diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-davinci.c b/drivers/spi/spi-davinci.c
index 222d3e37fc28..707966bd5610 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-davinci.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-davinci.c
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ static int davinci_spi_bufs(struct spi_device *spi, struct spi_transfer *t)
 		else
 			buf = (void *)t->tx_buf;
 		t->tx_dma = dma_map_single(&spi->dev, buf,
-				t->len, DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
+				t->len, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
 		if (!t->tx_dma) {
 			ret = -EFAULT;
 			goto err_tx_map;