diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-dspi.c b/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-dspi.c
index f652f70cb8db..02d3ed7f2558 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-dspi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-dspi.c
@@ -980,7 +980,7 @@ static int dspi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	master->dev.of_node = pdev->dev.of_node;
 
 	master->cleanup = dspi_cleanup;
-	master->mode_bits = SPI_CPOL | SPI_CPHA;
+	master->mode_bits = SPI_CPOL | SPI_CPHA | SPI_LSB_FIRST;
 	master->bits_per_word_mask = SPI_BPW_MASK(4) | SPI_BPW_MASK(8) |
 					SPI_BPW_MASK(16);