diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-zynqmp-gqspi.c b/drivers/spi/spi-zynqmp-gqspi.c
index f23f36ebaf3d..bd3945a5660a 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-zynqmp-gqspi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-zynqmp-gqspi.c
@@ -414,9 +414,6 @@ static void zynqmp_qspi_chipselect(struct spi_device *qspi, bool is_high)
 
 	zynqmp_gqspi_write(xqspi, GQSPI_GEN_FIFO_OFST, genfifoentry);
 
-	/* Dummy generic FIFO entry */
-	zynqmp_gqspi_write(xqspi, GQSPI_GEN_FIFO_OFST, 0x0);
-
 	/* Manually start the generic FIFO command */
 	zynqmp_gqspi_write(xqspi, GQSPI_CONFIG_OFST,
 			zynqmp_gqspi_read(xqspi, GQSPI_CONFIG_OFST) |