diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-txx9.c b/drivers/spi/spi-txx9.c
index 9190124b6d90..d69f8f8f3fa6 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-txx9.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-txx9.c
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ static void txx9spi_work_one(struct txx9spi *c, struct spi_message *m)
 		u32 data;
 		unsigned int len = t->len;
 		unsigned int wsize;
-		u32 speed_hz = t->speed_hz ? : spi->max_speed_hz;
+		u32 speed_hz = t->speed_hz;
 		u8 bits_per_word = t->bits_per_word;
 
 		wsize = bits_per_word >> 3; /* in bytes */