diff --git a/components/driver/include/driver/spi_master.h b/components/driver/include/driver/spi_master.h
index 3c599ae9e0..16c9e26e79 100644
--- a/components/driver/include/driver/spi_master.h
+++ b/components/driver/include/driver/spi_master.h
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ extern "C"
   */
 #define SPI_DEVICE_NO_DUMMY                (1<<6)
 #define SPI_DEVICE_DDRCLK                  (1<<7)
-
+#define SPI_DEVICE_NO_RETURN_RESULT        (1<<8)  ///< Don't return the descriptor to the host on completion (use post_cb to notify instead)
 
 typedef struct spi_transaction_t spi_transaction_t;
 typedef void(*transaction_cb_t)(spi_transaction_t *trans);
diff --git a/components/driver/spi_master.c b/components/driver/spi_master.c
index 0a7cac3523..c6f9d5004c 100644
--- a/components/driver/spi_master.c
+++ b/components/driver/spi_master.c
@@ -612,9 +612,13 @@ static void SPI_MASTER_ISR_ATTR spi_intr(void *arg)
 
         //cur_cs is changed to DEV_NUM_MAX here
         spi_post_trans(host);
+
+        if (!(host->device[cs]->cfg.flags & SPI_DEVICE_NO_RETURN_RESULT)) {
+            //Return transaction descriptor.
+            xQueueSendFromISR(host->device[cs]->ret_queue, &host->cur_trans_buf, &do_yield);
+        }
+
         // spi_bus_lock_bg_pause(bus_attr->lock);
-        //Return transaction descriptor.
-        xQueueSendFromISR(host->device[cs]->ret_queue, &host->cur_trans_buf, &do_yield);
 #ifdef CONFIG_PM_ENABLE
         //Release APB frequency lock
         esp_pm_lock_release(bus_attr->pm_lock);