diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-ep93xx.c b/drivers/spi/spi-ep93xx.c
index 6cdfc40..2e64806 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-ep93xx.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-ep93xx.c
@@ -136,18 +136,10 @@ struct ep93xx_spi {
 /**
  * struct ep93xx_spi_chip - SPI device hardware settings
  * @spi: back pointer to the SPI device
- * @div_cpsr: cpsr (pre-scaler) divider
- * @div_scr: scr divider
  * @ops: private chip operations
- *
- * This structure is used to store hardware register specific settings for each
- * SPI device. Settings are written to hardware by function
- * ep93xx_spi_chip_setup().
  */
 struct ep93xx_spi_chip {
 	const struct spi_device		*spi;
-	u8				div_cpsr;
-	u8				div_scr;
 	struct ep93xx_spi_chip_ops	*ops;
 };
 
@@ -224,17 +216,13 @@ static void ep93xx_spi_disable_interrupts(const struct ep93xx_spi *espi)
 /**
  * ep93xx_spi_calc_divisors() - calculates SPI clock divisors
  * @espi: ep93xx SPI controller struct
- * @chip: divisors are calculated for this chip
  * @rate: desired SPI output clock rate
- *
- * Function calculates cpsr (clock pre-scaler) and scr divisors based on
- * given @rate and places them to @chip->div_cpsr and @chip->div_scr. If,
- * for some reason, divisors cannot be calculated nothing is stored and
- * %-EINVAL is returned.
+ * @div_cpsr: pointer to return the cpsr (pre-scaler) divider
+ * @div_scr: pointer to return the scr divider
  */
 static int ep93xx_spi_calc_divisors(const struct ep93xx_spi *espi,
-				    struct ep93xx_spi_chip *chip,
-				    unsigned long rate)
+				    unsigned long rate,
+				    u8 *div_cpsr, u8 *div_scr)
 {
 	unsigned long spi_clk_rate = clk_get_rate(espi->clk);
 	int cpsr, scr;
@@ -257,8 +245,8 @@ static int ep93xx_spi_calc_divisors(const struct ep93xx_spi *espi,
 	for (cpsr = 2; cpsr <= 254; cpsr += 2) {
 		for (scr = 0; scr <= 255; scr++) {
 			if ((spi_clk_rate / (cpsr * (scr + 1))) <= rate) {
-				chip->div_scr = (u8)scr;
-				chip->div_cpsr = (u8)cpsr;
+				*div_scr = (u8)scr;
+				*div_cpsr = (u8)cpsr;
 				return 0;
 			}
 		}
@@ -389,29 +377,35 @@ static void ep93xx_spi_cleanup(struct spi_device *spi)
  * ep93xx_spi_chip_setup() - configures hardware according to given @chip
  * @espi: ep93xx SPI controller struct
  * @chip: chip specific settings
+ * @speed_hz: transfer speed
  * @bits_per_word: transfer bits_per_word
- *
- * This function sets up the actual hardware registers with settings given in
- * @chip. Note that no validation is done so make sure that callers validate
- * settings before calling this.
  */
-static void ep93xx_spi_chip_setup(const struct ep93xx_spi *espi,
-				  const struct ep93xx_spi_chip *chip,
-				  u8 bits_per_word)
+static int ep93xx_spi_chip_setup(const struct ep93xx_spi *espi,
+				 const struct ep93xx_spi_chip *chip,
+				 u32 speed_hz, u8 bits_per_word)
 {
 	u8 dss = bits_per_word_to_dss(bits_per_word);
+	u8 div_cpsr = 0;
+	u8 div_scr = 0;
 	u16 cr0;
+	int err;
+
+	err = ep93xx_spi_calc_divisors(espi, speed_hz, &div_cpsr, &div_scr);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
 
-	cr0 = chip->div_scr << SSPCR0_SCR_SHIFT;
+	cr0 = div_scr << SSPCR0_SCR_SHIFT;
 	cr0 |= (chip->spi->mode & (SPI_CPHA|SPI_CPOL)) << SSPCR0_MODE_SHIFT;
 	cr0 |= dss;
 
 	dev_dbg(&espi->pdev->dev, "setup: mode %d, cpsr %d, scr %d, dss %d\n",
-		chip->spi->mode, chip->div_cpsr, chip->div_scr, dss);
+		chip->spi->mode, div_cpsr, div_scr, dss);
 	dev_dbg(&espi->pdev->dev, "setup: cr0 %#x", cr0);
 
-	ep93xx_spi_write_u8(espi, SSPCPSR, chip->div_cpsr);
+	ep93xx_spi_write_u8(espi, SSPCPSR, div_cpsr);
 	ep93xx_spi_write_u16(espi, SSPCR0, cr0);
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static void ep93xx_do_write(struct ep93xx_spi *espi, struct spi_transfer *t)
@@ -687,15 +681,14 @@ static void ep93xx_spi_process_transfer(struct ep93xx_spi *espi,
 
 	msg->state = t;
 
-	err = ep93xx_spi_calc_divisors(espi, chip, t->speed_hz);
+	err = ep93xx_spi_chip_setup(espi, chip, t->speed_hz, t->bits_per_word);
 	if (err) {
-		dev_err(&espi->pdev->dev, "failed to adjust speed\n");
+		dev_err(&espi->pdev->dev,
+			"failed to setup chip for transfer\n");
 		msg->status = err;
 		return;
 	}
 
-	ep93xx_spi_chip_setup(espi, chip, t->bits_per_word);
-
 	espi->rx = 0;
 	espi->tx = 0;
 
