diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-spi.c b/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-spi.c
index 114801a32371..c87e9c4506c2 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-spi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-spi.c
@@ -611,6 +611,7 @@ static struct spi_master * fsl_spi_probe(struct device *dev,
 	master->setup = fsl_spi_setup;
 	master->cleanup = fsl_spi_cleanup;
 	master->transfer_one_message = fsl_spi_do_one_msg;
+	master->use_gpio_descriptors = true;
 
 	mpc8xxx_spi = spi_master_get_devdata(master);
 	mpc8xxx_spi->max_bits_per_word = 32;