diff --git a/src/soc/nvidia/tegra210/spi.c b/src/soc/nvidia/tegra210/spi.c
index 0f38df2e6a..e6f667ac71 100644
--- a/src/soc/nvidia/tegra210/spi.c
+++ b/src/soc/nvidia/tegra210/spi.c
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ static void flush_fifos(struct tegra_spi_channel *spi)
 
 	uint32_t fifo_status = read32(&spi->regs->fifo_status);
 	fifo_status |= flush_mask;
-	write32(&spi->regs->fifo_status, flush_mask);
+	write32(&spi->regs->fifo_status, fifo_status);
 
 	while (read32(&spi->regs->fifo_status) & flush_mask)
 		;