diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c
index 7153e3ca3630a2219d09dfca487cc7dcafa00a55..0b6e7ee385c8da9bc5e5ad1f08c5e274e73edd15 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c
@@ -308,8 +308,7 @@ static void ioread16_rep(void *addr, void *buf, int len)
 {
 	int i;
  	u16 *p = (u16 *) buf;
-	len >>= 1;
- 
+
 	for (i = 0; i < len; i++)
 		p[i] = readw(addr);
 }
@@ -318,7 +317,6 @@ static void iowrite16_rep(void *addr, void *buf, int len)
 {
 	int i;
         u16 *p = (u16 *) buf;
-        len >>= 1;
 
         for (i = 0; i < len; i++)
                 writew(p[i], addr);