diff --git a/common/cmd_flashwrite.c b/common/cmd_flashwrite.c
index 347cd2701e..b6cd4dbb7c 100644
--- a/common/cmd_flashwrite.c
+++ b/common/cmd_flashwrite.c
@@ -79,9 +79,48 @@ uint32_t part_size, uint32_t file_size, char *layout)
 	return CMD_RET_SUCCESS;
 }
 
+static int fl_erase(int flash_type, uint32_t offset, uint32_t part_size,
+							 char *layout)
+{
+	char runcmd[256];
+	int nand_dev = CONFIG_NAND_FLASH_INFO_IDX;
+
+	if (flash_type == SMEM_BOOT_NAND_FLASH) {
+
+		snprintf(runcmd, sizeof(runcmd), "nand device %d && ", nand_dev);
+		if (strcmp(layout, "default") != 0) {
+			snprintf(runcmd + strlen(runcmd), sizeof(runcmd),
+						"ipq_nand %s && ", layout);
+		}
+
+		snprintf(runcmd + strlen(runcmd), sizeof(runcmd),
+					"nand erase 0x%x 0x%x ",
+					 offset, part_size);
+
+	} else if (flash_type == SMEM_BOOT_MMC_FLASH) {
+
+		snprintf(runcmd, sizeof(runcmd),
+				"mmc erase 0x%x 0x%x ",
+				 offset, part_size);
+
+	} else if (flash_type == SMEM_BOOT_SPI_FLASH) {
+
+		snprintf(runcmd, sizeof(runcmd),
+				"sf probe && "
+				"sf erase 0x%x 0x%x ",
+				 offset, part_size);
+	}
+
+	if (run_command(runcmd, 0) != CMD_RET_SUCCESS)
+		return CMD_RET_FAILURE;
+
+	return CMD_RET_SUCCESS;
+}
+
 static int do_flash(cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc,
 char * const argv[])
 {
+	int flash_cmd = 0;
 	uint32_t load_addr, offset, part_size, file_size, adj_size;
 	uint32_t size_block, start_block, file_size_cpy;
 	char *part_name = NULL, *filesize, *loadaddr;
@@ -102,30 +141,40 @@ char * const argv[])
 	qca_smem_flash_info_t *sfi = &qca_smem_flash_info;
 	nand_info_t *nand = &nand_info[CONFIG_NAND_FLASH_INFO_IDX];
 
-	if ((argc < 2) || (argc > 4))
-		return CMD_RET_USAGE;
+	if (strcmp(argv[0], "flash") == 0)
+		flash_cmd = 1;
 
-	if (argc == 2) {
-		loadaddr = getenv("fileaddr");
-		if (loadaddr != NULL)
-			load_addr = simple_strtoul(loadaddr, NULL, 16);
-		else
+	if (flash_cmd) {
+		if ((argc < 2) || (argc > 4))
 			return CMD_RET_USAGE;
 
-		filesize = getenv("filesize");
-		if (filesize != NULL)
-			file_size = simple_strtoul(filesize, NULL, 16);
-		else
+		if (argc == 2) {
+			loadaddr = getenv("fileaddr");
+			if (loadaddr != NULL)
+				load_addr = simple_strtoul(loadaddr, NULL, 16);
+			else
+				return CMD_RET_USAGE;
+
+			filesize = getenv("filesize");
+			if (filesize != NULL)
+				file_size = simple_strtoul(filesize, NULL, 16);
+			else
+				return CMD_RET_USAGE;
+
+		} else if (argc == 4) {
+			load_addr = simple_strtoul(argv[2], NULL, 16);
+			file_size = simple_strtoul(argv[3], NULL, 16);
+
+		} else
 			return CMD_RET_USAGE;
 
-	} else if (argc == 4) {
-		load_addr = simple_strtoul(argv[2], NULL, 16);
-		file_size = simple_strtoul(argv[3], NULL, 16);
+		file_size_cpy = file_size;
+	}
+	else {
+		if (argc != 2)
+			return CMD_RET_USAGE;
+	}
 
-	} else
-		return CMD_RET_USAGE;
-
-	file_size_cpy = file_size;
 	flash_type = sfi->flash_type;
 	part_name = argv[1];
 
@@ -220,25 +269,28 @@ char * const argv[])
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (flash_type == SMEM_BOOT_NAND_FLASH) {
+	if (flash_cmd) {
+		if (flash_type == SMEM_BOOT_NAND_FLASH) {
 
-		adj_size = file_size % nand->writesize;
-		if (adj_size)
-			file_size = file_size + (nand->writesize - adj_size);
-	}
-
-	if (flash_type == SMEM_BOOT_MMC_FLASH) {
-
-		if (disk_info.blksz) {
-			file_size = file_size / disk_info.blksz;
-			adj_size = file_size_cpy % disk_info.blksz;
+			adj_size = file_size % nand->writesize;
 			if (adj_size)
-				file_size = file_size + 1;
+				file_size = file_size + (nand->writesize - adj_size);
 		}
-	}
 
-	ret = write_to_flash(flash_type, load_addr, offset, part_size,
+		if (flash_type == SMEM_BOOT_MMC_FLASH) {
+
+			if (disk_info.blksz) {
+				file_size = file_size / disk_info.blksz;
+				adj_size = file_size_cpy % disk_info.blksz;
+				if (adj_size)
+					file_size = file_size + 1;
+			}
+		}
+
+		ret = write_to_flash(flash_type, load_addr, offset, part_size,
 							file_size, layout);
+	} else
+		ret = fl_erase(flash_type, offset, part_size, layout);
 
 return ret;
 }
@@ -250,3 +302,8 @@ U_BOOT_CMD(
 	"flash the image at load_addr, given file_size in hex\n"
 );
 
+U_BOOT_CMD(
+	flasherase,       4,      0,      do_flash,
+	"flerase part_name \n",
+	"erases on flash the given partition \n"
+);