diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi_s3c64xx.c b/drivers/spi/spi_s3c64xx.c
index 240b690a8a6f52f9d534cc1247e9d29d09d19fa0..ef9dacabe0629d489a6394e6709205592427125d 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi_s3c64xx.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi_s3c64xx.c
@@ -326,10 +326,11 @@ static int wait_for_xfer(struct s3c64xx_spi_driver_data *sdd,
 		val = msecs_to_jiffies(ms) + 10;
 		val = wait_for_completion_timeout(&sdd->xfer_completion, val);
 	} else {
+		u32 status;
 		val = msecs_to_loops(ms);
 		do {
-			val = readl(regs + S3C64XX_SPI_STATUS);
-		} while (RX_FIFO_LVL(val, sci) < xfer->len && --val);
+			status = readl(regs + S3C64XX_SPI_STATUS);
+		} while (RX_FIFO_LVL(status, sci) < xfer->len && --val);
 	}
 
 	if (!val)