diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-img-spfi.c b/drivers/spi/spi-img-spfi.c
index 788e2b176a4f..acce90ac7371 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-img-spfi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-img-spfi.c
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 #define SPFI_CONTROL_SOFT_RESET			BIT(11)
 #define SPFI_CONTROL_SEND_DMA			BIT(10)
 #define SPFI_CONTROL_GET_DMA			BIT(9)
+#define SPFI_CONTROL_SE			BIT(8)
 #define SPFI_CONTROL_TMODE_SHIFT		5
 #define SPFI_CONTROL_TMODE_MASK			0x7
 #define SPFI_CONTROL_TMODE_SINGLE		0
@@ -491,6 +492,7 @@ static void img_spfi_config(struct spi_master *master, struct spi_device *spi,
 	else if (xfer->tx_nbits == SPI_NBITS_QUAD &&
 		 xfer->rx_nbits == SPI_NBITS_QUAD)
 		val |= SPFI_CONTROL_TMODE_QUAD << SPFI_CONTROL_TMODE_SHIFT;
+	val |= SPFI_CONTROL_SE;
 	spfi_writel(spfi, val, SPFI_CONTROL);
 }