diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-atmel.c b/drivers/spi/spi-atmel.c
index 26c126bfe02a..3c5ec603bcb0 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-atmel.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-atmel.c
@@ -1047,6 +1047,7 @@ static int atmel_spi_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct spi_master	*master = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
 	struct atmel_spi	*as = spi_master_get_devdata(master);
 	struct spi_message	*msg;
+	struct spi_transfer	*xfer;
 
 	/* reset the hardware and block queue progress */
 	spin_lock_irq(&as->lock);
@@ -1058,9 +1059,10 @@ static int atmel_spi_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	/* Terminate remaining queued transfers */
 	list_for_each_entry(msg, &as->queue, queue) {
-		/* REVISIT unmapping the dma is a NOP on ARM and AVR32
-		 * but we shouldn't depend on that...
-		 */
+		list_for_each_entry(xfer, &msg->transfers, transfer_list) {
+			if (!msg->is_dma_mapped)
+				atmel_spi_dma_unmap_xfer(master, xfer);
+		}
 		msg->status = -ESHUTDOWN;
 		msg->complete(msg->context);
 	}