diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-mem.c b/drivers/spi/spi-mem.c
index 7aabebeff5..121de3b06b 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-mem.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-mem.c
@@ -374,8 +374,12 @@ int spi_mem_exec_op(struct spi_slave *slave, const struct spi_mem_op *op)
 
 	/* 2nd transfer: rx or tx data path */
 	if (tx_buf || rx_buf) {
+		flag = SPI_XFER_END;
+		if (slave->mode & SPI_DMA_PREPARE)
+			flag |= SPI_XFER_PREPARE;
+
 		ret = spi_xfer(slave, op->data.nbytes * 8, tx_buf,
-			       rx_buf, SPI_XFER_END);
+			       rx_buf, flag);
 		if (ret)
 			return ret;
 	}
diff --git a/include/spi.h b/include/spi.h
index bed0f373ad..ff91e9eaf0 100644
--- a/include/spi.h
+++ b/include/spi.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #define SPI_RX_SLOW	BIT(11)			/* receive with 1 wire slow */
 #define SPI_RX_DUAL	BIT(12)			/* receive with 2 wires */
 #define SPI_RX_QUAD	BIT(13)			/* receive with 4 wires */
+#define SPI_DMA_PREPARE	BIT(24)			/* dma transfer skip waiting idle */
 
 /* Header byte that marks the start of the message */
 #define SPI_PREAMBLE_END_BYTE	0xec
@@ -117,6 +118,7 @@ struct spi_slave {
 #define SPI_XFER_ONCE		(SPI_XFER_BEGIN | SPI_XFER_END)
 #define SPI_XFER_MMAP		BIT(2)	/* Memory Mapped start */
 #define SPI_XFER_MMAP_END	BIT(3)	/* Memory Mapped End */
+#define SPI_XFER_PREPARE	BIT(7)	/* Transfer skip waiting idle */
 };
 
 /**