cfi_fixup(mtd, fixup_table);
 
        for (i=0; i< cfi->numchips; i++) {
-               cfi->chips[i].word_write_time = 1<<cfi->cfiq->WordWriteTimeoutTyp;
-               cfi->chips[i].buffer_write_time = 1<<cfi->cfiq->BufWriteTimeoutTyp;
-               cfi->chips[i].erase_time = 1000<<cfi->cfiq->BlockEraseTimeoutTyp;
+               if (cfi->cfiq->WordWriteTimeoutTyp)
+                       cfi->chips[i].word_write_time =
+                               1<<cfi->cfiq->WordWriteTimeoutTyp;
+               else
+                       cfi->chips[i].word_write_time = 50000;
+
+               if (cfi->cfiq->BufWriteTimeoutTyp)
+                       cfi->chips[i].buffer_write_time =
+                               1<<cfi->cfiq->BufWriteTimeoutTyp;
+               /* No default; if it isn't specified, we won't use it */
+
+               if (cfi->cfiq->BlockEraseTimeoutTyp)
+                       cfi->chips[i].erase_time =
+                               1000<<cfi->cfiq->BlockEraseTimeoutTyp;
+               else
+                       cfi->chips[i].erase_time = 2000000;
+
                cfi->chips[i].ref_point_counter = 0;
                init_waitqueue_head(&(cfi->chips[i].wq));
        }