diff --git a/src/Module.cpp b/src/Module.cpp
index 37da31d6..9856ff5b 100644
--- a/src/Module.cpp
+++ b/src/Module.cpp
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ int16_t Module::SPIcheckStream() {
   // get the status
   uint8_t spiStatus = 0;
   uint8_t cmd = this->SPIstatusCommand;
-  state = this->SPItransferStream(&cmd, 1, false, NULL, &spiStatus, 1, true, RADIOLIB_MODULE_SPI_TIMEOUT);
+  state = this->SPItransferStream(&cmd, 1, false, NULL, &spiStatus, 0, true, RADIOLIB_MODULE_SPI_TIMEOUT);
   RADIOLIB_ASSERT(state);
 
   // translate to RadioLib status code
diff --git a/src/modules/SX126x/SX126x.cpp b/src/modules/SX126x/SX126x.cpp
index 2ece718d..c7f7fc75 100644
--- a/src/modules/SX126x/SX126x.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/SX126x/SX126x.cpp
@@ -1852,7 +1852,7 @@ int16_t SX126x::setRegulatorMode(uint8_t mode) {
 
 uint8_t SX126x::getStatus() {
   uint8_t data = 0;
-  this->mod->SPIreadStream(RADIOLIB_SX126X_CMD_GET_STATUS, &data, 1);
+  this->mod->SPIreadStream(RADIOLIB_SX126X_CMD_GET_STATUS, &data, 0);
   return(data);
 }