diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-espi.c b/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-espi.c
index 7451585a080e5ccc13e2fc59d532c70e786a4ce0..2c175b9495f7ee102a0d70a96f42fa730c019247 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-espi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-espi.c
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ static void fsl_espi_cpu_irq(struct mpc8xxx_spi *mspi, u32 events)
 
 		mspi->len -= rx_nr_bytes;
 
-		if (mspi->rx)
+		if (rx_nr_bytes && mspi->rx)
 			mspi->get_rx(rx_data, mspi);
 	}