diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi.c b/drivers/spi/spi.c
index d7e584afa301..f35d288c64fe 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi.c
@@ -3671,6 +3671,9 @@ int spi_controller_suspend(struct spi_controller *ctlr)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
 
+	if (ctlr->cur_msg && spi_controller_is_target(ctlr) && ctlr->target_abort)
+		ctlr->target_abort(ctlr);
+
 	/* Basically no-ops for non-queued controllers */
 	if (ctlr->queued) {
 		ret = spi_stop_queue(ctlr);