diff --git a/nand_spl/nand_boot.c b/nand_spl/nand_boot.c
index 46285241e18bf9294036a886706e57403cb391a1..06c6f6de77ce0cf59600d4d5d1ee43e14924b2da 100644
--- a/nand_spl/nand_boot.c
+++ b/nand_spl/nand_boot.c
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ void nand_boot(void)
 	nand_info.priv = &nand_chip;
 	nand_chip.IO_ADDR_R = nand_chip.IO_ADDR_W = (void  __iomem *)CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BASE;
 	nand_chip.dev_ready = NULL;	/* preset to NULL */
+	nand_chip.options = 0;
 	board_nand_init(&nand_chip);
 
 	if (nand_chip.select_chip)