diff --git a/src/flash/nor/drivers.c b/src/flash/nor/drivers.c
index dd9995ecb..981f5b599 100644
--- a/src/flash/nor/drivers.c
+++ b/src/flash/nor/drivers.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include "config.h"
 #endif
 #include "imp.h"
+#include <string.h>
 
 /**
  * The list of built-in flash drivers.
@@ -91,8 +92,14 @@ static const struct flash_driver * const flash_drivers[] = {
 
 const struct flash_driver *flash_driver_find_by_name(const char *name)
 {
+	char *flash_name = name;
+	if (strcmp(flash_name, "fespi") == 0) {
+		/* Nuclei added: redirect fespi for old hbird/hbirdv2 SPI driver to nuspi driver */
+		flash_name = "nuspi";
+	}
+
 	for (unsigned int i = 0; flash_drivers[i]; i++) {
-		if (strcmp(name, flash_drivers[i]->name) == 0)
+		if (strcmp(flash_name, flash_drivers[i]->name) == 0)
 			return flash_drivers[i];
 	}
 	return NULL;