1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi_bfin5xx.c b/drivers/spi/spi_bfin5xx.c
index 21de8605dbce..bd182145bc2c 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi_bfin5xx.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi_bfin5xx.c
@@ -644,11 +644,16 @@ static void bfin_spi_pump_transfers(unsigned long data)
                 drv_data->len = transfer->len;
                 cr_width = 0;
                 drv_data->ops = &bfin_transfer_ops_u8;
-        } else {
+        } else if (bits_per_word == 16) {
                 drv_data->n_bytes = 2;
                 drv_data->len = (transfer->len) >> 1;
                 cr_width = BIT_CTL_WORDSIZE;
                 drv_data->ops = &bfin_transfer_ops_u16;
+        } else {
+                dev_err(&drv_data->pdev->dev, "transfer: unsupported bits_per_word\n");
+                message->status = -EINVAL;
+                bfin_spi_giveback(drv_data);
+                return;
         }
         cr = read_CTRL(drv_data) & ~(BIT_CTL_TIMOD | BIT_CTL_WORDSIZE);
         cr |= cr_width;