}
 }
 
-static void uniphier_spi_fill_tx_fifo(struct uniphier_spi_priv *priv)
+static void uniphier_spi_set_fifo_threshold(struct uniphier_spi_priv *priv,
+                                           unsigned int threshold)
 {
-       unsigned int fifo_threshold, fill_bytes;
        u32 val;
 
-       fifo_threshold = DIV_ROUND_UP(priv->rx_bytes,
-                               bytes_per_word(priv->bits_per_word));
-       fifo_threshold = min(fifo_threshold, SSI_FIFO_DEPTH);
-
-       fill_bytes = fifo_threshold - (priv->rx_bytes - priv->tx_bytes);
-
-       /* set fifo threshold */
        val = readl(priv->base + SSI_FC);
        val &= ~(SSI_FC_TXFTH_MASK | SSI_FC_RXFTH_MASK);
-       val |= FIELD_PREP(SSI_FC_TXFTH_MASK, fifo_threshold);
-       val |= FIELD_PREP(SSI_FC_RXFTH_MASK, fifo_threshold);
+       val |= FIELD_PREP(SSI_FC_TXFTH_MASK, SSI_FIFO_DEPTH - threshold);
+       val |= FIELD_PREP(SSI_FC_RXFTH_MASK, threshold);
        writel(val, priv->base + SSI_FC);
+}
+
+static void uniphier_spi_fill_tx_fifo(struct uniphier_spi_priv *priv)
+{
+       unsigned int fifo_threshold, fill_words;
+       unsigned int bpw = bytes_per_word(priv->bits_per_word);
+
+       fifo_threshold = DIV_ROUND_UP(priv->rx_bytes, bpw);
+       fifo_threshold = min(fifo_threshold, SSI_FIFO_DEPTH);
+
+       uniphier_spi_set_fifo_threshold(priv, fifo_threshold);
+
+       fill_words = fifo_threshold -
+               DIV_ROUND_UP(priv->rx_bytes - priv->tx_bytes, bpw);
 
-       while (fill_bytes--)
+       while (fill_words--)
                uniphier_spi_send(priv);
 }