1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/spi/atmel_spi.c b/drivers/spi/atmel_spi.c
index 1749a27be066..02c8e305b14f 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/atmel_spi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/atmel_spi.c
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ static int atmel_spi_transfer(struct spi_device *spi, struct spi_message *msg)
                 return -ESHUTDOWN;
 
         list_for_each_entry(xfer, &msg->transfers, transfer_list) {
-                if (!(xfer->tx_buf || xfer->rx_buf)) {
+                if (!(xfer->tx_buf || xfer->rx_buf) && xfer->len) {
                         dev_dbg(&spi->dev, "missing rx or tx buf\n");
                         return -EINVAL;
                 }