diff --git a/drivers/net/caif/caif_spi.c b/drivers/net/caif/caif_spi.c
index 8427533..8b4cea5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/caif/caif_spi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/caif/caif_spi.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Daniel Martensson<daniel.martensson@stericsson.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("CAIF SPI driver");
 
+/* Returns the number of padding bytes for alignment. */
+#define PAD_POW2(x, pow) ((((x)&((pow)-1))==0) ? 0 : (((pow)-((x)&((pow)-1)))))
+
 static int spi_loop;
 module_param(spi_loop, bool, S_IRUGO);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(spi_loop, "SPI running in loopback mode.");
@@ -41,7 +44,10 @@
 module_param(spi_frm_align, int, S_IRUGO);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(spi_frm_align, "SPI frame alignment.");
 
-/* SPI padding options. */
+/*
+ * SPI padding options.
+ * Warning: must be a base of 2 (& operation used) and can not be zero !
+ */
 module_param(spi_up_head_align, int, S_IRUGO);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(spi_up_head_align, "SPI uplink head alignment.");
 
@@ -240,15 +246,13 @@
 static const struct file_operations dbgfs_state_fops = {
 	.open = dbgfs_open,
 	.read = dbgfs_state,
-	.owner = THIS_MODULE,
-	.llseek = default_llseek,
+	.owner = THIS_MODULE
 };
 
 static const struct file_operations dbgfs_frame_fops = {
 	.open = dbgfs_open,
 	.read = dbgfs_frame,
-	.owner = THIS_MODULE,
-	.llseek = default_llseek,
+	.owner = THIS_MODULE
 };
 
 static inline void dev_debugfs_add(struct cfspi *cfspi)
@@ -337,6 +341,9 @@
 	u8 *dst = buf;
 	caif_assert(buf);
 
+	if (cfspi->slave && !cfspi->slave_talked)
+		cfspi->slave_talked = true;
+
 	do {
 		struct sk_buff *skb;
 		struct caif_payload_info *info;
@@ -357,8 +364,8 @@
 		 * Compute head offset i.e. number of bytes to add to
 		 * get the start of the payload aligned.
 		 */
-		if (spi_up_head_align) {
-			spad = 1 + ((info->hdr_len + 1) & spi_up_head_align);
+		if (spi_up_head_align > 1) {
+			spad = 1 + PAD_POW2((info->hdr_len + 1), spi_up_head_align);
 			*dst = (u8)(spad - 1);
 			dst += spad;
 		}
@@ -373,7 +380,7 @@
 		 * Compute tail offset i.e. number of bytes to add to
 		 * get the complete CAIF frame aligned.
 		 */
-		epad = (skb->len + spad) & spi_up_tail_align;
+		epad = PAD_POW2((skb->len + spad), spi_up_tail_align);
 		dst += epad;
 
 		dev_kfree_skb(skb);
@@ -417,14 +424,14 @@
 		 * Compute head offset i.e. number of bytes to add to
 		 * get the start of the payload aligned.
 		 */
-		if (spi_up_head_align)
-			spad = 1 + ((info->hdr_len + 1) & spi_up_head_align);
+		if (spi_up_head_align > 1)
+			spad = 1 + PAD_POW2((info->hdr_len + 1), spi_up_head_align);
 
 		/*
 		 * Compute tail offset i.e. number of bytes to add to
 		 * get the complete CAIF frame aligned.
 		 */
-		epad = (skb->len + spad) & spi_up_tail_align;
+		epad = PAD_POW2((skb->len + spad), spi_up_tail_align);
 
 		if ((skb->len + spad + epad + frm_len) <= CAIF_MAX_SPI_FRAME) {
 			skb_queue_tail(&cfspi->chead, skb);
@@ -433,6 +440,7 @@
 		} else {
 			/* Put back packet. */
 			skb_queue_head(&cfspi->qhead, skb);
+			break;
 		}
 	} while (pkts <= CAIF_MAX_SPI_PKTS);
 
@@ -453,6 +461,15 @@
 {
 	struct cfspi *cfspi = (struct cfspi *)ifc->priv;
 
+	/*
+	 * The slave device is the master on the link. Interrupts before the
+	 * slave has transmitted are considered spurious.
+	 */
+	if (cfspi->slave && !cfspi->slave_talked) {
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "CFSPI: Spurious SS interrupt.\n");
+		return;
+	}
+
 	if (!in_interrupt())
 		spin_lock(&cfspi->lock);
 	if (assert) {
@@ -465,7 +482,8 @@
 		spin_unlock(&cfspi->lock);
 
 	/* Wake up the xfer thread. */
-	wake_up_interruptible(&cfspi->wait);
+	if (assert)
+		wake_up_interruptible(&cfspi->wait);
 }
 
 static void cfspi_xfer_done_cb(struct cfspi_ifc *ifc)
@@ -523,7 +541,7 @@
 		 * Compute head offset i.e. number of bytes added to
 		 * get the start of the payload aligned.
 		 */
-		if (spi_down_head_align) {
+		if (spi_down_head_align > 1) {
 			spad = 1 + *src;
 			src += spad;
 		}
@@ -564,7 +582,7 @@
 		 * Compute tail offset i.e. number of bytes added to
 		 * get the complete CAIF frame aligned.
 		 */
-		epad = (pkt_len + spad) & spi_down_tail_align;
+		epad = PAD_POW2((pkt_len + spad), spi_down_tail_align);
 		src += epad;
 	} while ((src - buf) < len);
 
@@ -625,11 +643,20 @@
 	cfspi->ndev = ndev;
 	cfspi->pdev = pdev;
 
-	/* Set flow info */
+	/* Set flow info. */
 	cfspi->flow_off_sent = 0;
 	cfspi->qd_low_mark = LOW_WATER_MARK;
 	cfspi->qd_high_mark = HIGH_WATER_MARK;
 
+	/* Set slave info. */
+	if (!strncmp(cfspi_spi_driver.driver.name, "cfspi_sspi", 10)) {
+		cfspi->slave = true;
+		cfspi->slave_talked = false;
+	} else {
+		cfspi->slave = false;
+		cfspi->slave_talked = false;
+	}
+
 	/* Assign the SPI device. */
 	cfspi->dev = dev;
 	/* Assign the device ifc to this SPI interface. */
diff --git a/drivers/net/caif/caif_spi_slave.c b/drivers/net/caif/caif_spi_slave.c
index 2111dbf..1b9943a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/caif/caif_spi_slave.c
+++ b/drivers/net/caif/caif_spi_slave.c
@@ -36,10 +36,15 @@
 #endif
 
 int spi_frm_align = 2;
-int spi_up_head_align = 1;
-int spi_up_tail_align;
-int spi_down_head_align = 3;
-int spi_down_tail_align = 1;
+
+/*
+ * SPI padding options.
+ * Warning: must be a base of 2 (& operation used) and can not be zero !
+ */
+int spi_up_head_align   = 1 << 1;
+int spi_up_tail_align   = 1 << 0;
+int spi_down_head_align = 1 << 2;
+int spi_down_tail_align = 1 << 1;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
 static inline void debugfs_store_prev(struct cfspi *cfspi)