diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-geni-qcom.c b/drivers/spi/spi-geni-qcom.c
index 0dc3f4c55b0b..7f0bf0dec466 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-geni-qcom.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-geni-qcom.c
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ static int spi_geni_init(struct spi_geni_master *mas)
 	 * Hardware programming guide suggests to configure
 	 * RX FIFO RFR level to fifo_depth-2.
 	 */
-	geni_se_init(se, mas->tx_fifo_depth / 2, mas->tx_fifo_depth - 2);
+	geni_se_init(se, mas->tx_fifo_depth - 3, mas->tx_fifo_depth - 2);
 	/* Transmit an entire FIFO worth of data per IRQ */
 	mas->tx_wm = 1;
 	ver = geni_se_get_qup_hw_version(se);