diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/ste-nomadik-nhk15.dts b/arch/arm/boot/dts/ste-nomadik-nhk15.dts
index f2f6558a00f1..04066f9cb8a3 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/ste-nomadik-nhk15.dts
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/ste-nomadik-nhk15.dts
@@ -213,13 +213,12 @@ spi {
 		gpio-sck = <&gpio0 5 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
 		gpio-mosi = <&gpio0 4 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
 		/*
-		 * This chipselect is active high. Just setting the flags
-		 * to GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH is not enough for the SPI DT bindings,
-		 * it will be ignored, only the special "spi-cs-high" flag
-		 * really counts.
+		 * It's not actually active high, but the frameworks assume
+		 * the polarity of the passed-in GPIO is "normal" (active
+		 * high) then actively drives the line low to select the
+		 * chip.
 		 */
 		cs-gpios = <&gpio0 6 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
-		spi-cs-high;
 		num-chipselects = <1>;
 
 		/*