diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-mxic.c b/drivers/spi/spi-mxic.c
index 6bec0a7c77d3..22a82f5f74b5 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-mxic.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-mxic.c
@@ -304,25 +304,21 @@ static int mxic_spi_data_xfer(struct mxic_spi *mxic, const void *txbuf,
 
 		writel(data, mxic->regs + TXD(nbytes % 4));
 
+		ret = readl_poll_timeout(mxic->regs + INT_STS, sts,
+					 sts & INT_TX_EMPTY, 0, USEC_PER_SEC);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+
+		ret = readl_poll_timeout(mxic->regs + INT_STS, sts,
+					 sts & INT_RX_NOT_EMPTY, 0,
+					 USEC_PER_SEC);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+
+		data = readl(mxic->regs + RXD);
 		if (rxbuf) {
-			ret = readl_poll_timeout(mxic->regs + INT_STS, sts,
-						 sts & INT_TX_EMPTY, 0,
-						 USEC_PER_SEC);
-			if (ret)
-				return ret;
-
-			ret = readl_poll_timeout(mxic->regs + INT_STS, sts,
-						 sts & INT_RX_NOT_EMPTY, 0,
-						 USEC_PER_SEC);
-			if (ret)
-				return ret;
-
-			data = readl(mxic->regs + RXD);
 			data >>= (8 * (4 - nbytes));
 			memcpy(rxbuf + pos, &data, nbytes);
-			WARN_ON(readl(mxic->regs + INT_STS) & INT_RX_NOT_EMPTY);
-		} else {
-			readl(mxic->regs + RXD);
 		}
 		WARN_ON(readl(mxic->regs + INT_STS) & INT_RX_NOT_EMPTY);