diff --git a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/spi-nor.c b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/spi-nor.c
index f4afe123e9dc..a0beb0d6f7f0 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/spi-nor.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/spi-nor.c
@@ -2628,7 +2628,9 @@ static const struct flash_info spi_nor_ids[] = {
 	{ "w25q80", INFO(0xef5014, 0, 64 * 1024,  16, SECT_4K) },
 	{ "w25q80bl", INFO(0xef4014, 0, 64 * 1024,  16, SECT_4K) },
 	{ "w25q128", INFO(0xef4018, 0, 64 * 1024, 256, SECT_4K) },
-	{ "w25q256", INFO(0xef4019, 0, 64 * 1024, 512, SECT_4K | SPI_NOR_DUAL_READ | SPI_NOR_QUAD_READ) },
+	{ "w25q256", INFO(0xef4019, 0, 64 * 1024, 512,
+			  SECT_4K | SPI_NOR_DUAL_READ | SPI_NOR_QUAD_READ |
+			  SPI_NOR_4B_OPCODES) },
 	{ "w25q256jvm", INFO(0xef7019, 0, 64 * 1024, 512,
 			     SECT_4K | SPI_NOR_DUAL_READ | SPI_NOR_QUAD_READ) },
 	{ "w25q256jw", INFO(0xef6019, 0, 64 * 1024, 512,