diff --git a/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0001.c b/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0001.c
index f5ab6fa1057bdc422816c8f5e317de466a65107f..c240454fd113d757794141a160eaaac60015c036 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0001.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0001.c
@@ -1236,10 +1236,14 @@ static int inval_cache_and_wait_for_operation(
 			remove_wait_queue(&chip->wq, &wait);
 			spin_lock(chip->mutex);
 		}
-		if (chip->erase_suspended || chip->write_suspended)  {
-			/* Suspend has occured while sleep: reset timeout */
+		if (chip->erase_suspended && chip_state == FL_ERASING)  {
+			/* Erase suspend occured while sleep: reset timeout */
 			timeo = reset_timeo;
 			chip->erase_suspended = 0;
+		}
+		if (chip->write_suspended && chip_state == FL_WRITING)  {
+			/* Write suspend occured while sleep: reset timeout */
+			timeo = reset_timeo;
 			chip->write_suspended = 0;
 		}
 	}