diff --git a/include/net/nfc/nci_core.h b/include/net/nfc/nci_core.h
index 77880bdf93a8..5a1572a34c49 100644
--- a/include/net/nfc/nci_core.h
+++ b/include/net/nfc/nci_core.h
@@ -394,6 +394,12 @@ struct nci_spi {
 
 	unsigned int		xfer_udelay;	/* microseconds delay between
 						  transactions */
+
+	unsigned int		xfer_speed_hz; /*
+						* SPI clock frequency
+						* 0 => default clock
+						*/
+
 	u8			acknowledge_mode;
 
 	struct completion	req_completion;
diff --git a/net/nfc/nci/spi.c b/net/nfc/nci/spi.c
index 25153d0e33cf..d904cd2f1442 100644
--- a/net/nfc/nci/spi.c
+++ b/net/nfc/nci/spi.c
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ static int __nci_spi_send(struct nci_spi *nspi, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	}
 	t.cs_change = cs_change;
 	t.delay_usecs = nspi->xfer_udelay;
+	t.speed_hz = nspi->xfer_speed_hz;
 
 	spi_message_init(&m);
 	spi_message_add_tail(&t, &m);
@@ -144,7 +145,8 @@ struct nci_spi *nci_spi_allocate_spi(struct spi_device *spi,
 
 	nspi->acknowledge_mode = acknowledge_mode;
 	nspi->xfer_udelay = delay;
-
+	/* Use controller max SPI speed by default */
+	nspi->xfer_speed_hz = 0;
 	nspi->spi = spi;
 	nspi->ndev = ndev;
 	init_completion(&nspi->req_completion);
@@ -197,12 +199,14 @@ static struct sk_buff *__nci_spi_read(struct nci_spi *nspi)
 	tx.tx_buf = req;
 	tx.len = 2;
 	tx.cs_change = 0;
+	tx.speed_hz = nspi->xfer_speed_hz;
 	spi_message_add_tail(&tx, &m);
 
 	memset(&rx, 0, sizeof(struct spi_transfer));
 	rx.rx_buf = resp_hdr;
 	rx.len = 2;
 	rx.cs_change = 1;
+	rx.speed_hz = nspi->xfer_speed_hz;
 	spi_message_add_tail(&rx, &m);
 
 	ret = spi_sync(nspi->spi, &m);
@@ -226,6 +230,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *__nci_spi_read(struct nci_spi *nspi)
 	rx.len = rx_len;
 	rx.cs_change = 0;
 	rx.delay_usecs = nspi->xfer_udelay;
+	rx.speed_hz = nspi->xfer_speed_hz;
 	spi_message_add_tail(&rx, &m);
 
 	ret = spi_sync(nspi->spi, &m);