diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/nand_base.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/nand_base.c
index 1a61d44d2bce..781530ec11cb 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/nand_base.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/nand_base.c
@@ -1416,7 +1416,8 @@ static int nand_exec_prog_page_op(struct nand_chip *chip, unsigned int page,
 		NAND_OP_CMD(NAND_CMD_PAGEPROG, PSEC_TO_NSEC(sdr->tWB_max)),
 		NAND_OP_WAIT_RDY(PSEC_TO_MSEC(sdr->tPROG_max), 0),
 	};
-	struct nand_operation op = NAND_OPERATION(chip->cur_cs, instrs);
+	struct nand_operation op = NAND_DESTRUCTIVE_OPERATION(chip->cur_cs,
+							      instrs);
 	int naddrs = nand_fill_column_cycles(chip, addrs, offset_in_page);
 	int ret;
 	u8 status;
@@ -1803,7 +1804,8 @@ int nand_erase_op(struct nand_chip *chip, unsigned int eraseblock)
 				    PSEC_TO_MSEC(sdr->tWB_max)),
 			NAND_OP_WAIT_RDY(PSEC_TO_MSEC(sdr->tBERS_max), 0),
 		};
-		struct nand_operation op = NAND_OPERATION(chip->cur_cs, instrs);
+		struct nand_operation op = NAND_DESTRUCTIVE_OPERATION(chip->cur_cs,
+								      instrs);
 
 		if (chip->options & NAND_ROW_ADDR_3)
 			instrs[1].ctx.addr.naddrs++;
diff --git a/include/linux/mtd/rawnand.h b/include/linux/mtd/rawnand.h
index ff84f05b4d73..a2372d1ee044 100644
--- a/include/linux/mtd/rawnand.h
+++ b/include/linux/mtd/rawnand.h
@@ -871,6 +871,8 @@ struct nand_op_parser {
 /**
  * struct nand_operation - NAND operation descriptor
  * @cs: the CS line to select for this NAND operation
+ * @deassert_wp: set to true when the operation requires the WP pin to be
+ *		 de-asserted (ERASE, PROG, ...)
  * @instrs: array of instructions to execute
  * @ninstrs: length of the @instrs array
  *
@@ -878,6 +880,7 @@ struct nand_op_parser {
  */
 struct nand_operation {
 	unsigned int cs;
+	bool deassert_wp;
 	const struct nand_op_instr *instrs;
 	unsigned int ninstrs;
 };
@@ -889,6 +892,14 @@ struct nand_operation {
 		.ninstrs = ARRAY_SIZE(_instrs),			\
 	}
 
+#define NAND_DESTRUCTIVE_OPERATION(_cs, _instrs)		\
+	{							\
+		.cs = _cs,					\
+		.deassert_wp = true,				\
+		.instrs = _instrs,				\
+		.ninstrs = ARRAY_SIZE(_instrs),			\
+	}
+
 int nand_op_parser_exec_op(struct nand_chip *chip,
 			   const struct nand_op_parser *parser,
 			   const struct nand_operation *op, bool check_only);