diff --git a/drivers/mtd/devices/Kconfig b/drivers/mtd/devices/Kconfig
index 88f4df047464..6fde0a2e3567 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/devices/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/mtd/devices/Kconfig
@@ -59,6 +59,16 @@ config MTD_DATAFLASH
 	  Sometimes DataFlash chips are packaged inside MMC-format
 	  cards; at this writing, the MMC stack won't handle those.
 
+config MTD_DATAFLASH_WRITE_VERIFY
+	bool "Verify DataFlash page writes"
+	depends on MTD_DATAFLASH
+	help
+	  This adds an extra check when data is written to the flash.
+	  It may help if you are verifying chip setup (timings etc) on
+	  your board.  There is a rare possibility that even though the
+	  device thinks the write was successful, a bit could have been
+	  flipped accidentally due to device wear or something else.
+
 config MTD_DATAFLASH_OTP
 	bool "DataFlash OTP support (Security Register)"
 	depends on MTD_DATAFLASH
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/devices/mtd_dataflash.c b/drivers/mtd/devices/mtd_dataflash.c
index 90161277902b..6dd9aff8bb2d 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/devices/mtd_dataflash.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/devices/mtd_dataflash.c
@@ -30,12 +30,10 @@
  * doesn't (yet) use these for any kind of i/o overlap or prefetching.
  *
  * Sometimes DataFlash is packaged in MMC-format cards, although the
- * MMC stack can't use SPI (yet), or distinguish between MMC and DataFlash
+ * MMC stack can't (yet?) distinguish between MMC and DataFlash
  * protocols during enumeration.
  */
 
-#define CONFIG_DATAFLASH_WRITE_VERIFY
-
 /* reads can bypass the buffers */
 #define OP_READ_CONTINUOUS	0xE8
 #define OP_READ_PAGE		0xD2
@@ -403,7 +401,7 @@ static int dataflash_write(struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t to, size_t len,
 		(void) dataflash_waitready(priv->spi);
 
 
-#ifdef	CONFIG_DATAFLASH_WRITE_VERIFY
+#ifdef CONFIG_MTD_DATAFLASH_VERIFY_WRITE
 
 		/* (3) Compare to Buffer1 */
 		addr = pageaddr << priv->page_offset;
@@ -432,7 +430,7 @@ static int dataflash_write(struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t to, size_t len,
 		} else
 			status = 0;
 
-#endif	/* CONFIG_DATAFLASH_WRITE_VERIFY */
+#endif	/* CONFIG_MTD_DATAFLASH_VERIFY_WRITE */
 
 		remaining = remaining - writelen;
 		pageaddr++;