diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/omap_gpmc.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/omap_gpmc.c
index 5e7e6b3..4cdb024 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/omap_gpmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/omap_gpmc.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier:	GPL-2.0+
  */
-
+#define DEBUG
 #include <common.h>
 #include <asm/io.h>
 #include <asm/errno.h>
@@ -926,9 +926,15 @@ int __maybe_unused omap_nand_switch_ecc(uint32_t hardware, uint32_t eccstrength)
 					OMAP_ECC_HAM1_CODE_HW,
 					mtd->writesize, mtd->oobsize);
 		} else if (eccstrength == 8) {
+#ifdef CONFIG_NAND_OMAP_ELM
 			err = omap_select_ecc_scheme(nand,
 					OMAP_ECC_BCH8_CODE_HW,
 					mtd->writesize, mtd->oobsize);
+#else
+			err = omap_select_ecc_scheme(nand,
+					OMAP_ECC_BCH8_CODE_HW_DETECTION_SW,
+					mtd->writesize, mtd->oobsize);
+#endif
 		} else {
 			printf("nand: error: unsupported ECC scheme\n");
 			return -EINVAL;