diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-ti-qspi.c b/drivers/spi/spi-ti-qspi.c
index 858fda8ac73e..366a3e5cca6b 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-ti-qspi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-ti-qspi.c
@@ -332,6 +332,7 @@ static int qspi_read_msg(struct ti_qspi *qspi, struct spi_transfer *t,
 		break;
 	}
 	wlen = t->bits_per_word >> 3;	/* in bytes */
+	rx_wlen = wlen;
 
 	while (count) {
 		dev_dbg(qspi->dev, "rx cmd %08x dc %08x\n", cmd, qspi->dc);