diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-ep93xx/simone.c b/arch/arm/mach-ep93xx/simone.c
index 3c950f5864f3..d0938a219443 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-ep93xx/simone.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-ep93xx/simone.c
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ static struct spi_board_info simone_spi_devices[] __initdata = {
 
 static struct ep93xx_spi_info simone_spi_info __initdata = {
 	.num_chipselect	= ARRAY_SIZE(simone_spi_devices),
+	.use_dma = 1,
 };
 
 static struct i2c_gpio_platform_data __initdata simone_i2c_gpio_data = {