diff --git a/drivers/mtd/devices/mtdram.c b/drivers/mtd/devices/mtdram.c
index 0bf4aeaf0cb8..d63ed375dc49 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/devices/mtdram.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/devices/mtdram.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 static unsigned long total_size = CONFIG_MTDRAM_TOTAL_SIZE;
 static unsigned long erase_size = CONFIG_MTDRAM_ERASE_SIZE;
-static unsigned long writebuf_size = 64;
+static unsigned long writebuf_size = 2048;
 #define MTDRAM_TOTAL_SIZE (total_size * 1024)
 #define MTDRAM_ERASE_SIZE (erase_size * 1024)
 
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ int mtdram_init_device(struct mtd_info *mtd, void *mapped_address,
 	mtd->type = MTD_RAM;
 	mtd->flags = MTD_CAP_RAM;
 	mtd->size = size;
-	mtd->writesize = 1;
+	mtd->writesize = 2048;
 	mtd->writebufsize = writebuf_size;
 	mtd->erasesize = MTDRAM_ERASE_SIZE;
 	mtd->priv = mapped_address;