diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-tegra20-slink.c b/drivers/spi/spi-tegra20-slink.c
index be3a069879c3..9da14f2e2818 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-tegra20-slink.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-tegra20-slink.c
@@ -171,7 +171,6 @@ struct tegra_slink_data {
 	void __iomem				*base;
 	phys_addr_t				phys;
 	unsigned				irq;
-	u32					spi_max_frequency;
 	u32					cur_speed;
 
 	struct spi_device			*cur_spi;
@@ -763,8 +762,6 @@ static int tegra_slink_setup(struct spi_device *spi)
 
 	BUG_ON(spi->chip_select >= MAX_CHIP_SELECT);
 
-	/* Set speed to the spi max fequency if spi device has not set */
-	spi->max_speed_hz = spi->max_speed_hz ? : tspi->spi_max_frequency;
 	ret = pm_runtime_get_sync(tspi->dev);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		dev_err(tspi->dev, "pm runtime failed, e = %d\n", ret);
@@ -999,15 +996,6 @@ static irqreturn_t tegra_slink_isr(int irq, void *context_data)
 	return IRQ_WAKE_THREAD;
 }
 
-static void tegra_slink_parse_dt(struct tegra_slink_data *tspi)
-{
-	struct device_node *np = tspi->dev->of_node;
-
-	if (of_property_read_u32(np, "spi-max-frequency",
-					&tspi->spi_max_frequency))
-		tspi->spi_max_frequency = 25000000; /* 25MHz */
-}
-
 static const struct tegra_slink_chip_data tegra30_spi_cdata = {
 	.cs_hold_time = true,
 };
@@ -1062,7 +1050,9 @@ static int tegra_slink_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	tspi->chip_data = cdata;
 	spin_lock_init(&tspi->lock);
 
-	tegra_slink_parse_dt(tspi);
+	if (of_property_read_u32(tspi->dev->of_node, "spi-max-frequency",
+				 &master->max_speed_hz))
+		master->max_speed_hz = 25000000; /* 25MHz */
 
 	r = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
 	if (!r) {