diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi.c b/drivers/spi/spi.c
index 6d74218cf38e..125dea8fae00 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi.c
@@ -3643,13 +3643,7 @@ int spi_split_transfers_maxwords(struct spi_controller *ctlr,
 		size_t maxsize;
 		int ret;
 
-		if (xfer->bits_per_word <= 8)
-			maxsize = maxwords;
-		else if (xfer->bits_per_word <= 16)
-			maxsize = 2 * maxwords;
-		else
-			maxsize = 4 * maxwords;
-
+		maxsize = maxwords * roundup_pow_of_two(BITS_TO_BYTES(xfer->bits_per_word));
 		if (xfer->len > maxsize) {
 			ret = __spi_split_transfer_maxsize(ctlr, msg, &xfer,
 							   maxsize, gfp);