diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-tegra114.c b/drivers/spi/spi-tegra114.c
index b57f10182fae..21e4fdad013f 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-tegra114.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-tegra114.c
@@ -641,8 +641,9 @@ static int tegra_spi_start_cpu_based_transfer(
 
 	tspi->is_curr_dma_xfer = false;
 
-	val |= SPI_DMA_EN;
-	tegra_spi_writel(tspi, val, SPI_DMA_CTL);
+	val = tspi->command1_reg;
+	val |= SPI_PIO;
+	tegra_spi_writel(tspi, val, SPI_COMMAND1);
 	return 0;
 }