diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-mem.c b/drivers/spi/spi-mem.c
index 1bb0987edb728fb35a37695c756a58586000d9e3..b86eee75bcb9b75f4ec6f9ec69eb2b71dca0f879 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-mem.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-mem.c
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ int spi_mem_exec_op(struct spi_slave *slave, const struct spi_mem_op *op)
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
-	if (ops->mem_ops) {
+	if (ops->mem_ops && ops->mem_ops->exec_op) {
 #ifndef __UBOOT__
 		/*
 		 * Flush the message queue before executing our SPI memory