diff --git a/net/nfc/nci/spi.c b/net/nfc/nci/spi.c
index 910dfd8015f4..5c2234024774 100644
--- a/net/nfc/nci/spi.c
+++ b/net/nfc/nci/spi.c
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ struct nci_spi *nci_spi_allocate_spi(struct spi_device *spi,
 	nspi->acknowledge_mode = acknowledge_mode;
 	nspi->xfer_udelay = delay;
 
+	nspi->spi = spi;
 	nspi->ndev = ndev;
 
 	return nspi;