diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-davinci.c b/drivers/spi/spi-davinci.c
index e114e6fe5ea5b..d112c2cac042b 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-davinci.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-davinci.c
@@ -213,12 +213,6 @@ static void davinci_spi_chipselect(struct spi_device *spi, int value)
 	 * line for the controller
 	 */
 	if (spi->cs_gpiod) {
-		/*
-		 * FIXME: is this code ever executed? This host does not
-		 * set SPI_MASTER_GPIO_SS so this chipselect callback should
-		 * not get called from the SPI core when we are using
-		 * GPIOs for chip select.
-		 */
 		if (value == BITBANG_CS_ACTIVE)
 			gpiod_set_value(spi->cs_gpiod, 1);
 		else
@@ -945,7 +939,7 @@ static int davinci_spi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	master->bus_num = pdev->id;
 	master->num_chipselect = pdata->num_chipselect;
 	master->bits_per_word_mask = SPI_BPW_RANGE_MASK(2, 16);
-	master->flags = SPI_MASTER_MUST_RX;
+	master->flags = SPI_MASTER_MUST_RX | SPI_MASTER_GPIO_SS;
 	master->setup = davinci_spi_setup;
 	master->cleanup = davinci_spi_cleanup;
 	master->can_dma = davinci_spi_can_dma;