diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 1a5a6576639e..3c9eeb88d0c2 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 965199573a9a50dae82ada92eb2b808b739ce949
+refs/heads/master: b308fb208e23c3e765cefa45eb868c40c5b9c3e7
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/spi/spi-bcm63xx.c b/trunk/drivers/spi/spi-bcm63xx.c
index c7b569567f12..6d97047d9242 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/spi/spi-bcm63xx.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/spi/spi-bcm63xx.c
@@ -169,13 +169,6 @@ static int bcm63xx_spi_setup(struct spi_device *spi)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	ret = bcm63xx_spi_check_transfer(spi, NULL);
-	if (ret < 0) {
-		dev_err(&spi->dev, "setup: unsupported mode bits %x\n",
-			spi->mode & ~MODEBITS);
-		return ret;
-	}
-
 	dev_dbg(&spi->dev, "%s, mode %d, %u bits/w, %u nsec/bit\n",
 		__func__, spi->mode & MODEBITS, spi->bits_per_word, 0);