diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-pxa2xx.c b/drivers/spi/spi-pxa2xx.c
index f440dcee852b582a2eb3369c5effd94c83fa3737..a8c85424eb8d0ac2522faf2c2626b522d22d990b 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-pxa2xx.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-pxa2xx.c
@@ -804,14 +804,6 @@ static int pxa2xx_spi_transfer_one_message(struct spi_master *master,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int pxa2xx_spi_prepare_transfer(struct spi_master *master)
-{
-	struct driver_data *drv_data = spi_master_get_devdata(master);
-
-	pm_runtime_get_sync(&drv_data->pdev->dev);
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static int pxa2xx_spi_unprepare_transfer(struct spi_master *master)
 {
 	struct driver_data *drv_data = spi_master_get_devdata(master);
@@ -820,8 +812,6 @@ static int pxa2xx_spi_unprepare_transfer(struct spi_master *master)
 	write_SSCR0(read_SSCR0(drv_data->ioaddr) & ~SSCR0_SSE,
 		    drv_data->ioaddr);
 
-	pm_runtime_mark_last_busy(&drv_data->pdev->dev);
-	pm_runtime_put_autosuspend(&drv_data->pdev->dev);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1134,8 +1124,8 @@ static int pxa2xx_spi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	master->cleanup = cleanup;
 	master->setup = setup;
 	master->transfer_one_message = pxa2xx_spi_transfer_one_message;
-	master->prepare_transfer_hardware = pxa2xx_spi_prepare_transfer;
 	master->unprepare_transfer_hardware = pxa2xx_spi_unprepare_transfer;
+	master->auto_runtime_pm = true;
 
 	drv_data->ssp_type = ssp->type;
 	drv_data->null_dma_buf = (u32 *)PTR_ALIGN(&drv_data[1], DMA_ALIGNMENT);