diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-orion.c b/drivers/spi/spi-orion.c
index 75871d4..20f174e 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-orion.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-orion.c
@@ -43,8 +43,6 @@
 struct orion_spi {
 	struct spi_master	*master;
 	void __iomem		*base;
-	unsigned int		max_speed;
-	unsigned int		min_speed;
 	struct clk              *clk;
 };
 
@@ -319,16 +317,6 @@
 			goto msg_done;
 		}
 
-		if (t->speed_hz && t->speed_hz < orion_spi->min_speed) {
-			dev_err(&spi->dev,
-				"message rejected : "
-				"device min speed (%d Hz) exceeds "
-				"required transfer speed (%d Hz)\n",
-				orion_spi->min_speed, t->speed_hz);
-			status = -EIO;
-			goto msg_done;
-		}
-
 		if (par_override || t->speed_hz || t->bits_per_word) {
 			par_override = 1;
 			status = orion_spi_setup_transfer(spi, t);
@@ -373,28 +361,6 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int orion_spi_setup(struct spi_device *spi)
-{
-	struct orion_spi *orion_spi;
-
-	orion_spi = spi_master_get_devdata(spi->master);
-
-	if ((spi->max_speed_hz == 0)
-			|| (spi->max_speed_hz > orion_spi->max_speed))
-		spi->max_speed_hz = orion_spi->max_speed;
-
-	if (spi->max_speed_hz < orion_spi->min_speed) {
-		dev_err(&spi->dev, "setup: requested speed too low %d Hz\n",
-			spi->max_speed_hz);
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * baudrate & width will be set orion_spi_setup_transfer
-	 */
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static int orion_spi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct spi_master *master;
@@ -423,7 +389,6 @@
 	/* we support only mode 0, and no options */
 	master->mode_bits = SPI_CPHA | SPI_CPOL;
 
-	master->setup = orion_spi_setup;
 	master->transfer_one_message = orion_spi_transfer_one_message;
 	master->num_chipselect = ORION_NUM_CHIPSELECTS;
 
@@ -441,8 +406,8 @@
 	clk_prepare(spi->clk);
 	clk_enable(spi->clk);
 	tclk_hz = clk_get_rate(spi->clk);
-	spi->max_speed = DIV_ROUND_UP(tclk_hz, 4);
-	spi->min_speed = DIV_ROUND_UP(tclk_hz, 30);
+	master->max_speed_hz = DIV_ROUND_UP(tclk_hz, 4);
+	master->min_speed_hz = DIV_ROUND_UP(tclk_hz, 30);
 
 	r = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
 	spi->base = devm_ioremap_resource(&pdev->dev, r);