diff --git a/drivers/spi/fsl_espi.c b/drivers/spi/fsl_espi.c
index a1ebd33..eb99e90 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/fsl_espi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/fsl_espi.c
@@ -216,10 +216,8 @@
 			return 1;
 		}
 		memcpy(buffer, cmd_buf, cmd_len);
-		if (cmd_len != 1) {
-			if (data_in == NULL)
-				memcpy(buffer + cmd_len, data_out, data_len);
-		}
+		if (data_in == NULL)
+			memcpy(buffer + cmd_len, data_out, data_len);
 		break;
 	case SPI_XFER_BEGIN | SPI_XFER_END:
 		len = data_len;