diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 5bd8d2fcb58e..247ed3ad4d7e 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: b687d2a8f8d46921ac5e80bf77967688afce68e2
+refs/heads/master: 06719814780da741e7acf587367a86c3965c03a2
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/spi/atmel_spi.c b/trunk/drivers/spi/atmel_spi.c
index 1749a27be066..02c8e305b14f 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/spi/atmel_spi.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/spi/atmel_spi.c
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ static int atmel_spi_transfer(struct spi_device *spi, struct spi_message *msg)
 		return -ESHUTDOWN;
 
 	list_for_each_entry(xfer, &msg->transfers, transfer_list) {
-		if (!(xfer->tx_buf || xfer->rx_buf)) {
+		if (!(xfer->tx_buf || xfer->rx_buf) && xfer->len) {
 			dev_dbg(&spi->dev, "missing rx or tx buf\n");
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}