diff --git a/include/configs/omap3_overo.h b/include/configs/omap3_overo.h
index 4641694..00d7c6c 100644
--- a/include/configs/omap3_overo.h
+++ b/include/configs/omap3_overo.h
@@ -325,6 +325,7 @@
 						10, 11, 12, 13}
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCSIZE		512
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCBYTES	3
+#define CONFIG_NAND_OMAP_ECCSCHEME	OMAP_ECC_HAM1_CODE_HW
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_START	CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_OFFS	0x80000