diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-dw-core.c b/drivers/spi/spi-dw-core.c
index c33866f747db..a305074c482e 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-dw-core.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-dw-core.c
@@ -137,14 +137,16 @@ static inline u32 rx_max(struct dw_spi *dws)
 static void dw_writer(struct dw_spi *dws)
 {
 	u32 max = tx_max(dws);
-	u16 txw = 0;
+	u32 txw = 0;
 
 	while (max--) {
 		if (dws->tx) {
 			if (dws->n_bytes == 1)
 				txw = *(u8 *)(dws->tx);
-			else
+			else if (dws->n_bytes == 2)
 				txw = *(u16 *)(dws->tx);
+			else
+				txw = *(u32 *)(dws->tx);
 
 			dws->tx += dws->n_bytes;
 		}
@@ -156,15 +158,17 @@ static void dw_writer(struct dw_spi *dws)
 static void dw_reader(struct dw_spi *dws)
 {
 	u32 max = rx_max(dws);
-	u16 rxw;
+	u32 rxw;
 
 	while (max--) {
 		rxw = dw_read_io_reg(dws, DW_SPI_DR);
 		if (dws->rx) {
 			if (dws->n_bytes == 1)
 				*(u8 *)(dws->rx) = rxw;
-			else
+			else if (dws->n_bytes == 2)
 				*(u16 *)(dws->rx) = rxw;
+			else
+				*(u32 *)(dws->rx) = rxw;
 
 			dws->rx += dws->n_bytes;
 		}
@@ -311,8 +315,8 @@ void dw_spi_update_config(struct dw_spi *dws, struct spi_device *spi,
 	u32 speed_hz;
 	u16 clk_div;
 
-	/* CTRLR0[ 4/3: 0] Data Frame Size */
-	cr0 |= (cfg->dfs - 1);
+	/* CTRLR0[ 4/3: 0] or CTRLR0[ 20: 16] Data Frame Size */
+	cr0 |= (cfg->dfs - 1) << dws->dfs_offset;
 
 	if (!(dws->caps & DW_SPI_CAP_DWC_SSI))
 		/* CTRLR0[ 9:8] Transfer Mode */
@@ -828,6 +832,29 @@ static void spi_hw_init(struct device *dev, struct dw_spi *dws)
 		dev_dbg(dev, "Detected FIFO size: %u bytes\n", dws->fifo_len);
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Detect CTRLR0.DFS field size and offset by testing the lowest bits
+	 * writability. Note DWC SSI controller also has the extended DFS, but
+	 * with zero offset.
+	 */
+	if (!(dws->caps & DW_SPI_CAP_DWC_SSI)) {
+		u32 cr0, tmp = dw_readl(dws, DW_SPI_CTRLR0);
+
+		spi_enable_chip(dws, 0);
+		dw_writel(dws, DW_SPI_CTRLR0, 0xffffffff);
+		cr0 = dw_readl(dws, DW_SPI_CTRLR0);
+		dw_writel(dws, DW_SPI_CTRLR0, tmp);
+		spi_enable_chip(dws, 1);
+
+		if (!(cr0 & SPI_DFS_MASK)) {
+			dws->caps |= DW_SPI_CAP_DFS32;
+			dws->dfs_offset = SPI_DFS32_OFFSET;
+			dev_dbg(dev, "Detected 32-bits max data frame size\n");
+		}
+	} else {
+		dws->caps |= DW_SPI_CAP_DFS32;
+	}
+
 	/* enable HW fixup for explicit CS deselect for Amazon's alpine chip */
 	if (dws->caps & DW_SPI_CAP_CS_OVERRIDE)
 		dw_writel(dws, DW_SPI_CS_OVERRIDE, 0xF);
@@ -864,7 +891,10 @@ int dw_spi_add_host(struct device *dev, struct dw_spi *dws)
 
 	master->use_gpio_descriptors = true;
 	master->mode_bits = SPI_CPOL | SPI_CPHA | SPI_LOOP;
-	master->bits_per_word_mask =  SPI_BPW_RANGE_MASK(4, 16);
+	if (dws->caps & DW_SPI_CAP_DFS32)
+		master->bits_per_word_mask = SPI_BPW_RANGE_MASK(4, 32);
+	else
+		master->bits_per_word_mask = SPI_BPW_RANGE_MASK(4, 16);
 	master->bus_num = dws->bus_num;
 	master->num_chipselect = dws->num_cs;
 	master->setup = dw_spi_setup;
diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-dw.h b/drivers/spi/spi-dw.h
index faf40cb66498..b665e040862c 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-dw.h
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-dw.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <linux/io.h>
 #include <linux/scatterlist.h>
 #include <linux/spi/spi-mem.h>
+#include <linux/bitfield.h>
 
 /* Register offsets */
 #define DW_SPI_CTRLR0			0x00
@@ -41,6 +42,8 @@
 
 /* Bit fields in CTRLR0 */
 #define SPI_DFS_OFFSET			0
+#define SPI_DFS_MASK			GENMASK(3, 0)
+#define SPI_DFS32_OFFSET		16
 
 #define SPI_FRF_OFFSET			4
 #define SPI_FRF_SPI			0x0
@@ -121,6 +124,7 @@ enum dw_ssi_type {
 #define DW_SPI_CAP_CS_OVERRIDE		BIT(0)
 #define DW_SPI_CAP_KEEMBAY_MST		BIT(1)
 #define DW_SPI_CAP_DWC_SSI		BIT(2)
+#define DW_SPI_CAP_DFS32		BIT(3)
 
 /* Slave spi_transfer/spi_mem_op related */
 struct dw_spi_cfg {
@@ -148,6 +152,7 @@ struct dw_spi {
 	unsigned long		paddr;
 	int			irq;
 	u32			fifo_len;	/* depth of the FIFO buffer */
+	unsigned int		dfs_offset;     /* CTRLR0 DFS field offset */
 	u32			max_mem_freq;	/* max mem-ops bus freq */
 	u32			max_freq;	/* max bus freq supported */