diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi.c b/drivers/spi/spi.c
index cfa3c3decb8a..e9bf0c23da50 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi.c
@@ -3126,6 +3126,7 @@ static int __spi_validate(struct spi_device *spi, struct spi_message *message)
 	 */
 	message->frame_length = 0;
 	list_for_each_entry(xfer, &message->transfers, transfer_list) {
+		xfer->effective_speed_hz = 0;
 		message->frame_length += xfer->len;
 		if (!xfer->bits_per_word)
 			xfer->bits_per_word = spi->bits_per_word;
diff --git a/include/linux/spi/spi.h b/include/linux/spi/spi.h
index f55b20254612..d0c5ba746e01 100644
--- a/include/linux/spi/spi.h
+++ b/include/linux/spi/spi.h
@@ -745,6 +745,9 @@ extern void spi_res_release(struct spi_controller *ctlr,
  *	(set by bits_per_word) transmission.
  * @word_delay: clock cycles to inter word delay after each word size
  *	(set by bits_per_word) transmission.
+ * @effective_speed_hz: the effective SCK-speed that was used to
+ *      transfer this transfer. Set to 0 if the spi bus driver does
+ *      not support it.
  * @transfer_list: transfers are sequenced through @spi_message.transfers
  * @tx_sg: Scatterlist for transmit, currently not for client use
  * @rx_sg: Scatterlist for receive, currently not for client use
@@ -835,6 +838,8 @@ struct spi_transfer {
 	u32		speed_hz;
 	u16		word_delay;
 
+	u32		effective_speed_hz;
+
 	struct list_head transfer_list;
 };