diff --git a/target/linux/ar71xx/files/arch/mips/ath79/mach-rb941.c b/target/linux/ar71xx/files/arch/mips/ath79/mach-rb941.c
index 5a8c7c0251..5da950bb88 100644
--- a/target/linux/ar71xx/files/arch/mips/ath79/mach-rb941.c
+++ b/target/linux/ar71xx/files/arch/mips/ath79/mach-rb941.c
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@ static struct mtd_partition rb941_spi_partitions[] = {
             .name = "soft_config",
             .offset = RB_SOFT_CFG_OFFSET,
             .size = RB_SOFT_CFG_SIZE,
-            .mask_flags = MTD_WRITEABLE,
     }, {
             .name = "rootfs",
             .offset = RB_ROOTFS_OFFSET,