diff --git a/drivers/spi/mxc_spi.c b/drivers/spi/mxc_spi.c
index b6bad989527b75b6e94d1f1184e929a66203e9e1..859c43fee2790de7c80335bb58a71b20934c49f9 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/mxc_spi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/mxc_spi.c
@@ -140,8 +140,8 @@ static s32 spi_cfg_mxc(struct mxc_spi_slave *mxcs, unsigned int cs,
 	reg_ctrl = reg_read(&regs->ctrl);
 
 	/* Reset spi */
-	reg_write(&regs->ctrl, 0);
-	reg_write(&regs->ctrl, (reg_ctrl | 0x1));
+	reg_write(&regs->ctrl, (reg_ctrl & ~MXC_CSPICTRL_EN));
+	reg_write(&regs->ctrl, (reg_ctrl | MXC_CSPICTRL_EN));
 
 	/*
 	 * The following computation is taken directly from Freescale's code.