diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-sg2044-nor.c b/drivers/spi/spi-sg2044-nor.c
index f3bcb8a1b92b..ff026ca0f766 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-sg2044-nor.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-sg2044-nor.c
@@ -307,15 +307,15 @@ static ssize_t sg2044_spifmc_tran_cmd(struct sg2044_spifmc *spifmc,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void sg2044_spifmc_trans(struct sg2044_spifmc *spifmc,
-				const struct spi_mem_op *op)
+static int sg2044_spifmc_trans(struct sg2044_spifmc *spifmc,
+			       const struct spi_mem_op *op)
 {
 	if (op->data.dir == SPI_MEM_DATA_IN)
-		sg2044_spifmc_read(spifmc, op);
+		return sg2044_spifmc_read(spifmc, op);
 	else if (op->data.dir == SPI_MEM_DATA_OUT)
-		sg2044_spifmc_write(spifmc, op);
+		return sg2044_spifmc_write(spifmc, op);
 	else
-		sg2044_spifmc_tran_cmd(spifmc, op);
+		return sg2044_spifmc_tran_cmd(spifmc, op);
 }
 
 static ssize_t sg2044_spifmc_trans_reg(struct sg2044_spifmc *spifmc,
@@ -389,19 +389,20 @@ static int sg2044_spifmc_exec_op(struct spi_mem *mem,
 				 const struct spi_mem_op *op)
 {
 	struct sg2044_spifmc *spifmc;
+	int ret;
 
 	spifmc = spi_controller_get_devdata(mem->spi->controller);
 
 	mutex_lock(&spifmc->lock);
 
 	if (op->addr.nbytes == 0)
-		sg2044_spifmc_trans_reg(spifmc, op);
+		ret = sg2044_spifmc_trans_reg(spifmc, op);
 	else
-		sg2044_spifmc_trans(spifmc, op);
+		ret = sg2044_spifmc_trans(spifmc, op);
 
 	mutex_unlock(&spifmc->lock);
 
-	return 0;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static const struct spi_controller_mem_ops sg2044_spifmc_mem_ops = {