diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/nand_base.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/nand_base.c
index dc8f3551c9a9..ccbd42a427e7 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/nand_base.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/nand_base.c
@@ -3588,7 +3588,8 @@ static int nand_do_read_ops(struct nand_chip *chip, loff_t from,
 	oob = ops->oobbuf;
 	oob_required = oob ? 1 : 0;
 
-	rawnand_enable_cont_reads(chip, page, readlen, col);
+	if (likely(ops->mode != MTD_OPS_RAW))
+		rawnand_enable_cont_reads(chip, page, readlen, col);
 
 	while (1) {
 		struct mtd_ecc_stats ecc_stats = mtd->ecc_stats;
@@ -5206,6 +5207,15 @@ static void rawnand_late_check_supported_ops(struct nand_chip *chip)
 	if (!nand_has_exec_op(chip))
 		return;
 
+	/*
+	 * For now, continuous reads can only be used with the core page helpers.
+	 * This can be extended later.
+	 */
+	if (!(chip->ecc.read_page == nand_read_page_hwecc ||
+	      chip->ecc.read_page == nand_read_page_syndrome ||
+	      chip->ecc.read_page == nand_read_page_swecc))
+		return;
+
 	rawnand_check_cont_read_support(chip);
 }