diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-omap2-mcspi.c b/drivers/spi/spi-omap2-mcspi.c
index 985f00d..88469bb 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-omap2-mcspi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-omap2-mcspi.c
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ static void omap2_mcspi_set_fifo(const struct spi_device *spi,
 	struct omap2_mcspi_cs *cs = spi->controller_state;
 	struct omap2_mcspi *mcspi;
 	unsigned int wcnt;
-	int max_fifo_depth, fifo_depth, bytes_per_word;
+	int max_fifo_depth, bytes_per_word;
 	u32 chconf, xferlevel;
 
 	mcspi = spi_master_get_devdata(master);
@@ -316,10 +316,6 @@ static void omap2_mcspi_set_fifo(const struct spi_device *spi,
 		else
 			max_fifo_depth = OMAP2_MCSPI_MAX_FIFODEPTH;
 
-		fifo_depth = gcd(t->len, max_fifo_depth);
-		if (fifo_depth < 2 || fifo_depth % bytes_per_word != 0)
-			goto disable_fifo;
-
 		wcnt = t->len / bytes_per_word;
 		if (wcnt > OMAP2_MCSPI_MAX_FIFOWCNT)
 			goto disable_fifo;
@@ -327,16 +323,17 @@ static void omap2_mcspi_set_fifo(const struct spi_device *spi,
 		xferlevel = wcnt << 16;
 		if (t->rx_buf != NULL) {
 			chconf |= OMAP2_MCSPI_CHCONF_FFER;
-			xferlevel |= (fifo_depth - 1) << 8;
+			xferlevel |= (bytes_per_word - 1) << 8;
 		}
+
 		if (t->tx_buf != NULL) {
 			chconf |= OMAP2_MCSPI_CHCONF_FFET;
-			xferlevel |= fifo_depth - 1;
+			xferlevel |= bytes_per_word - 1;
 		}
 
 		mcspi_write_reg(master, OMAP2_MCSPI_XFERLEVEL, xferlevel);
 		mcspi_write_chconf0(spi, chconf);
-		mcspi->fifo_depth = fifo_depth;
+		mcspi->fifo_depth = max_fifo_depth;
 
 		return;
 	}
@@ -576,7 +573,6 @@ omap2_mcspi_txrx_dma(struct spi_device *spi, struct spi_transfer *xfer)
 	struct dma_slave_config	cfg;
 	enum dma_slave_buswidth width;
 	unsigned es;
-	u32			burst;
 	void __iomem		*chstat_reg;
 	void __iomem            *irqstat_reg;
 	int			wait_res;
@@ -596,22 +592,14 @@ omap2_mcspi_txrx_dma(struct spi_device *spi, struct spi_transfer *xfer)
 	}
 
 	count = xfer->len;
-	burst = 1;
-
-	if (mcspi->fifo_depth > 0) {
-		if (count > mcspi->fifo_depth)
-			burst = mcspi->fifo_depth / es;
-		else
-			burst = count / es;
-	}
 
 	memset(&cfg, 0, sizeof(cfg));
 	cfg.src_addr = cs->phys + OMAP2_MCSPI_RX0;
 	cfg.dst_addr = cs->phys + OMAP2_MCSPI_TX0;
 	cfg.src_addr_width = width;
 	cfg.dst_addr_width = width;
-	cfg.src_maxburst = burst;
-	cfg.dst_maxburst = burst;
+	cfg.src_maxburst = es;
+	cfg.dst_maxburst = es;
 
 	rx = xfer->rx_buf;
 	tx = xfer->tx_buf;