diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan_spi.c b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan_spi.c
index 5066191b9013065b3f80aa2d49a6365af76c06d9..f3ffc9e6d6262b6fdbe55846d8c1b492ae455a9d 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan_spi.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan_spi.c
@@ -154,9 +154,9 @@ int wilc_spi_read(struct wilc *wilc, u8 *rb, u32 rlen)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-int wilc_spi_write_read(u8 *wb, u8 *rb, u32 rlen)
+int wilc_spi_write_read(struct wilc *wilc, u8 *wb, u8 *rb, u32 rlen)
 {
-	struct spi_device *spi = to_spi_device(wilc_dev->dev);
+	struct spi_device *spi = to_spi_device(wilc->dev);
 	int ret;
 
 	if (rlen > 0) {
diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan_spi.h b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan_spi.h
index 16f0b9fb82f8cd1395144e816e400ce1e846b3d9..00733aba917907d75f16b5be405dadff1d1f12bc 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan_spi.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan_spi.h
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@
 int wilc_spi_init(void);
 int wilc_spi_write(struct wilc *wilc, u8 *b, u32 len);
 int wilc_spi_read(struct wilc *wilc, u8 *rb, u32 rlen);
-int wilc_spi_write_read(u8 *wb, u8 *rb, u32 rlen);
+int wilc_spi_write_read(struct wilc *wilc, u8 *wb, u8 *rb, u32 rlen);
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_spi.c b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_spi.c
index 5e21109ceadf6884bbf3a9e3dc8cb7f7822e6de2..d6f412117fd87bd59c02bd3f632251c19007f6c5 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_spi.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_spi.c
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ static int spi_cmd_complete(struct wilc *wilc, u8 cmd, u32 adr, u8 *b, u32 sz,
 	}
 	rix = len;
 
-	if (!wilc_spi_write_read(wb, rb, len2)) {
+	if (!wilc_spi_write_read(wilc, wb, rb, len2)) {
 		PRINT_ER("[wilc spi]: Failed cmd write, bus error...\n");
 		result = N_FAIL;
 		return result;