diff --git a/drivers/mtd_spi_nor/mtd_spi_nor.c b/drivers/mtd_spi_nor/mtd_spi_nor.c
index ddd7341ecf..bb1f9804b5 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd_spi_nor/mtd_spi_nor.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd_spi_nor/mtd_spi_nor.c
@@ -420,17 +420,9 @@ static int mtd_spi_nor_read(mtd_dev_t *mtd, void *dest, uint32_t addr, uint32_t
     if (addr > chipsize) {
         return -EOVERFLOW;
     }
-    if (size > mtd->page_size) {
-        size = mtd->page_size;
-    }
     if ((addr + size) > chipsize) {
         size = chipsize - addr;
     }
-    uint32_t page_addr_mask = dev->page_addr_mask;
-    if ((addr & page_addr_mask) != ((addr + size - 1) & page_addr_mask)) {
-        /* Reads across page boundaries must be split */
-        size = mtd->page_size - (addr & ~(page_addr_mask));
-    }
     if (size == 0) {
         return 0;
     }
diff --git a/tests/unittests/tests-mtd/tests-mtd.c b/tests/unittests/tests-mtd/tests-mtd.c
index 277f251c7a..17cbaf28ff 100644
--- a/tests/unittests/tests-mtd/tests-mtd.c
+++ b/tests/unittests/tests-mtd/tests-mtd.c
@@ -215,10 +215,24 @@ static void test_mtd_write_read(void)
 
     /* out of bounds write (more than page size) */
     const size_t page_size = dev->page_size;
-    const uint8_t buf_page[page_size + 1];
+    uint8_t buf_page[page_size + 1];
+    memset(buf_page, 1, sizeof(buf_page));
     ret = mtd_write(dev, buf_page, 0, sizeof(buf_page));
     TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT(-EOVERFLOW, ret);
 
+    /* Read more than one page */
+    ret = mtd_erase(dev, 0, dev->page_size * dev->pages_per_sector);
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT(0, ret);
+    ret = mtd_write(dev, buf_page, 0, dev->page_size);
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT(dev->page_size, ret);
+    ret = mtd_write(dev, buf_page, dev->page_size, dev->page_size);
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT(dev->page_size, ret);
+    memset(buf_page, 0, sizeof(buf_page));
+    ret = mtd_read(dev, buf_page, 0, sizeof(buf_page));
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT(sizeof(buf_page), ret);
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT(1, buf_page[0]);
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT(1, buf_page[sizeof(buf_page) - 1]);
+
     /* pages overlap write */
     ret = mtd_write(dev, buf, dev->page_size - (sizeof(buf) / 2), sizeof(buf));
     TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL_INT(-EOVERFLOW, ret);