diff --git a/components/drivers/spi/sfud/src/sfud.c b/components/drivers/spi/sfud/src/sfud.c
index 6cfd1191ef47d35c851498ecd64f314fde970c19..30e0d949f1e7ddcc2d56786c80edd96fa679b206 100644
--- a/components/drivers/spi/sfud/src/sfud.c
+++ b/components/drivers/spi/sfud/src/sfud.c
@@ -603,7 +603,8 @@ static sfud_err page256_or_1_byte_write(const sfud_flash *flash, uint32_t addr,
         const uint8_t *data) {
     sfud_err result = SFUD_SUCCESS;
     const sfud_spi *spi = &flash->spi;
-    uint8_t cmd_data[5 + SFUD_WRITE_MAX_PAGE_SIZE], cmd_size;
+    static uint8_t cmd_data[5 + SFUD_WRITE_MAX_PAGE_SIZE];
+    uint8_t cmd_size;
     size_t data_size;
 
     SFUD_ASSERT(flash);