diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/debug.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/debug.c
index a1dff92ceedf2e..8a83072401a71d 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/debug.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/debug.c
@@ -392,9 +392,6 @@ static void *eraseblk_count_seq_start(struct seq_file *s, loff_t *pos)
 {
 	struct ubi_device *ubi = s->private;
 
-	if (*pos == 0)
-		return SEQ_START_TOKEN;
-
 	if (*pos < ubi->peb_count)
 		return pos;
 
@@ -408,8 +405,6 @@ static void *eraseblk_count_seq_next(struct seq_file *s, void *v, loff_t *pos)
 {
 	struct ubi_device *ubi = s->private;
 
-	if (v == SEQ_START_TOKEN)
-		return pos;
 	(*pos)++;
 
 	if (*pos < ubi->peb_count)
@@ -431,11 +426,8 @@ static int eraseblk_count_seq_show(struct seq_file *s, void *iter)
 	int err;
 
 	/* If this is the start, print a header */
-	if (iter == SEQ_START_TOKEN) {
-		seq_puts(s,
-			 "physical_block_number\terase_count\tblock_status\tread_status\n");
-		return 0;
-	}
+	if (*block_number == 0)
+		seq_puts(s, "physical_block_number\terase_count\n");
 
 	err = ubi_io_is_bad(ubi, *block_number);
 	if (err)