diff --git a/common/cmd_ubi.c b/common/cmd_ubi.c
index fd33a6710589c47bf65af33ced1ba749b234f2d4..4c358924e440cfc636dbc1f8f9195f90718eb3fc 100644
--- a/common/cmd_ubi.c
+++ b/common/cmd_ubi.c
@@ -508,6 +508,7 @@ static int do_ubi(cmd_tbl_t * cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char *argv[])
 		err = ubi_dev_scan(ubi_dev.mtd_info, ubi_dev.part_name);
 		if (err) {
 			printf("UBI init error %d\n", err);
+			ubi_dev.type = DEV_TYPE_NONE;
 			return err;
 		}