1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/soc/intel/quark/spi.c b/src/soc/intel/quark/spi.c
index 1d257a563e..c943567e1d 100644
--- a/src/soc/intel/quark/spi.c
+++ b/src/soc/intel/quark/spi.c
@@ -166,7 +166,10 @@ static int xfer(const struct spi_slave *slave, const void *dout,
 		ctrlr->address = (data[0] << 16)
 			       | (data[1] << 8)
 			       |  data[2];
+
+		/* read in order to flush the write buffer */
 		status = ctrlr->address;
+
 		data += 3;
 		bytesout -= 3;
 	}