diff --git a/arch/xtensa/src/esp32/esp32_spi.c b/arch/xtensa/src/esp32/esp32_spi.c
index 26f7eca40e..2ad5792f1f 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/src/esp32/esp32_spi.c
+++ b/arch/xtensa/src/esp32/esp32_spi.c
@@ -889,6 +889,9 @@ static void esp32_spi_dma_exchange(FAR struct esp32_spi_priv_s *priv,
       tp = rp;
     }
 
+  esp32_spi_reset_regbits(priv, SPI_SLAVE_OFFSET, SPI_TRANS_DONE_M);
+  esp32_spi_set_regbits(priv, SPI_SLAVE_OFFSET, SPI_INT_EN_M);
+
   while (bytes)
     {
       esp32_spi_set_reg(priv, SPI_DMA_IN_LINK_OFFSET, 0);
@@ -943,6 +946,8 @@ static void esp32_spi_dma_exchange(FAR struct esp32_spi_priv_s *priv,
       rp += n;
     }
 
+  esp32_spi_reset_regbits(priv, SPI_SLAVE_OFFSET, SPI_INT_EN_M);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_XTENSA_IMEM_USE_SEPARATE_HEAP
   if (esp32_ptr_extram(rxbuffer))
     {
@@ -1303,8 +1308,6 @@ static void esp32_spi_init(FAR struct spi_dev_s *dev)
       esp32_spi_set_reg(priv, SPI_DMA_CONF_OFFSET, SPI_OUT_DATA_BURST_EN_M |
                                                    SPI_INDSCR_BURST_EN_M |
                                                    SPI_OUTDSCR_BURST_EN_M);
-
-      esp32_spi_set_regbits(priv, SPI_SLAVE_OFFSET, SPI_INT_EN_M);
     }
 
   esp32_spi_setfrequency(dev, config->clk_freq);