diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-cpm.c b/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-cpm.c
index 858f0544289e6..c7079a9cd577f 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-cpm.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-cpm.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <linux/spi/spi.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/platform_device.h>
+#include <linux/byteorder/generic.h>
 
 #include "spi-fsl-cpm.h"
 #include "spi-fsl-lib.h"
@@ -120,6 +121,21 @@ int fsl_spi_cpm_bufs(struct mpc8xxx_spi *mspi,
 		mspi->rx_dma = mspi->dma_dummy_rx;
 		mspi->map_rx_dma = 0;
 	}
+	if (t->bits_per_word == 16 && t->tx_buf) {
+		const u16 *src = t->tx_buf;
+		u16 *dst;
+		int i;
+
+		dst = kmalloc(t->len, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!dst)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+
+		for (i = 0; i < t->len >> 1; i++)
+			dst[i] = cpu_to_le16p(src + i);
+
+		mspi->tx = dst;
+		mspi->map_tx_dma = 1;
+	}
 
 	if (mspi->map_tx_dma) {
 		void *nonconst_tx = (void *)mspi->tx; /* shut up gcc */
@@ -173,6 +189,13 @@ void fsl_spi_cpm_bufs_complete(struct mpc8xxx_spi *mspi)
 	if (mspi->map_rx_dma)
 		dma_unmap_single(dev, mspi->rx_dma, t->len, DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
 	mspi->xfer_in_progress = NULL;
+
+	if (t->bits_per_word == 16 && t->rx_buf) {
+		int i;
+
+		for (i = 0; i < t->len; i += 2)
+			le16_to_cpus(t->rx_buf + i);
+	}
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fsl_spi_cpm_bufs_complete);
 
diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-spi.c b/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-spi.c
index a974074b253af..8006759c1a0c6 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-spi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-spi.c
@@ -369,6 +369,9 @@ static int fsl_spi_do_one_msg(struct spi_master *master,
 				return -EINVAL;
 			if (t->bits_per_word == 16 || t->bits_per_word == 32)
 				t->bits_per_word = 8; /* pretend its 8 bits */
+			if (t->bits_per_word == 8 && t->len >= 256 &&
+			    (mpc8xxx_spi->flags & SPI_CPM1))
+				t->bits_per_word = 16;
 		}
 	}