diff --git a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/spi-nor.c b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/spi-nor.c
index 25372f9b534e..f59aedfe1462 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/spi-nor.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/spi-nor.c
@@ -1218,7 +1218,7 @@ static const struct flash_info *spi_nor_match_id(const char *name)
 {
 	const struct flash_info *id = spi_nor_ids;
 
-	while (id->name[0]) {
+	while (id->name) {
 		if (!strcmp(name, id->name))
 			return id;
 		id++;