diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 15f9f5da96e5..07be7ce0ca4e 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: c4a31f43005512b366e8bfc346e7f14c1a7a1ba7
+refs/heads/master: 059b8ffeee5b427949872bb6ed5db5ae0788054e
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/spi/spi.c b/trunk/drivers/spi/spi.c
index 08ff4acd5225..2edbe1903804 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/spi/spi.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/spi/spi.c
@@ -1369,12 +1369,14 @@ static int __spi_async(struct spi_device *spi, struct spi_message *message)
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Set transfer bits_per_word as spi device default if it is not
-	 * set for this transfer.
+	 * Set transfer bits_per_word and max speed as spi device default if
+	 * it is not set for this transfer.
 	 */
 	list_for_each_entry(xfer, &message->transfers, transfer_list) {
 		if (!xfer->bits_per_word)
 			xfer->bits_per_word = spi->bits_per_word;
+		if (!xfer->speed_hz)
+			xfer->speed_hz = spi->max_speed_hz;
 	}
 
 	message->spi = spi;