diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-mem.c b/drivers/spi/spi-mem.c
index e8de4f5017cd..0c79193d9697 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-mem.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-mem.c
@@ -808,7 +808,7 @@ int spi_mem_poll_status(struct spi_mem *mem,
 	    op->data.dir != SPI_MEM_DATA_IN)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (ctlr->mem_ops && ctlr->mem_ops->poll_status) {
+	if (ctlr->mem_ops && ctlr->mem_ops->poll_status && !mem->spi->cs_gpiod) {
 		ret = spi_mem_access_start(mem);
 		if (ret)
 			return ret;