diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-orion.c b/drivers/spi/spi-orion.c
index d018a4aac3a1..c206a4ad83cd 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-orion.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-orion.c
@@ -346,8 +346,6 @@ static int orion_spi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct resource *r;
 	unsigned long tclk_hz;
 	int status = 0;
-	const u32 *iprop;
-	int size;
 
 	master = spi_alloc_master(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*spi));
 	if (master == NULL) {
@@ -358,10 +356,10 @@ static int orion_spi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (pdev->id != -1)
 		master->bus_num = pdev->id;
 	if (pdev->dev.of_node) {
-		iprop = of_get_property(pdev->dev.of_node, "cell-index",
-					&size);
-		if (iprop && size == sizeof(*iprop))
-			master->bus_num = *iprop;
+		u32 cell_index;
+		if (!of_property_read_u32(pdev->dev.of_node, "cell-index",
+					  &cell_index))
+			master->bus_num = cell_index;
 	}
 
 	/* we support only mode 0, and no options */