diff --git a/drivers/flash/nrf_qspi_nor.c b/drivers/flash/nrf_qspi_nor.c
index 4e9b55fa190..0c4faf99dff 100644
--- a/drivers/flash/nrf_qspi_nor.c
+++ b/drivers/flash/nrf_qspi_nor.c
@@ -482,11 +482,12 @@ static int qspi_rdsr(const struct device *dev, uint8_t sr_num)
 }
 
 /* Wait until RDSR confirms write is not in progress. */
-static int qspi_wait_while_writing(const struct device *dev)
+static int qspi_wait_while_writing(const struct device *dev, k_timeout_t poll_period)
 {
 	int rc;
 
 	do {
+		k_sleep(poll_period);
 		rc = qspi_rdsr(dev, 1);
 	} while ((rc >= 0)
 		 && ((rc & SPI_NOR_WIP_BIT) != 0U));
@@ -557,7 +558,7 @@ static int qspi_wrsr(const struct device *dev, uint8_t sr_val, uint8_t sr_num)
 	 * corrupted.  Wait.
 	 */
 	if (rc == 0) {
-		rc = qspi_wait_while_writing(dev);
+		rc = qspi_wait_while_writing(dev, K_NO_WAIT);
 	}
 
 	return rc;
@@ -602,6 +603,16 @@ static int qspi_erase(const struct device *dev, uint32_t addr, uint32_t size)
 		if (res == NRFX_SUCCESS) {
 			addr += adj;
 			size -= adj;
+
+			/* Erasing flash pages takes a significant period of time and the
+			 * flash memory is unavailable to perform additional operations
+			 * until done.
+			 */
+			rc = qspi_wait_while_writing(dev, K_MSEC(10));
+			if (rc < 0) {
+				LOG_ERR("wait error at 0x%lx size %zu", (long)addr, size);
+				break;
+			}
 		} else {
 			LOG_ERR("erase error at 0x%lx size %zu", (long)addr, size);
 			rc = qspi_get_zephyr_ret_code(res);