}
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MTD_ONENAND_VERIFY_WRITE
+/**
+ * onenand_verify_oob - [GENERIC] verify the oob contents after a write
+ * @param mtd          MTD device structure
+ * @param buf          the databuffer to verify
+ * @param to           offset to read from
+ * @param len          number of bytes to read and compare
+ *
+ */
+static int onenand_verify_oob(struct mtd_info *mtd, const u_char *buf, loff_t to, int len)
+{
+       struct onenand_chip *this = mtd->priv;
+       char *readp = this->page_buf;
+       int column = to & (mtd->oobsize - 1);
+       int status, i;
+
+       this->command(mtd, ONENAND_CMD_READOOB, to, mtd->oobsize);
+       onenand_update_bufferram(mtd, to, 0);
+       status = this->wait(mtd, FL_READING);
+       if (status)
+               return status;
+
+       this->read_bufferram(mtd, ONENAND_SPARERAM, readp, column, len);
+
+       for(i = 0; i < len; i++)
+               if (buf[i] != 0xFF && buf[i] != readp[i])
+                       return -EBADMSG;
+
+       return 0;
+}
+
 /**
  * onenand_verify_page - [GENERIC] verify the chip contents after a write
  * @param mtd          MTD device structure
 }
 #else
 #define onenand_verify_page(...)       (0)
+#define onenand_verify_oob(...)                (0)
 #endif
 
 #define NOTALIGNED(x)  ((x & (mtd->oobblock - 1)) != 0)
        size_t *retlen, const u_char *buf)
 {
        struct onenand_chip *this = mtd->priv;
-       int column, status;
+       int column, ret = 0;
        int written = 0;
 
        DEBUG(MTD_DEBUG_LEVEL3, "onenand_write_oob: to = 0x%08x, len = %i\n", (unsigned int) to, (int) len);
 
                onenand_update_bufferram(mtd, to, 0);
 
-               status = this->wait(mtd, FL_WRITING);
-               if (status)
+               ret = this->wait(mtd, FL_WRITING);
+               if (ret) {
+                       DEBUG(MTD_DEBUG_LEVEL0, "onenand_write_oob: write filaed %d\n", ret);
+                       goto out;
+               }
+
+               ret = onenand_verify_oob(mtd, buf, to, thislen);
+               if (ret) {
+                       DEBUG(MTD_DEBUG_LEVEL0, "onenand_write_oob: verify failed %d\n", ret);
                        goto out;
+               }
 
                written += thislen;
 
 
        *retlen = written;
 
-       return 0;
+       return ret;
 }
 
 /**