diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-imx.c b/drivers/spi/spi-imx.c
index eb7d3a6fb14c0694b55e5286933256c5962043ce..f9deb84e4e551bdd9c42c8ac204c80c18f0f8579 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-imx.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-imx.c
@@ -201,8 +201,9 @@ static bool spi_imx_can_dma(struct spi_master *master, struct spi_device *spi,
 {
 	struct spi_imx_data *spi_imx = spi_master_get_devdata(master);
 
-	if (spi_imx->dma_is_inited && (transfer->len > spi_imx->rx_wml)
-	    && (transfer->len > spi_imx->tx_wml))
+	if (spi_imx->dma_is_inited
+	    && transfer->len > spi_imx->rx_wml * sizeof(u32)
+	    && transfer->len > spi_imx->tx_wml * sizeof(u32))
 		return true;
 	return false;
 }