diff --git a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/spi-nor.c b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/spi-nor.c
index 3e54e31889c7..a3ab318406ec 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/spi-nor.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/spi-nor.c
@@ -3125,7 +3125,7 @@ static int spi_nor_parse_sfdp(struct spi_nor *nor,
 	if (err)
 		goto exit;
 
-	/* Parse other parameter headers. */
+	/* Parse optional parameter tables. */
 	for (i = 0; i < header.nph; i++) {
 		param_header = &param_headers[i];
 
@@ -3138,8 +3138,17 @@ static int spi_nor_parse_sfdp(struct spi_nor *nor,
 			break;
 		}
 
-		if (err)
-			goto exit;
+		if (err) {
+			dev_warn(dev, "Failed to parse optional parameter table: %04x\n",
+				 SFDP_PARAM_HEADER_ID(param_header));
+			/*
+			 * Let's not drop all information we extracted so far
+			 * if optional table parsers fail. In case of failing,
+			 * each optional parser is responsible to roll back to
+			 * the previously known spi_nor data.
+			 */
+			err = 0;
+		}
 	}
 
 exit: