diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi_rv32m1_lpspi.c b/drivers/spi/spi_rv32m1_lpspi.c
index c70a865f991..1f576753c6a 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi_rv32m1_lpspi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi_rv32m1_lpspi.c
@@ -191,6 +191,8 @@ static int spi_mcux_configure(struct device *dev,
 	LPSPI_MasterTransferCreateHandle(base, &data->handle,
 					spi_mcux_master_transfer_callback, dev);
 
+	LPSPI_SetDummyData(base, 0);
+
 	data->ctx.config = spi_cfg;
 	spi_context_cs_configure(&data->ctx);