diff --git a/drivers/staging/mt29f_spinand/mt29f_spinand.c b/drivers/staging/mt29f_spinand/mt29f_spinand.c
index 564707947598..51dbc13e757f 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/mt29f_spinand/mt29f_spinand.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/mt29f_spinand/mt29f_spinand.c
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@
 /*
  * OOB area specification layout:  Total 32 available free bytes.
  */
-#ifdef CONFIG_MTD_SPINAND_ONDIEECC
-static int enable_hw_ecc;
-static int enable_read_hw_ecc;
 
 static inline struct spinand_state *mtd_to_state(struct mtd_info *mtd)
 {
@@ -41,6 +38,10 @@ static inline struct spinand_state *mtd_to_state(struct mtd_info *mtd)
 	return state;
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_MTD_SPINAND_ONDIEECC
+static int enable_hw_ecc;
+static int enable_read_hw_ecc;
+
 static struct nand_ecclayout spinand_oob_64 = {
 	.eccbytes = 24,
 	.eccpos = {