diff --git a/drivers/sensor/st/stmemsc/stmemsc_spi.c b/drivers/sensor/st/stmemsc/stmemsc_spi.c
index 568c3a84aae5..66421f17ca00 100644
--- a/drivers/sensor/st/stmemsc/stmemsc_spi.c
+++ b/drivers/sensor/st/stmemsc/stmemsc_spi.c
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ int stmemsc_spi_read_incr(const struct spi_dt_spec *stmemsc,
 int stmemsc_spi_write_incr(const struct spi_dt_spec *stmemsc,
 			   uint8_t reg_addr, uint8_t *value, uint8_t len)
 {
-	reg_addr |= STMEMSC_SPI_ADDR_AUTO_INCR;
+	if (len > 1) {
+		reg_addr |= STMEMSC_SPI_ADDR_AUTO_INCR;
+	}
+
 	return stmemsc_spi_write(stmemsc, reg_addr, value, len);
 }