A method and apparatus for improving message processing efficiency of a Flash channel controller are provided. The method includes: S1, after receiving a request message of a functional unit, a Flash interface parses the request message, and constructs a request response message according to a parsing result, wherein the request response message includes a state of the request message; S2, the Flash interface returns the request response message to the functional unit; and S3, the functional unit acquires the state of the request message according to the request response message, and makes, according to whether the state of the request message is normal, a response to the request message before receiving a completion message.