diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 1b76987e45ec..3a1335cbefd9 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 440114fdb13cbc53ea734bcc05b86bcf5b1e430c
+refs/heads/master: 72611db0eef21f4456d79ba302af4b34ea384f30
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/spi/spi-ath79.c b/trunk/drivers/spi/spi-ath79.c
index e02528244451..d4b8e1236612 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/spi/spi-ath79.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/spi/spi-ath79.c
@@ -200,6 +200,8 @@ static u32 ath79_spi_txrx_mode0(struct spi_device *spi, unsigned nsecs,
 		ath79_spi_delay(sp, nsecs);
 		ath79_spi_wr(sp, AR71XX_SPI_REG_IOC, out | AR71XX_SPI_IOC_CLK);
 		ath79_spi_delay(sp, nsecs);
+		if (bits == 1)
+			ath79_spi_wr(sp, AR71XX_SPI_REG_IOC, out);
 
 		word <<= 1;
 	}