diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 9f7e11e53fe5..4882475fc5ba 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 11d6f5995137ba4dc49e9337185ac0a8753f8f69
+refs/heads/master: aaaf939c573b783398b6af863576322256352f64
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/spi/spi_bfin5xx.c b/trunk/drivers/spi/spi_bfin5xx.c
index 88dee87fc420..e706de1d10c8 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/spi/spi_bfin5xx.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/spi/spi_bfin5xx.c
@@ -557,6 +557,7 @@ static irqreturn_t dma_irq_handler(int irq, void *dev_id)
 	struct driver_data *drv_data = dev_id;
 	struct chip_data *chip = drv_data->cur_chip;
 	struct spi_message *msg = drv_data->cur_msg;
+	unsigned long timeout;
 	unsigned short dmastat = get_dma_curr_irqstat(drv_data->dma_channel);
 	u16 spistat = read_STAT(drv_data);
 
@@ -582,8 +583,17 @@ static irqreturn_t dma_irq_handler(int irq, void *dev_id)
 			cpu_relax();
 	}
 
+	dev_dbg(&drv_data->pdev->dev,
+		"in dma_irq_handler dmastat:0x%x spistat:0x%x\n",
+		dmastat, read_STAT(drv_data));
+
+	timeout = jiffies + HZ;
 	while (!(read_STAT(drv_data) & SPIF))
-		cpu_relax();
+		if (!time_before(jiffies, timeout)) {
+			dev_warn(&drv_data->pdev->dev, "timeout waiting for SPIF");
+			break;
+		} else
+			cpu_relax();
 
 	if ((dmastat & DMA_ERR) && (spistat & RBSY)) {
 		msg->state = ERROR_STATE;