diff --git a/drivers/mtd/spi/stmicro.c b/drivers/mtd/spi/stmicro.c
index 3134027..02da8b2 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/spi/stmicro.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/spi/stmicro.c
@@ -55,8 +55,6 @@
 #define STM_ID_M25P80		0x14
 #define STM_ID_M25P128		0x18
 
-#define STMICRO_SR_WIP		(1 << 0)	/* Write-in-Progress */
-
 struct stmicro_spi_flash_params {
 	u8 idcode1;
 	u16 page_size;
@@ -136,40 +134,6 @@
 	},
 };
 
-static int stmicro_wait_ready(struct spi_flash *flash, unsigned long timeout)
-{
-	struct spi_slave *spi = flash->spi;
-	unsigned long timebase;
-	int ret;
-	u8 cmd = CMD_M25PXX_RDSR;
-	u8 status;
-
-	ret = spi_xfer(spi, 8, &cmd, NULL, SPI_XFER_BEGIN);
-	if (ret) {
-		debug("SF: Failed to send command %02x: %d\n", cmd, ret);
-		return ret;
-	}
-
-	timebase = get_timer(0);
-	do {
-		ret = spi_xfer(spi, 8, NULL, &status, 0);
-		if (ret)
-			return -1;
-
-		if ((status & STMICRO_SR_WIP) == 0)
-			break;
-
-	} while (get_timer(timebase) < timeout);
-
-	spi_xfer(spi, 0, NULL, NULL, SPI_XFER_END);
-
-	if ((status & STMICRO_SR_WIP) == 0)
-		return 0;
-
-	/* Timed out */
-	return -1;
-}
-
 static int stmicro_read_fast(struct spi_flash *flash,
 			     u32 offset, size_t len, void *buf)
 {
@@ -238,11 +202,9 @@
 			break;
 		}
 
-		ret = stmicro_wait_ready(flash, SPI_FLASH_PROG_TIMEOUT);
-		if (ret < 0) {
-			debug("SF: STMicro page programming timed out\n");
+		ret = spi_flash_cmd_wait_ready(flash, SPI_FLASH_PROG_TIMEOUT);
+		if (ret)
 			break;
-		}
 
 		page_addr++;
 		byte_addr = 0;
@@ -304,11 +266,9 @@
 			break;
 		}
 
-		ret = stmicro_wait_ready(flash, SPI_FLASH_PAGE_ERASE_TIMEOUT);
-		if (ret < 0) {
-			debug("SF: STMicro page erase timed out\n");
+		ret = spi_flash_cmd_wait_ready(flash, SPI_FLASH_PAGE_ERASE_TIMEOUT);
+		if (ret)
 			break;
-		}
 	}
 
 	debug("SF: STMicro: Successfully erased %u bytes @ 0x%x\n",