diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-mem.c b/drivers/spi/spi-mem.c
index 62a7b80801d22..967f581bca4f4 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-mem.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-mem.c
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ static bool spi_mem_default_supports_op(struct spi_mem *mem,
 	    spi_check_buswidth_req(mem, op->dummy.buswidth, true))
 		return false;
 
-	if (op->data.nbytes &&
+	if (op->data.dir != SPI_MEM_NO_DATA &&
 	    spi_check_buswidth_req(mem, op->data.buswidth,
 				   op->data.dir == SPI_MEM_DATA_OUT))
 		return false;
diff --git a/include/linux/spi/spi-mem.h b/include/linux/spi/spi-mem.h
index 867839cc69a7c..250b6f5c47c27 100644
--- a/include/linux/spi/spi-mem.h
+++ b/include/linux/spi/spi-mem.h
@@ -57,10 +57,12 @@
 /**
  * enum spi_mem_data_dir - describes the direction of a SPI memory data
  *			   transfer from the controller perspective
+ * @SPI_MEM_NO_DATA: no data transferred
  * @SPI_MEM_DATA_IN: data coming from the SPI memory
  * @SPI_MEM_DATA_OUT: data sent to the SPI memory
  */
 enum spi_mem_data_dir {
+	SPI_MEM_NO_DATA,
 	SPI_MEM_DATA_IN,
 	SPI_MEM_DATA_OUT,
 };