a/include/linux/mtd/nand.h
+++ b/include/linux/mtd/nand.h
@@ -232,6 +232,8 @@
 #define NAND_CREATE_EMPTY_BBT		0x01000000
 
 /* Options set by nand scan */
+/* bbt has already been read */
+#define NAND_BBT_SCANNED	0x40000000
 /* Nand scan has allocated controller struct */
 #define NAND_CONTROLLER_ALLOC	0x80000000