diff --git a/arch/arm/src/stm32/Kconfig b/arch/arm/src/stm32/Kconfig
index 93ebf3ab4e..db0d4799ee 100644
--- a/arch/arm/src/stm32/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/src/stm32/Kconfig
@@ -2832,6 +2832,14 @@ config STM32_FLASH_PREFETCH
 		on F1 parts).  Some early revisions of F4 parts do not support FLASH pre-fetch
 		properly and enabling this option may interfere with ADC accuracy.
 
+config STM32_FLASH_NONBLOCKING
+	bool "Remove Blocking operation in FLASH driver"
+	default n
+	---help---
+		Enable this on single task platforms to conserve code space.
+		It removes the sem_wait and post operations that are not
+		needed in a single task environment.
+
 config STM32_FLASH_WORKAROUND_DATA_CACHE_CORRUPTION_ON_RWW
 	bool "Workaround for FLASH data cache corruption"
 	default n
diff --git a/arch/arm/src/stm32/stm32_flash.c b/arch/arm/src/stm32/stm32_flash.c
index e43d4a5185..dbb7e4500e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/src/stm32/stm32_flash.c
+++ b/arch/arm/src/stm32/stm32_flash.c
@@ -100,23 +100,29 @@
  * Private Data
  ************************************************************************************/
 
+#if !defined(CONFIG_STM32_FLASH_NONBLOCKING)
 static sem_t g_sem = SEM_INITIALIZER(1);
+#endif
 
 /************************************************************************************
  * Private Functions
  ************************************************************************************/
 
-static void sem_lock(void)
+static inline void sem_lock(void)
 {
+#if !defined(CONFIG_STM32_FLASH_NONBLOCKING)
   while (sem_wait(&g_sem) < 0)
     {
       DEBUGASSERT(errno == EINTR);
     }
+#endif
 }
 
 static inline void sem_unlock(void)
 {
+#if !defined(CONFIG_STM32_FLASH_NONBLOCKING)
   sem_post(&g_sem);
+#endif
 }
 
 #if !defined(CONFIG_STM32_STM32L15XX)