diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 9f56aa943965..bdf1ccd91f7a 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 1f14081d8b31b2780e2e6e2ae2766264e1f7d38b
+refs/heads/master: 5b96f1729064453e09805a387378e0644da1c937
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/spi/atmel_spi.c b/trunk/drivers/spi/atmel_spi.c
index 5e39bac9c51b..56ff3e6864ea 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/spi/atmel_spi.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/spi/atmel_spi.c
@@ -670,8 +670,7 @@ static int atmel_spi_transfer(struct spi_device *spi, struct spi_message *msg)
 	dev_dbg(controller, "new message %p submitted for %s\n",
 			msg, spi->dev.bus_id);
 
-	if (unlikely(list_empty(&msg->transfers)
-			|| !spi->max_speed_hz))
+	if (unlikely(list_empty(&msg->transfers)))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (as->stopping)