diff --git a/board/davinci/sysmobts_v2/sysmobts_v2.c b/board/davinci/sysmobts_v2/sysmobts_v2.c
index 2eca859f6a..1952e638fd 100644
--- a/board/davinci/sysmobts_v2/sysmobts_v2.c
+++ b/board/davinci/sysmobts_v2/sysmobts_v2.c
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ int misc_init_r(void)
 	if (sysmobts_v2_read_mac_address(eeprom_enetaddr))
 		davinci_sync_env_enetaddr(eeprom_enetaddr);
 
-	setenv("fwup", "dhcp;setenv filesize 0;tftp 85000000 ${tftp_serverip}:rootfs.ubi;mtdpart default;nand erase.part RootFs;nand write 85000000 RootFs ${filesize}");
+	setenv("fwup", "dhcp;setenv filesize 0;tftp 85000000 ${tftp_serverip}:rootfs.ubi;mtdpart default;nand rem.nwp;nand erase.part RootFs;nand write 85000000 RootFs ${filesize}");
 	return(0);
 }
 
@@ -180,3 +180,11 @@ void hw_watchdog_reset(void)
 	davinci_hw_watchdog_reset();
 }
 #endif
+
+void hw_nand_rem_nwp(void)
+{
+	if (get_board_revision() >= 5) {
+		gpio_direction_output(33, 1);
+		udelay(100);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/cmd/nand.c b/cmd/nand.c
index c16ec77ed4..0cae77294b 100644
--- a/cmd/nand.c
+++ b/cmd/nand.c
@@ -776,6 +776,15 @@ static int do_nand(cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char * const argv[])
 		return 0;
 	}
 #endif
+	if (strcmp(cmd, "rem.nwp") == 0) {
+#ifdef SYSMOBTS_V2
+		printf("\nSetting nWP\n");
+		hw_nand_rem_nwp();
+#else
+		printf("\nNot supported yet.\n");
+#endif
+		return 0;
+	}
 
 usage:
 	return CMD_RET_USAGE;
@@ -784,6 +793,7 @@ usage:
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYS_LONGHELP
 static char nand_help_text[] =
 	"info - show available NAND devices\n"
+	"nand rem.nwp - Remove the WP of the flash\n"
 	"nand device [dev] - show or set current device\n"
 	"nand read - addr off|partition size\n"
 	"nand write - addr off|partition size\n"
diff --git a/common/cmd_recovery.c b/common/cmd_recovery.c
index d2ccde1301..b3ac91557b 100644
--- a/common/cmd_recovery.c
+++ b/common/cmd_recovery.c
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ static int do_run_recovery(cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char * const ar
 	BLINK_LED(5);
 	status_led_set(0, CONFIG_LED_STATUS_ON);
 
-	rc = run_command("mtdpart default; "
+	rc = run_command("nand rem.nwp; mtdpart default; "
 			 "nand erase.part U-Boot-Environment", 0);
 	if (rc != 0)
 		return env_failed();
diff --git a/include/configs/davinci_sysmobts_v2.h b/include/configs/davinci_sysmobts_v2.h
index 16db6c723c..2fd4f53749 100644
--- a/include/configs/davinci_sysmobts_v2.h
+++ b/include/configs/davinci_sysmobts_v2.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (C) 2012 Holger Hans Peter Freyther
+ * Copyright (C) 2012, 2015 Holger Hans Peter Freyther
  * Copyright (C) 2009 Lyrtech RD Inc. <www.lyrtech.com>
  *
  * Based on dvevm/dvevm.c, original copyright follows:
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
 #define CONFIG_CMDLINE_TAG
 #define CONFIG_SETUP_MEMORY_TAGS
 #define CONFIG_BOOTARGS		"console=ttyS0,115200n8 root=ubi0:sysmobts-v2-rootfs ubi.mtd=3 rootfstype=ubifs rw noinitrd"
-#define CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND	"mtdpart default;setenv bootargs ${bootargs} ${mtdparts};ubi part RootFs;ubifsmount ubi:sysmobts-v2-rootfs;ubifsload 85000000 /boot/uImage;bootm 85000000"
+#define CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND	"nand rem.nwp; mtdpart default;setenv bootargs ${bootargs} ${mtdparts};ubi part RootFs; ubifsmount ubi:sysmobts-v2-rootfs;ubifsload 85000000 /boot/uImage; bootm 85000000"
 /*=================*/
 /* U-Boot commands */
 /*=================*/
diff --git a/include/nand.h b/include/nand.h
index b6eb223fb6..b17c660eb2 100644
--- a/include/nand.h
+++ b/include/nand.h
@@ -145,3 +145,5 @@ int spl_nand_erase_one(int block, int page);
 
 /* platform specific init functions */
 void sunxi_nand_init(void);
+
+void hw_nand_rem_nwp(void);