diff --git a/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0002.c b/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0002.c
index 6f6b0265c22d..c5c9a4c3b027 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0002.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0002.c
@@ -272,6 +272,10 @@ static void fixup_use_write_buffers(struct mtd_info *mtd)
 {
 	struct map_info *map = mtd->priv;
 	struct cfi_private *cfi = map->fldrv_priv;
+
+	if (cfi->mfr == CFI_MFR_AMD && cfi->id == 0x2201)
+		return;
+
 	if (cfi->cfiq->BufWriteTimeoutTyp) {
 		pr_debug("Using buffer write method\n");
 		mtd->_write = cfi_amdstd_write_buffers;
@@ -1650,7 +1654,7 @@ static int __xipram do_write_oneword_once(struct map_info *map,
 					  unsigned long adr, map_word datum,
 					  int mode, struct cfi_private *cfi)
 {
-	unsigned long timeo = jiffies + HZ;
+	unsigned long timeo;
 	/*
 	 * We use a 1ms + 1 jiffies generic timeout for writes (most devices
 	 * have a max write time of a few hundreds usec). However, we should