1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/input/touchscreen/ad7877.c b/drivers/input/touchscreen/ad7877.c
index 0d2d7e54b465..5f0221cffef9 100644
--- a/drivers/input/touchscreen/ad7877.c
+++ b/drivers/input/touchscreen/ad7877.c
@@ -679,6 +679,13 @@ static int __devinit ad7877_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
                 return -EINVAL;
         }
 
+        spi->bits_per_word = 16;
+        err = spi_setup(spi);
+        if (err) {
+                dev_dbg(&spi->dev, "spi master doesn't support 16 bits/word\n");
+                return err;
+        }
+
         ts = kzalloc(sizeof(struct ad7877), GFP_KERNEL);
         input_dev = input_allocate_device();
         if (!ts || !input_dev) {