diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-dw.c b/drivers/spi/spi-dw.c
index d2ca3b357cfe..c7d2f74f0d69 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-dw.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-dw.c
@@ -128,12 +128,20 @@ void dw_spi_set_cs(struct spi_device *spi, bool enable)
 {
 	struct dw_spi *dws = spi_controller_get_devdata(spi->controller);
 	struct chip_data *chip = spi_get_ctldata(spi);
+	bool cs_high = !!(spi->mode & SPI_CS_HIGH);
 
 	/* Chip select logic is inverted from spi_set_cs() */
 	if (chip && chip->cs_control)
 		chip->cs_control(!enable);
 
-	if (!enable)
+	/*
+	 * DW SPI controller demands any native CS being set in order to
+	 * proceed with data transfer. So in order to activate the SPI
+	 * communications we must set a corresponding bit in the Slave
+	 * Enable register no matter whether the SPI core is configured to
+	 * support active-high or active-low CS level.
+	 */
+	if (cs_high == enable)
 		dw_writel(dws, DW_SPI_SER, BIT(spi->chip_select));
 	else if (dws->cs_override)
 		dw_writel(dws, DW_SPI_SER, 0);