diff --git a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/arm/juno-motherboard.dtsi b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/arm/juno-motherboard.dtsi
index c7c99a42e2e997..8c029ee2a5b5b5 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/boot/dts/arm/juno-motherboard.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm64/boot/dts/arm/juno-motherboard.dtsi
@@ -109,6 +109,13 @@
 				linux,part-probe = "afs";
 				reg = <0 0x00000000 0x04000000>;
 				bank-width = <4>;
+				/*
+				 * Unfortunately, accessing the flash disturbs
+				 * the CPU idle states (suspend) and CPU
+				 * hotplug of the platform. For this reason,
+				 * flash hardware access is disabled by default.
+				 */
+				status = "disabled";
 			};
 
 			ethernet@2,00000000 {