diff --git a/drivers/mtd/devices/st_spi_fsm.c b/drivers/mtd/devices/st_spi_fsm.c
index 34aac3f49ba9a8f40cbaad6b014d5e7e25ca1c00..5e315e31a839e7ed18f63102b1fa7a22e4caa5cc 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/devices/st_spi_fsm.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/devices/st_spi_fsm.c
@@ -793,6 +793,30 @@ static uint8_t stfsm_wait_busy(struct stfsm *fsm)
 	return FLASH_STATUS_TIMEOUT;
 }
 
+static int stfsm_read_status(struct stfsm *fsm, uint8_t cmd,
+			   uint8_t *status)
+{
+	struct stfsm_seq *seq = &stfsm_seq_read_status_fifo;
+	uint32_t tmp;
+
+	dev_dbg(fsm->dev, "reading STA[%s]\n",
+		(cmd == FLASH_CMD_RDSR) ? "1" : "2");
+
+	seq->seq_opc[0] = (SEQ_OPC_PADS_1 |
+			   SEQ_OPC_CYCLES(8) |
+			   SEQ_OPC_OPCODE(cmd)),
+
+	stfsm_load_seq(fsm, seq);
+
+	stfsm_read_fifo(fsm, &tmp, 4);
+
+	*status = (uint8_t)(tmp >> 24);
+
+	stfsm_wait_seq(fsm);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int stfsm_wrvcr(struct stfsm *fsm, uint8_t data)
 {
 	struct stfsm_seq *seq = &stfsm_seq_wrvcr;