#endif
        };
 
+       /*
+        * Flash needs to be in status register read mode for
+        * flash_full_status_check() to work correctly
+        */
+       flash_write_cmd(info, sector, 0, FLASH_CMD_READ_STATUS);
        if ((retcode =
             flash_full_status_check (info, sector, info->erase_blk_tout,
                                      prot ? "protect" : "unprotect")) == 0) {
                                case CFI_CMDSET_INTEL_PROG_REGIONS:
                                case CFI_CMDSET_INTEL_EXTENDED:
                                case CFI_CMDSET_INTEL_STANDARD:
+                                       /*
+                                        * Set flash to read-id mode. Otherwise
+                                        * reading protected status is not
+                                        * guaranteed.
+                                        */
+                                       flash_write_cmd(info, sect_cnt, 0,
+                                                       FLASH_CMD_READ_ID);
                                        info->protect[sect_cnt] =
                                                flash_isset (info, sect_cnt,
                                                             FLASH_OFFSET_PROTECT,