diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-efm32.c b/drivers/spi/spi-efm32.c
index d428a40778c156b83324c79c5bebe6a7b51e5433..18659fc6bef24037ec26c0f0426a4d11d41ba846 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-efm32.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-efm32.c
@@ -478,6 +478,8 @@ static int efm32_spi_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct spi_master *master = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
 	struct efm32_spi_ddata *ddata = spi_master_get_devdata(master);
 
+	spi_bitbang_stop(&ddata->bitbang);
+
 	efm32_spi_write32(ddata, 0, REG_IEN);
 
 	free_irq(ddata->txirq, ddata);