diff --git a/arch/arm/dts/r8a779h0-gray-hawk-single-u-boot.dtsi b/arch/arm/dts/r8a779h0-gray-hawk-single-u-boot.dtsi
index 91e1ee1f890..c04d2ae2be4 100644
--- a/arch/arm/dts/r8a779h0-gray-hawk-single-u-boot.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/dts/r8a779h0-gray-hawk-single-u-boot.dtsi
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 	#address-cells = <1>;
 	#size-cells = <0>;
 	spi-max-frequency = <40000000>;
-	status = "okay";
+	status = "disabled";
 
 	flash@0 {
 		#address-cells = <1>;