diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-dspi.c b/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-dspi.c
index e34278a00b70..3e0e27731922 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-dspi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-dspi.c
@@ -1164,11 +1164,20 @@ static int dspi_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct fsl_dspi *dspi = spi_controller_get_devdata(ctlr);
 
 	/* Disconnect from the SPI framework */
+	spi_unregister_controller(dspi->ctlr);
+
+	/* Disable RX and TX */
+	regmap_update_bits(dspi->regmap, SPI_MCR,
+			   SPI_MCR_DIS_TXF | SPI_MCR_DIS_RXF,
+			   SPI_MCR_DIS_TXF | SPI_MCR_DIS_RXF);
+
+	/* Stop Running */
+	regmap_update_bits(dspi->regmap, SPI_MCR, SPI_MCR_HALT, SPI_MCR_HALT);
+
 	dspi_release_dma(dspi);
 	if (dspi->irq)
 		free_irq(dspi->irq, dspi);
 	clk_disable_unprepare(dspi->clk);
-	spi_unregister_controller(dspi->ctlr);
 
 	return 0;
 }