diff --git a/drivers/spi/mpc52xx_psc_spi.c b/drivers/spi/mpc52xx_psc_spi.c
index 0debe11b67b4..3b97803e1d11 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/mpc52xx_psc_spi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/mpc52xx_psc_spi.c
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ static int mpc52xx_psc_spi_transfer_rxtx(struct spi_device *spi,
 	unsigned rfalarm;
 	unsigned send_at_once = MPC52xx_PSC_BUFSIZE;
 	unsigned recv_at_once;
+	int last_block = 0;
 
 	if (!t->tx_buf && !t->rx_buf && t->len)
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -151,15 +152,17 @@ static int mpc52xx_psc_spi_transfer_rxtx(struct spi_device *spi,
 	while (rb < t->len) {
 		if (t->len - rb > MPC52xx_PSC_BUFSIZE) {
 			rfalarm = MPC52xx_PSC_RFALARM;
+			last_block = 0;
 		} else {
 			send_at_once = t->len - sb;
 			rfalarm = MPC52xx_PSC_BUFSIZE - (t->len - rb);
+			last_block = 1;
 		}
 
 		dev_dbg(&spi->dev, "send %d bytes...\n", send_at_once);
 		for (; send_at_once; sb++, send_at_once--) {
 			/* set EOF flag before the last word is sent */
-			if (send_at_once == 1)
+			if (send_at_once == 1 && last_block)
 				out_8(&psc->ircr2, 0x01);
 
 			if (tx_buf)