diff --git a/armsrc/Standalone/hf_colin.c b/armsrc/Standalone/hf_colin.c
index 7259fcab3..f19706af1 100644
--- a/armsrc/Standalone/hf_colin.c
+++ b/armsrc/Standalone/hf_colin.c
@@ -318,14 +318,16 @@ void WriteTagToFlash(uint8_t index, size_t size)
     Flash_CheckBusy(BUSY_TIMEOUT);
     Flash_WriteEnable();
     Flash_Erase4k(0,0);
-    Flash_CheckBusy(BUSY_TIMEOUT);
-    Flash_WriteEnable();
 
     uint32_t end_time;
     uint32_t start_time = end_time = GetTickCount();
 
     while (bytes_remaining > 0)
     {
+
+	Flash_CheckBusy(BUSY_TIMEOUT);
+	Flash_WriteEnable();
+
         uint32_t bytes_in_packet = MIN(FLASH_MEM_BLOCK_SIZE, bytes_remaining);
 
         memcpy(buff, data + bytes_sent, bytes_in_packet);
diff --git a/armsrc/flashmem.c b/armsrc/flashmem.c
index f173b66b4..a8642dd74 100644
--- a/armsrc/flashmem.c
+++ b/armsrc/flashmem.c
@@ -382,10 +382,6 @@ uint16_t Flash_WriteDataCont(uint32_t address, uint8_t *in, uint16_t len) {
 	}
 
 
-
-	Flash_CheckBusy(BUSY_TIMEOUT);
-    Flash_WriteEnable();
-
 	FlashSendByte(PAGEPROG);
 	FlashSendByte((address >> 16) & 0xFF);
 	FlashSendByte((address >> 8) & 0xFF);