diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi.c b/drivers/spi/spi.c
index e2415be209d5a77e9224add30db37d65244fabda..a0e346f3b71e42f214b9080fb47ae558554e7f44 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi.c
@@ -2130,6 +2130,7 @@ static int __spi_validate(struct spi_device *spi, struct spi_message *message)
 	 * Set transfer tx_nbits and rx_nbits as single transfer default
 	 * (SPI_NBITS_SINGLE) if it is not set for this transfer.
 	 */
+	message->frame_length = 0;
 	list_for_each_entry(xfer, &message->transfers, transfer_list) {
 		message->frame_length += xfer->len;
 		if (!xfer->bits_per_word)