diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/nand_base.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/nand_base.c
index 72f3a89da513e20dacf87b9943c6ac87db5a2e2f..f28c3a5558619fa22842ed2bffab7e0b4d7141a6 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/nand_base.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/nand_base.c
@@ -706,12 +706,17 @@ static void nand_wait_status_ready(struct mtd_info *mtd, unsigned long timeo)
  */
 int nand_soft_waitrdy(struct nand_chip *chip, unsigned long timeout_ms)
 {
+	const struct nand_sdr_timings *timings;
 	u8 status = 0;
 	int ret;
 
 	if (!chip->exec_op)
 		return -ENOTSUPP;
 
+	/* Wait tWB before polling the STATUS reg. */
+	timings = nand_get_sdr_timings(&chip->data_interface);
+	ndelay(PSEC_TO_NSEC(timings->tWB_max));
+
 	ret = nand_status_op(chip, NULL);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;