diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-imx.c b/drivers/spi/spi-imx.c
index 6a4ff27f4357eb229815c18b535327487f2df580..c688efa95e29b0561ac14be901cc4e4faa5aaf33 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-imx.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-imx.c
@@ -204,8 +204,8 @@ static bool spi_imx_can_dma(struct spi_master *master, struct spi_device *spi,
 {
 	struct spi_imx_data *spi_imx = spi_master_get_devdata(master);
 
-	if (spi_imx->dma_is_inited &&
-	    transfer->len > spi_imx->wml * sizeof(u32))
+	if (spi_imx->dma_is_inited && transfer->len >= spi_imx->wml &&
+	    (transfer->len % spi_imx->wml) == 0)
 		return true;
 	return false;
 }
@@ -919,8 +919,6 @@ static int spi_imx_dma_transfer(struct spi_imx_data *spi_imx,
 	struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *desc_tx = NULL, *desc_rx = NULL;
 	int ret;
 	unsigned long timeout;
-	u32 dma;
-	int left;
 	struct spi_master *master = spi_imx->bitbang.master;
 	struct sg_table *tx = &transfer->tx_sg, *rx = &transfer->rx_sg;
 
@@ -954,13 +952,6 @@ static int spi_imx_dma_transfer(struct spi_imx_data *spi_imx,
 	/* Trigger the cspi module. */
 	spi_imx->dma_finished = 0;
 
-	dma = readl(spi_imx->base + MX51_ECSPI_DMA);
-	dma = dma & (~MX51_ECSPI_DMA_RXT_WML_MASK);
-	/* Change RX_DMA_LENGTH trigger dma fetch tail data */
-	left = transfer->len % spi_imx->wml;
-	if (left)
-		writel(dma | (left << MX51_ECSPI_DMA_RXT_WML_OFFSET),
-				spi_imx->base + MX51_ECSPI_DMA);
 	/*
 	 * Set these order to avoid potential RX overflow. The overflow may
 	 * happen if we enable SPI HW before starting RX DMA due to rescheduling
@@ -992,10 +983,6 @@ static int spi_imx_dma_transfer(struct spi_imx_data *spi_imx,
 			spi_imx->devtype_data->reset(spi_imx);
 			dmaengine_terminate_all(master->dma_rx);
 		}
-		dma &= ~MX51_ECSPI_DMA_RXT_WML_MASK;
-		writel(dma |
-		       spi_imx->wml << MX51_ECSPI_DMA_RXT_WML_OFFSET,
-		       spi_imx->base + MX51_ECSPI_DMA);
 	}
 
 	spi_imx->dma_finished = 1;