diff --git a/drivers/peci/peci_mchp_xec.c b/drivers/peci/peci_mchp_xec.c
index e6cc1aab2da..9925844e892 100644
--- a/drivers/peci/peci_mchp_xec.c
+++ b/drivers/peci/peci_mchp_xec.c
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ static int peci_xec_transfer(struct device *dev, struct peci_msg *msg)
 	ARG_UNUSED(dev);
 	int ret;
 	PECI_Type *base = peci_xec_config.base;
+	u8_t err_val = base->ERROR;
 
 	ret = peci_xec_write(dev, msg);
 	if (ret) {
@@ -264,7 +265,7 @@ static int peci_xec_transfer(struct device *dev, struct peci_msg *msg)
 	}
 
 	/* Check for error conditions and perform bus recovery if necessary */
-	if (base->ERROR) {
+	if (err_val) {
 		if (base->ERROR & MCHP_PECI_ERR_RDOV) {
 			LOG_WRN("Read buffer is not empty\n");
 		}
@@ -281,6 +282,11 @@ static int peci_xec_transfer(struct device *dev, struct peci_msg *msg)
 		return -EIO;
 	}
 
+	/* ERROR is a clear-on-write register, need to clear errors occurred
+	 * at the end of a transaction.
+	 */
+	base->ERROR = err_val;
+
 	return 0;
 }