diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-stm32-qspi.c b/drivers/spi/spi-stm32-qspi.c
index 4e726929bb4f..ea77d915216a 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-stm32-qspi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-stm32-qspi.c
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ static int stm32_qspi_wait_cmd(struct stm32_qspi *qspi,
 	int err = 0;
 
 	if (!op->data.nbytes)
-		return stm32_qspi_wait_nobusy(qspi);
+		goto wait_nobusy;
 
 	if (readl_relaxed(qspi->io_base + QSPI_SR) & SR_TCF)
 		goto out;
@@ -312,6 +312,9 @@ static int stm32_qspi_wait_cmd(struct stm32_qspi *qspi,
 out:
 	/* clear flags */
 	writel_relaxed(FCR_CTCF | FCR_CTEF, qspi->io_base + QSPI_FCR);
+wait_nobusy:
+	if (!err)
+		err = stm32_qspi_wait_nobusy(qspi);
 
 	return err;
 }