diff --git a/drivers/mtd/smart.c b/drivers/mtd/smart.c
index 7965bb0dae..828924418d 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/smart.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/smart.c
@@ -924,14 +924,9 @@ static int smart_geometry(FAR struct inode *inode, struct geometry *geometry)
       geometry->geo_writeenabled  = false;
 #endif
 
-      erasesize = dev->geo.erasesize;
-      if (erasesize == 0)
-        {
-          erasesize = 262144;
-        }
-
+      erasesize                   = dev->geo.erasesize;
       geometry->geo_nsectors      = dev->geo.neraseblocks * erasesize /
-                                     dev->sectorsize;
+                                    dev->sectorsize;
       geometry->geo_sectorsize    = dev->sectorsize;
 
       fvdbg("available: true mediachanged: false writeenabled: %s\n",
@@ -971,21 +966,12 @@ static int smart_setsectorsize(FAR struct smart_struct_s *dev, uint16_t size)
       return OK;
     }
 
-  erasesize = dev->geo.erasesize;
-  dev->neraseblocks = dev->geo.neraseblocks;
-
-  /* Most FLASH devices have erase size of 64K, but geo.erasesize is only
-   * 16 bits, so it will be zero
-   */
-
-  if (erasesize == 0)
-    {
-      erasesize = 262144;
-    }
-
-  dev->erasesize = erasesize;
-  dev->sectorsize = size;
+  erasesize             = dev->geo.erasesize;
+  dev->neraseblocks     = dev->geo.neraseblocks;
+  dev->erasesize        = erasesize;
+  dev->sectorsize       = size;
   dev->mtdBlksPerSector = dev->sectorsize / dev->geo.blocksize;
+
   if (erasesize / dev->sectorsize > 256)
     {
       /* We can't throw a dbg message here becasue it is too early.
@@ -2812,14 +2798,7 @@ static inline int smart_llformat(FAR struct smart_struct_s *dev, unsigned long a
 
   if (dev->erasesize == 0)
     {
-      if (dev->geo.erasesize == 0)
-        {
-          dev->erasesize = 262144;
-        }
-      else
-        {
-          dev->erasesize = dev->geo.erasesize;
-        }
+      dev->erasesize = dev->geo.erasesize;
 
       dbg("ERROR:  Invalid geometery ... Sectors per erase block must be 256 or less\n");
       dbg("        Erase block size    = %d\n", dev->erasesize);