diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-pxa2xx-dma.c b/drivers/spi/spi-pxa2xx-dma.c
index 624cb06bd2e19939756909f2b0afe0a58409b78a..a18a03d0afb709a51eb9515cfee7d8acf181d2e6 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-pxa2xx-dma.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-pxa2xx-dma.c
@@ -53,11 +53,7 @@ static int pxa2xx_spi_map_dma_buffer(struct driver_data *drv_data,
 	for_each_sg(sgt->sgl, sg, sgt->nents, i) {
 		size_t bytes = min_t(size_t, len, SZ_2K);
 
-		if (buf)
-			sg_set_buf(sg, pbuf, bytes);
-		else
-			sg_set_buf(sg, drv_data->dummy, bytes);
-
+		sg_set_buf(sg, pbuf, bytes);
 		pbuf += bytes;
 		len -= bytes;
 	}
@@ -312,10 +308,6 @@ int pxa2xx_spi_dma_setup(struct driver_data *drv_data)
 	dma_cap_zero(mask);
 	dma_cap_set(DMA_SLAVE, mask);
 
-	drv_data->dummy = devm_kzalloc(dev, SZ_2K, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!drv_data->dummy)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
 	drv_data->tx_chan = dma_request_slave_channel_compat(mask,
 				pdata->dma_filter, pdata->tx_param, dev, "tx");
 	if (!drv_data->tx_chan)
diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-pxa2xx.c b/drivers/spi/spi-pxa2xx.c
index 47bdbd350a2452fc8d3e0652dae69c3f075efb7d..86c155aea0cfa5bb2eef15a5888ade9e560fc743 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-pxa2xx.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-pxa2xx.c
@@ -1562,6 +1562,7 @@ static int pxa2xx_spi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	master->unprepare_transfer_hardware = pxa2xx_spi_unprepare_transfer;
 	master->fw_translate_cs = pxa2xx_spi_fw_translate_cs;
 	master->auto_runtime_pm = true;
+	master->flags = SPI_MASTER_MUST_RX | SPI_MASTER_MUST_TX;
 
 	drv_data->ssp_type = ssp->type;
 
diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-pxa2xx.h b/drivers/spi/spi-pxa2xx.h
index 85017f9ca67c773aeba9cf273c96da81ef422392..e6b09000ff145f072f0b7e12aaf11a8eeba7624f 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-pxa2xx.h
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-pxa2xx.h
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ struct driver_data {
 	struct sg_table tx_sgt;
 	int rx_nents;
 	int tx_nents;
-	void *dummy;
 	atomic_t dma_running;
 
 	/* Current message transfer state info */