diff --git a/common/cmd_nand.c b/common/cmd_nand.c
index 44c4d1f..27a8879 100644
--- a/common/cmd_nand.c
+++ b/common/cmd_nand.c
@@ -581,7 +581,8 @@
 				printf("Unknown nand command suffix '%s'.\n", s);
 				return 1;
 			}
-			ret = nand_write_skip_bad(nand, off, &rwsize, (u_char *)addr, 1);
+			ret = nand_write_skip_bad(nand, off, &rwsize,
+						(u_char *)addr, WITH_YAFFS_OOB);
 #endif
 		} else if (!strcmp(s, ".oob")) {
 			/* out-of-band data */
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_util.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_util.c
index 5a6f7ae..762ac53 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_util.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_util.c
@@ -448,11 +448,11 @@
  * @param offset	offset in flash
  * @param length	buffer length
  * @param buffer        buffer to read from
- * @param withoob	whether write with yaffs format
+ * @param flags		flags modifying the behaviour of the write to NAND
  * @return		0 in case of success
  */
 int nand_write_skip_bad(nand_info_t *nand, loff_t offset, size_t *length,
-			u_char *buffer, int withoob)
+			u_char *buffer, int flags)
 {
 	int rval = 0, blocksize;
 	size_t left_to_write = *length;
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@
 	int need_skip;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_CMD_NAND_YAFFS
-	if (withoob) {
+	if (flags & WITH_YAFFS_OOB) {
 		int pages;
 		pages = nand->erasesize / nand->writesize;
 		blocksize = (pages * nand->oobsize) + nand->erasesize;
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@
 			write_size = blocksize - block_offset;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_CMD_NAND_YAFFS
-		if (withoob) {
+		if (flags & WITH_YAFFS_OOB) {
 			int page, pages;
 			size_t pagesize = nand->writesize;
 			size_t pagesize_oob = pagesize + nand->oobsize;
diff --git a/include/nand.h b/include/nand.h
index 7459bd0..b0a31b8 100644
--- a/include/nand.h
+++ b/include/nand.h
@@ -114,8 +114,11 @@
 
 int nand_read_skip_bad(nand_info_t *nand, loff_t offset, size_t *length,
 		       u_char *buffer);
+
+#define WITH_YAFFS_OOB	(1 << 0) /* whether write with yaffs format */
+
 int nand_write_skip_bad(nand_info_t *nand, loff_t offset, size_t *length,
-			u_char *buffer, int withoob);
+			u_char *buffer, int flags);
 int nand_erase_opts(nand_info_t *meminfo, const nand_erase_options_t *opts);
 
 #define NAND_LOCK_STATUS_TIGHT	0x01