diff --git a/drivers/st/spi/stm32_qspi.c b/drivers/st/spi/stm32_qspi.c
index d3c26d94d..28e071907 100644
--- a/drivers/st/spi/stm32_qspi.c
+++ b/drivers/st/spi/stm32_qspi.c
@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2019-2021, STMicroelectronics - All Rights Reserved
+ * Copyright (c) 2019-2022, STMicroelectronics - All Rights Reserved
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+ OR BSD-3-Clause
  */
 
 #include <inttypes.h>
-#include <libfdt.h>
-
-#include <platform_def.h>
 
 #include <common/debug.h>
 #include <common/fdt_wrappers.h>
@@ -19,6 +16,9 @@
 #include <drivers/st/stm32mp_reset.h>
 #include <lib/mmio.h>
 #include <lib/utils_def.h>
+#include <libfdt.h>
+
+#include <platform_def.h>
 
 /* Timeout for device interface reset */
 #define TIMEOUT_US_1_MS			1000U
@@ -139,10 +139,6 @@ static int stm32_qspi_wait_cmd(const struct spi_mem_op *op)
 	int ret = 0;
 	uint64_t timeout;
 
-	if (op->data.nbytes == 0U) {
-		return stm32_qspi_wait_for_not_busy();
-	}
-
 	timeout = timeout_init_us(QSPI_CMD_TIMEOUT_US);
 	while ((mmio_read_32(qspi_base() + QSPI_SR) & QSPI_SR_TCF) == 0U) {
 		if (timeout_elapsed(timeout)) {
@@ -163,6 +159,10 @@ static int stm32_qspi_wait_cmd(const struct spi_mem_op *op)
 	/* Clear flags */
 	mmio_write_32(qspi_base() + QSPI_FCR, QSPI_FCR_CTCF | QSPI_FCR_CTEF);
 
+	if (ret == 0) {
+		ret = stm32_qspi_wait_for_not_busy();
+	}
+
 	return ret;
 }