diff --git a/drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c b/drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c
index cbfafc453274aa2bef7aee285c5109601516d5e7..270d3c9580c51195ccb6b05e3719e98fb1836031 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c
@@ -39,13 +39,23 @@ static int m25p80_read_reg(struct spi_nor *nor, u8 code, u8 *val, int len)
 	struct spi_mem_op op = SPI_MEM_OP(SPI_MEM_OP_CMD(code, 1),
 					  SPI_MEM_OP_NO_ADDR,
 					  SPI_MEM_OP_NO_DUMMY,
-					  SPI_MEM_OP_DATA_IN(len, val, 1));
+					  SPI_MEM_OP_DATA_IN(len, NULL, 1));
+	void *scratchbuf;
 	int ret;
 
+	scratchbuf = kmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!scratchbuf)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	op.data.buf.in = scratchbuf;
 	ret = spi_mem_exec_op(flash->spimem, &op);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		dev_err(&flash->spimem->spi->dev, "error %d reading %x\n", ret,
 			code);
+	else
+		memcpy(val, scratchbuf, len);
+
+	kfree(scratchbuf);
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -56,9 +66,19 @@ static int m25p80_write_reg(struct spi_nor *nor, u8 opcode, u8 *buf, int len)
 	struct spi_mem_op op = SPI_MEM_OP(SPI_MEM_OP_CMD(opcode, 1),
 					  SPI_MEM_OP_NO_ADDR,
 					  SPI_MEM_OP_NO_DUMMY,
-					  SPI_MEM_OP_DATA_OUT(len, buf, 1));
+					  SPI_MEM_OP_DATA_OUT(len, NULL, 1));
+	void *scratchbuf;
+	int ret;
 
-	return spi_mem_exec_op(flash->spimem, &op);
+	scratchbuf = kmemdup(buf, len, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!scratchbuf)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	op.data.buf.out = scratchbuf;
+	ret = spi_mem_exec_op(flash->spimem, &op);
+	kfree(scratchbuf);
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static ssize_t m25p80_write(struct spi_nor *nor, loff_t to, size_t len,