diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-sirf.c b/drivers/spi/spi-sirf.c
index 39e2c0a..bf3c6bc 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-sirf.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-sirf.c
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@
 	ALIGNED(x->len) && (x->len < 2 * PAGE_SIZE))
 
 #define SIRFSOC_MAX_CMD_BYTES	4
+#define SIRFSOC_SPI_DEFAULT_FRQ 1000000
 
 struct sirfsoc_spi {
 	struct spi_bitbang bitbang;
@@ -629,9 +630,6 @@
 {
 	struct sirfsoc_spi *sspi;
 
-	if (!spi->max_speed_hz)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
 	sspi = spi_master_get_devdata(spi->master);
 
 	if (spi->cs_gpio == -ENOENT)
@@ -683,6 +681,7 @@
 	master->mode_bits = SPI_CPOL | SPI_CPHA | SPI_LSB_FIRST | SPI_CS_HIGH;
 	master->bits_per_word_mask = SPI_BPW_MASK(8) | SPI_BPW_MASK(12) |
 					SPI_BPW_MASK(16) | SPI_BPW_MASK(32);
+	master->max_speed_hz = SIRFSOC_SPI_DEFAULT_FRQ;
 	sspi->bitbang.master->dev.of_node = pdev->dev.of_node;
 
 	/* request DMA channels */