diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-dspi.c b/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-dspi.c
index 6d2c7984ab0e..77db43f1290f 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-dspi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-dspi.c
@@ -647,19 +647,12 @@ static void dspi_eoq_read(struct fsl_dspi *dspi)
 		dspi_push_rx(dspi, fifo_read(dspi));
 }
 
-static irqreturn_t dspi_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
+static int dspi_rxtx(struct fsl_dspi *dspi)
 {
-	struct fsl_dspi *dspi = (struct fsl_dspi *)dev_id;
 	struct spi_message *msg = dspi->cur_msg;
 	enum dspi_trans_mode trans_mode;
-	u32 spi_sr, spi_tcr;
 	u16 spi_tcnt;
-
-	regmap_read(dspi->regmap, SPI_SR, &spi_sr);
-	regmap_write(dspi->regmap, SPI_SR, spi_sr);
-
-	if (!(spi_sr & (SPI_SR_EOQF | SPI_SR_TCFQF)))
-		return IRQ_NONE;
+	u32 spi_tcr;
 
 	/* Get transfer counter (in number of SPI transfers). It was
 	 * reset to 0 when transfer(s) were started.
@@ -675,17 +668,55 @@ static irqreturn_t dspi_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
 	else if (trans_mode == DSPI_TCFQ_MODE)
 		dspi_tcfq_read(dspi);
 
-	if (!dspi->len) {
-		dspi->waitflags = 1;
-		wake_up_interruptible(&dspi->waitq);
-		return IRQ_HANDLED;
-	}
+	if (!dspi->len)
+		/* Success! */
+		return 0;
 
 	if (trans_mode == DSPI_EOQ_MODE)
 		dspi_eoq_write(dspi);
 	else if (trans_mode == DSPI_TCFQ_MODE)
 		dspi_tcfq_write(dspi);
 
+	return -EINPROGRESS;
+}
+
+static int dspi_poll(struct fsl_dspi *dspi)
+{
+	int tries = 1000;
+	u32 spi_sr;
+
+	do {
+		regmap_read(dspi->regmap, SPI_SR, &spi_sr);
+		regmap_write(dspi->regmap, SPI_SR, spi_sr);
+
+		if (spi_sr & (SPI_SR_EOQF | SPI_SR_TCFQF))
+			break;
+	} while (--tries);
+
+	if (!tries)
+		return -ETIMEDOUT;
+
+	return dspi_rxtx(dspi);
+}
+
+static irqreturn_t dspi_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
+{
+	struct fsl_dspi *dspi = (struct fsl_dspi *)dev_id;
+	u32 spi_sr;
+
+	regmap_read(dspi->regmap, SPI_SR, &spi_sr);
+	regmap_write(dspi->regmap, SPI_SR, spi_sr);
+
+	if (!(spi_sr & (SPI_SR_EOQF | SPI_SR_TCFQF)))
+		return IRQ_NONE;
+
+	dspi_rxtx(dspi);
+
+	if (!dspi->len) {
+		dspi->waitflags = 1;
+		wake_up_interruptible(&dspi->waitq);
+	}
+
 	return IRQ_HANDLED;
 }
 
@@ -773,13 +804,18 @@ static int dspi_transfer_one_message(struct spi_controller *ctlr,
 			goto out;
 		}
 
-		if (trans_mode != DSPI_DMA_MODE) {
-			if (wait_event_interruptible(dspi->waitq,
-						     dspi->waitflags))
-				dev_err(&dspi->pdev->dev,
-					"wait transfer complete fail!\n");
+		if (!dspi->irq) {
+			do {
+				status = dspi_poll(dspi);
+			} while (status == -EINPROGRESS);
+		} else if (trans_mode != DSPI_DMA_MODE) {
+			status = wait_event_interruptible(dspi->waitq,
+							  dspi->waitflags);
 			dspi->waitflags = 0;
 		}
+		if (status)
+			dev_err(&dspi->pdev->dev,
+				"Waiting for transfer to complete failed!\n");
 
 		if (transfer->delay_usecs)
 			udelay(transfer->delay_usecs);
@@ -1079,10 +1115,13 @@ static int dspi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		goto out_ctlr_put;
 
 	dspi_init(dspi);
+
 	dspi->irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
-	if (dspi->irq < 0) {
-		ret = dspi->irq;
-		goto out_clk_put;
+	if (dspi->irq <= 0) {
+		dev_info(&pdev->dev,
+			 "can't get platform irq, using poll mode\n");
+		dspi->irq = 0;
+		goto poll_mode;
 	}
 
 	ret = devm_request_irq(&pdev->dev, dspi->irq, dspi_interrupt,
@@ -1092,6 +1131,9 @@ static int dspi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		goto out_clk_put;
 	}
 
+	init_waitqueue_head(&dspi->waitq);
+
+poll_mode:
 	if (dspi->devtype_data->trans_mode == DSPI_DMA_MODE) {
 		ret = dspi_request_dma(dspi, res->start);
 		if (ret < 0) {
@@ -1103,7 +1145,6 @@ static int dspi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	ctlr->max_speed_hz =
 		clk_get_rate(dspi->clk) / dspi->devtype_data->max_clock_factor;
 
-	init_waitqueue_head(&dspi->waitq);
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, ctlr);
 
 	ret = spi_register_controller(ctlr);