diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_mipi_dbi.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_mipi_dbi.c
index 4042f5b39765..2a7ef1051b39 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_mipi_dbi.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_mipi_dbi.c
@@ -1156,6 +1156,13 @@ int mipi_dbi_spi_transfer(struct spi_device *spi, u32 speed_hz,
 	size_t chunk;
 	int ret;
 
+	/* In __spi_validate, there's a validation that no partial transfers
+	 * are accepted (xfer->len % w_size must be zero).
+	 * Here we align max_chunk to multiple of 2 (16bits),
+	 * to prevent transfers from being rejected.
+	 */
+	max_chunk = ALIGN_DOWN(max_chunk, 2);
+
 	spi_message_init_with_transfers(&m, &tr, 1);
 
 	while (len) {