diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index b139531a3e0d..73b2d6b8d744 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 4fbb82a76db3ef0ec8f5d2e01e288b7821eff687
+refs/heads/master: ef9ed4b9c9de59eb3f2215b4773990159af92dc1
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/spi/spi-bcm63xx.c b/trunk/drivers/spi/spi-bcm63xx.c
index ef9b89fc2f32..79ad8bce7032 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/spi/spi-bcm63xx.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/spi/spi-bcm63xx.c
@@ -158,12 +158,6 @@ static int bcm63xx_spi_setup(struct spi_device *spi)
 	if (!spi->bits_per_word)
 		spi->bits_per_word = 8;
 
-	if (spi->mode & ~MODEBITS) {
-		dev_err(&spi->dev, "%s, unsupported mode bits %x\n",
-			__func__, spi->mode & ~MODEBITS);
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
 	dev_dbg(&spi->dev, "%s, mode %d, %u bits/w, %u nsec/bit\n",
 		__func__, spi->mode & MODEBITS, spi->bits_per_word, 0);