diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-atmel.c b/drivers/spi/spi-atmel.c
index 656d137db253b1d40cbc40428409f045610cca7b..80f5867c088b0c1dda382568b1869656d4544aa2 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-atmel.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-atmel.c
@@ -847,8 +847,8 @@ static int atmel_spi_transfer(struct spi_device *spi, struct spi_message *msg)
 		}
 
 		/* FIXME implement these protocol options!! */
-		if (xfer->speed_hz) {
-			dev_dbg(&spi->dev, "no protocol options yet\n");
+		if (xfer->speed_hz < spi->max_speed_hz) {
+			dev_dbg(&spi->dev, "can't change speed in transfer\n");
 			return -ENOPROTOOPT;
 		}
 
diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-davinci.c b/drivers/spi/spi-davinci.c
index 8234d2259722f08401b0caf916c1e1fb2b15a5cc..6287c8315d0d2d9987df069f4e9e70206fc11c4c 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-davinci.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-davinci.c
@@ -784,7 +784,7 @@ static const struct of_device_id davinci_spi_of_match[] = {
 	},
 	{ },
 };
-MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, davini_spi_of_match);
+MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, davinci_spi_of_match);
 
 /**
  * spi_davinci_get_pdata - Get platform data from DTS binding
diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi.c b/drivers/spi/spi.c
index 004b10f184d4e7fe00916af3fc5acad6d7866139..3738e7cbff33208acd6963111d342d7df05914e3 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi.c
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ struct spi_device *spi_alloc_device(struct spi_master *master)
 	spi->dev.parent = &master->dev;
 	spi->dev.bus = &spi_bus_type;
 	spi->dev.release = spidev_release;
-	spi->cs_gpio = -EINVAL;
+	spi->cs_gpio = -ENOENT;
 	device_initialize(&spi->dev);
 	return spi;
 }
@@ -1067,8 +1067,11 @@ static int of_spi_register_master(struct spi_master *master)
 	nb = of_gpio_named_count(np, "cs-gpios");
 	master->num_chipselect = max(nb, (int)master->num_chipselect);
 
-	if (nb < 1)
+	/* Return error only for an incorrectly formed cs-gpios property */
+	if (nb == 0 || nb == -ENOENT)
 		return 0;
+	else if (nb < 0)
+		return nb;
 
 	cs = devm_kzalloc(&master->dev,
 			  sizeof(int) * master->num_chipselect,
@@ -1079,7 +1082,7 @@ static int of_spi_register_master(struct spi_master *master)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < master->num_chipselect; i++)
-		cs[i] = -EINVAL;
+		cs[i] = -ENOENT;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < nb; i++)
 		cs[i] = of_get_named_gpio(np, "cs-gpios", i);
diff --git a/include/linux/spi/spi.h b/include/linux/spi/spi.h
index 38c2b925923d5c2d0423ce8956beecede08078fc..c395f32b53b3ac47a7770edbd2357248b3537271 100644
--- a/include/linux/spi/spi.h
+++ b/include/linux/spi/spi.h
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ extern struct bus_type spi_bus_type;
  * @modalias: Name of the driver to use with this device, or an alias
  *	for that name.  This appears in the sysfs "modalias" attribute
  *	for driver coldplugging, and in uevents used for hotplugging
- * @cs_gpio: gpio number of the chipselect line (optional, -EINVAL when
+ * @cs_gpio: gpio number of the chipselect line (optional, -ENOENT when
  *	when not using a GPIO line)
  *
  * A @spi_device is used to interchange data between an SPI slave
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ static inline void spi_unregister_driver(struct spi_driver *sdrv)
  *	queue so the subsystem notifies the driver that it may relax the
  *	hardware by issuing this call
  * @cs_gpios: Array of GPIOs to use as chip select lines; one per CS
- *	number. Any individual value may be -EINVAL for CS lines that
+ *	number. Any individual value may be -ENOENT for CS lines that
  *	are not GPIOs (driven by the SPI controller itself).
  *
  * Each SPI master controller can communicate with one or more @spi_device