diff --git a/drivers/mtd/spi/spi-nor-core.c b/drivers/mtd/spi/spi-nor-core.c
index 76c33b243682..a270af9a88fc 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/spi/spi-nor-core.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/spi/spi-nor-core.c
@@ -1605,6 +1605,7 @@ static int spi_nor_read(struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t from, size_t len,
 	}
 
 	while (len) {
+		schedule();
 		read_len = len;
 		offset = from;