diff --git a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.c b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.c
index 0369d98b2d12..b37d6c1936de 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.c
@@ -2701,11 +2701,10 @@ static void spi_nor_sfdp_init_params(struct spi_nor *nor)
 
 	memcpy(&sfdp_params, nor->params, sizeof(sfdp_params));
 
-	if (spi_nor_parse_sfdp(nor, &sfdp_params)) {
+	if (spi_nor_parse_sfdp(nor, nor->params)) {
+		memcpy(nor->params, &sfdp_params, sizeof(*nor->params));
 		nor->addr_width = 0;
 		nor->flags &= ~SNOR_F_4B_OPCODES;
-	} else {
-		memcpy(nor->params, &sfdp_params, sizeof(*nor->params));
 	}
 }