dws->current_freq = transfer->speed_hz;
                spi_set_clk(dws, chip->clk_div);
        }
-       if (transfer->bits_per_word == 8) {
-               dws->n_bytes = 1;
-               dws->dma_width = 1;
-       } else if (transfer->bits_per_word == 16) {
-               dws->n_bytes = 2;
-               dws->dma_width = 2;
-       } else {
-               return -EINVAL;
-       }
+
+       dws->n_bytes = DIV_ROUND_UP(transfer->bits_per_word, BITS_PER_BYTE);
+       dws->dma_width = DIV_ROUND_UP(transfer->bits_per_word, BITS_PER_BYTE);
+
        /* Default SPI mode is SCPOL = 0, SCPH = 0 */
        cr0 = (transfer->bits_per_word - 1)
                | (chip->type << SPI_FRF_OFFSET)
        }
 
        master->mode_bits = SPI_CPOL | SPI_CPHA | SPI_LOOP;
-       master->bits_per_word_mask = SPI_BPW_MASK(8) | SPI_BPW_MASK(16);
+       master->bits_per_word_mask =  SPI_BPW_RANGE_MASK(4, 16);
        master->bus_num = dws->bus_num;
        master->num_chipselect = dws->num_cs;
        master->setup = dw_spi_setup;