diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-sun6i.c b/drivers/spi/spi-sun6i.c
index 44cd07331627..5849b65c3b1c 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-sun6i.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-sun6i.c
@@ -135,16 +135,13 @@ static inline void sun6i_spi_disable_interrupt(struct sun6i_spi *sspi, u32 mask)
 	sun6i_spi_write(sspi, SUN6I_INT_CTL_REG, reg);
 }
 
-static inline void sun6i_spi_drain_fifo(struct sun6i_spi *sspi, int len)
+static inline void sun6i_spi_drain_fifo(struct sun6i_spi *sspi)
 {
-	u32 cnt;
+	u32 len;
 	u8 byte;
 
 	/* See how much data is available */
-	cnt = sun6i_spi_get_rx_fifo_count(sspi);
-
-	if (len > cnt)
-		len = cnt;
+	len = sun6i_spi_get_rx_fifo_count(sspi);
 
 	while (len--) {
 		byte = readb(sspi->base_addr + SUN6I_RXDATA_REG);
@@ -348,14 +345,14 @@ static irqreturn_t sun6i_spi_handler(int irq, void *dev_id)
 	/* Transfer complete */
 	if (status & SUN6I_INT_CTL_TC) {
 		sun6i_spi_write(sspi, SUN6I_INT_STA_REG, SUN6I_INT_CTL_TC);
-		sun6i_spi_drain_fifo(sspi, sspi->fifo_depth);
+		sun6i_spi_drain_fifo(sspi);
 		complete(&sspi->done);
 		return IRQ_HANDLED;
 	}
 
 	/* Receive FIFO 3/4 full */
 	if (status & SUN6I_INT_CTL_RF_RDY) {
-		sun6i_spi_drain_fifo(sspi, SUN6I_FIFO_DEPTH);
+		sun6i_spi_drain_fifo(sspi);
 		/* Only clear the interrupt _after_ draining the FIFO */
 		sun6i_spi_write(sspi, SUN6I_INT_STA_REG, SUN6I_INT_CTL_RF_RDY);
 		return IRQ_HANDLED;