return ERROR_OK;
 }
 
+static int kinetis_make_ram_ready(struct target *target)
+{
+       int result;
+       uint8_t ftfx_fstat;
+       uint8_t ftfx_fcnfg;
+
+       /* check if ram ready */
+       result = target_read_memory(target, FTFx_FCNFG, 1, 1, &ftfx_fcnfg);
+       if (result != ERROR_OK)
+               return result;
+
+       if (ftfx_fcnfg & (1 << 1))
+               return ERROR_OK;        /* ram ready */
+
+       /* make flex ram available */
+       result = kinetis_ftfx_command(target, FTFx_CMD_SETFLEXRAM, 0x00ff0000,
+                                0, 0, 0, 0,  0, 0, 0, 0,  &ftfx_fstat);
+       if (result != ERROR_OK)
+               return ERROR_FLASH_OPERATION_FAILED;
+
+       /* check again */
+       result = target_read_memory(target, FTFx_FCNFG, 1, 1, &ftfx_fcnfg);
+       if (result != ERROR_OK)
+               return result;
+
+       if (ftfx_fcnfg & (1 << 1))
+               return ERROR_OK;        /* ram ready */
+
+       return ERROR_FLASH_OPERATION_FAILED;
+}
+
 static int kinetis_write(struct flash_bank *bank, const uint8_t *buffer,
                         uint32_t offset, uint32_t count)
 {
        unsigned int i, result, fallback = 0;
-       uint8_t buf[8];
        uint32_t wc;
        struct kinetis_flash_bank *kinfo = bank->driver_priv;
        uint8_t *new_buffer = NULL;
                /* fallback to longword write */
                fallback = 1;
                LOG_WARNING("This device supports Program Longword execution only.");
-               LOG_DEBUG("flash write into PFLASH @08%" PRIX32, offset);
-
-       } else if (kinfo->flash_class == FC_FLEX_NVM) {
-               uint8_t ftfx_fstat;
-
-               LOG_DEBUG("flash write into FlexNVM @%08" PRIX32, offset);
-
-               /* make flex ram available */
-               result = kinetis_ftfx_command(bank->target, FTFx_CMD_SETFLEXRAM, 0x00ff0000,
-                               0, 0, 0, 0,  0, 0, 0, 0,  &ftfx_fstat);
-
-               if (result != ERROR_OK)
-                       return ERROR_FLASH_OPERATION_FAILED;
-
-               /* check if ram ready */
-               result = target_read_memory(bank->target, FTFx_FCNFG, 1, 1, buf);
-
-               if (result != ERROR_OK)
-                       return result;
-
-               if (!(buf[0] & (1 << 1))) {
-                       /* fallback to longword write */
+       } else {
+               result = kinetis_make_ram_ready(bank->target);
+               if (result != ERROR_OK) {
                        fallback = 1;
-
-                       LOG_WARNING("ram not ready, fallback to slow longword write (FCNFG: %02X)", buf[0]);
+                       LOG_WARNING("FlexRAM not ready, fallback to slow longword write.");
                }
-       } else {
-               LOG_DEBUG("flash write into PFLASH @08%" PRIX32, offset);
        }
 
+       LOG_DEBUG("flash write @08%" PRIX32, offset);
+
 
        /* program section command */
        if (fallback == 0) {