diff --git a/cmd/mtd.c b/cmd/mtd.c
index 795aaa2b37d..f178d7bea61 100644
--- a/cmd/mtd.c
+++ b/cmd/mtd.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 #include <command.h>
 #include <console.h>
+#include <led.h>
 #if CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(CMD_MTD_OTP)
 #include <hexdump.h>
 #endif
@@ -558,6 +559,8 @@ static int do_mtd_io(struct cmd_tbl *cmdtp, int flag, int argc,
 	while (mtd_block_isbad(mtd, off))
 		off += mtd->erasesize;
 
+	led_activity_blink();
+
 	/* Loop over the pages to do the actual read/write */
 	while (remaining) {
 		/* Skip the block if it is bad */
@@ -585,6 +588,8 @@ static int do_mtd_io(struct cmd_tbl *cmdtp, int flag, int argc,
 		io_op.oobbuf += io_op.oobretlen;
 	}
 
+	led_activity_off();
+
 	if (!ret && dump)
 		mtd_dump_device_buf(mtd, start_off, buf, len, woob);
 
@@ -652,6 +657,8 @@ static int do_mtd_erase(struct cmd_tbl *cmdtp, int flag, int argc,
 	erase_op.addr = off;
 	erase_op.len = mtd->erasesize;
 
+	led_activity_blink();
+
 	while (len) {
 		if (!scrub) {
 			ret = mtd_block_isbad(mtd, erase_op.addr);
@@ -680,6 +687,8 @@ static int do_mtd_erase(struct cmd_tbl *cmdtp, int flag, int argc,
 		erase_op.addr += mtd->erasesize;
 	}
 
+	led_activity_off();
+
 	if (ret && ret != -EIO)
 		ret = CMD_RET_FAILURE;
 	else