diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-tegra210-quad.c b/drivers/spi/spi-tegra210-quad.c
index 40f2afad1899..08e49a876894 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-tegra210-quad.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-tegra210-quad.c
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ tegra_qspi_fill_tx_fifo_from_client_txbuf(struct tegra_qspi *tqspi, struct spi_t
 		for (count = 0; count < max_n_32bit; count++) {
 			u32 x = 0;
 
-			for (i = 0; len && (i < bytes_per_word); i++, len--)
+			for (i = 0; len && (i < min(4, bytes_per_word)); i++, len--)
 				x |= (u32)(*tx_buf++) << (i * 8);
 			tegra_qspi_writel(tqspi, x, QSPI_TX_FIFO);
 		}