--- /dev/null
+--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c
++++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c
+@@ -356,7 +356,14 @@ static int part_unlock(struct mtd_info *
+ struct mtd_part *part = PART(mtd);
+ if ((len + ofs) > mtd->size)
+ return -EINVAL;
+- return mtd_unlock(part->master, ofs + part->offset, len);
++
++ ofs += part->offset;
++ if (mtd->flags & MTD_ERASE_PARTIAL) {
++ /* round up len to next erasesize and round down offset to prev block */
++ len = (mtd_div_by_eb(len, part->master) + 1) * part->master->erasesize;
++ ofs &= ~(part->master->erasesize - 1);
++ }
++ return mtd_unlock(part->master, ofs, len);
+ }
+
+ static int part_is_locked(struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t ofs, uint64_t len)