diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-uniphier.c b/drivers/spi/spi-uniphier.c
index 47cde1864630..ce9b30112e26 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-uniphier.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-uniphier.c
@@ -290,25 +290,32 @@ static void uniphier_spi_recv(struct uniphier_spi_priv *priv)
 	}
 }
 
-static void uniphier_spi_fill_tx_fifo(struct uniphier_spi_priv *priv)
+static void uniphier_spi_set_fifo_threshold(struct uniphier_spi_priv *priv,
+					    unsigned int threshold)
 {
-	unsigned int fifo_threshold, fill_bytes;
 	u32 val;
 
-	fifo_threshold = DIV_ROUND_UP(priv->rx_bytes,
-				bytes_per_word(priv->bits_per_word));
-	fifo_threshold = min(fifo_threshold, SSI_FIFO_DEPTH);
-
-	fill_bytes = fifo_threshold - (priv->rx_bytes - priv->tx_bytes);
-
-	/* set fifo threshold */
 	val = readl(priv->base + SSI_FC);
 	val &= ~(SSI_FC_TXFTH_MASK | SSI_FC_RXFTH_MASK);
-	val |= FIELD_PREP(SSI_FC_TXFTH_MASK, fifo_threshold);
-	val |= FIELD_PREP(SSI_FC_RXFTH_MASK, fifo_threshold);
+	val |= FIELD_PREP(SSI_FC_TXFTH_MASK, SSI_FIFO_DEPTH - threshold);
+	val |= FIELD_PREP(SSI_FC_RXFTH_MASK, threshold);
 	writel(val, priv->base + SSI_FC);
+}
 
-	while (fill_bytes--)
+static void uniphier_spi_fill_tx_fifo(struct uniphier_spi_priv *priv)
+{
+	unsigned int fifo_threshold, fill_words;
+	unsigned int bpw = bytes_per_word(priv->bits_per_word);
+
+	fifo_threshold = DIV_ROUND_UP(priv->rx_bytes, bpw);
+	fifo_threshold = min(fifo_threshold, SSI_FIFO_DEPTH);
+
+	uniphier_spi_set_fifo_threshold(priv, fifo_threshold);
+
+	fill_words = fifo_threshold -
+		DIV_ROUND_UP(priv->rx_bytes - priv->tx_bytes, bpw);
+
+	while (fill_words--)
 		uniphier_spi_send(priv);
 }