diff --git a/src/jtag3.c b/src/jtag3.c
index 4c159ee8..6a4004f3 100644
--- a/src/jtag3.c
+++ b/src/jtag3.c
@@ -1770,7 +1770,7 @@ static int jtag3_paged_write(PROGRAMMER * pgm, AVRPART * p, AVRMEM * m,
       free(cmd);
       return n_bytes;
     }
-    cmd[3] = ( p->flags & AVRPART_HAS_PDI ) ? MTYPE_EEPROM_XMEGA : MTYPE_EEPROM_PAGE;
+    cmd[3] = ( p->flags & AVRPART_HAS_PDI || p->flags & AVRPART_HAS_UPDI ) ? MTYPE_EEPROM_XMEGA : MTYPE_EEPROM_PAGE;
     PDATA(pgm)->eeprom_pageaddr = (unsigned long)-1L;
   } else if (strcmp(m->desc, "usersig") == 0 ||
              strcmp(m->desc, "userrow") == 0) {