diff --git a/esp-hal/src/spi/master.rs b/esp-hal/src/spi/master.rs
index 9fa421907d7..3d674b0e6f1 100644
--- a/esp-hal/src/spi/master.rs
+++ b/esp-hal/src/spi/master.rs
@@ -2172,9 +2172,8 @@ mod ehal1 {
                     SpiBus::write(self, &write[write_from..write_to])?;
                 }
 
-                SpiBus::flush(self)?;
-
                 if read_inc > 0 {
+                    SpiBus::flush(self)?;
                     self.spi
                         .read_bytes_from_fifo(&mut read[read_from..read_to])?;
                 }