diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdblock.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdblock.c
index c06b5322d470..c103b44d3d66 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdblock.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdblock.c
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ static int do_cached_write (struct mtdblk_dev *mtdblk, unsigned long pos,
 				mtdblk->cache_state = STATE_EMPTY;
 				ret = mtd_read(mtd, sect_start, sect_size,
 					       &retlen, mtdblk->cache_data);
-				if (ret)
+				if (ret && !mtd_is_bitflip(ret))
 					return ret;
 				if (retlen != sect_size)
 					return -EIO;
@@ -185,8 +185,12 @@ static int do_cached_read (struct mtdblk_dev *mtdblk, unsigned long pos,
 	pr_debug("mtdblock: read on \"%s\" at 0x%lx, size 0x%x\n",
 			mtd->name, pos, len);
 
-	if (!sect_size)
-		return mtd_read(mtd, pos, len, &retlen, buf);
+	if (!sect_size) {
+		ret = mtd_read(mtd, pos, len, &retlen, buf);
+		if (ret && !mtd_is_bitflip(ret))
+			return ret;
+		return 0;
+	}
 
 	while (len > 0) {
 		unsigned long sect_start = (pos/sect_size)*sect_size;
@@ -206,7 +210,7 @@ static int do_cached_read (struct mtdblk_dev *mtdblk, unsigned long pos,
 			memcpy (buf, mtdblk->cache_data + offset, size);
 		} else {
 			ret = mtd_read(mtd, pos, size, &retlen, buf);
-			if (ret)
+			if (ret && !mtd_is_bitflip(ret))
 				return ret;
 			if (retlen != size)
 				return -EIO;