diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/tango_nand.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/tango_nand.c
index 85e0d97593e8..201979f0c1bd 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/tango_nand.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/tango_nand.c
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ static void aux_write(struct nand_chip *chip, const u8 **buf, int len, int *pos)
 
 	if (!*buf) {
 		/* skip over "len" bytes */
-		chip->cmdfunc(mtd, NAND_CMD_SEQIN, *pos, -1);
+		chip->cmdfunc(mtd, NAND_CMD_RNDIN, *pos, -1);
 	} else {
 		tango_write_buf(mtd, *buf, len);
 		*buf += len;