diff --git a/drivers/mfd/ocelot-spi.c b/drivers/mfd/ocelot-spi.c
index 94f82677675b..b015c8683f1b 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/ocelot-spi.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/ocelot-spi.c
@@ -145,7 +145,6 @@ static int ocelot_spi_regmap_bus_read(void *context, const void *reg, size_t reg
 	struct device *dev = context;
 	struct ocelot_ddata *ddata;
 	struct spi_device *spi;
-	struct spi_message msg;
 	unsigned int index = 0;
 
 	ddata = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
@@ -166,9 +165,7 @@ static int ocelot_spi_regmap_bus_read(void *context, const void *reg, size_t reg
 	xfers[index].len = val_size;
 	index++;
 
-	spi_message_init_with_transfers(&msg, xfers, index);
-
-	return spi_sync(spi, &msg);
+	return spi_sync_transfer(spi, xfers, index);
 }
 
 static int ocelot_spi_regmap_bus_write(void *context, const void *data, size_t count)