diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-pxa2xx.c b/drivers/spi/spi-pxa2xx.c
index 69b221e34b2d..e6a606354f62 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-pxa2xx.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-pxa2xx.c
@@ -1078,6 +1078,20 @@ static int pxa2xx_spi_transfer_one(struct spi_controller *master,
 			pxa2xx_spi_write(drv_data, SSTO, chip->timeout);
 	}
 
+	if (drv_data->ssp_type == MMP2_SSP) {
+		u8 tx_level = (pxa2xx_spi_read(drv_data, SSSR)
+					& SSSR_TFL_MASK) >> 8;
+
+		if (tx_level) {
+			/* On MMP2, flipping SSE doesn't to empty TXFIFO. */
+			dev_warn(&spi->dev, "%d bytes of garbage in TXFIFO!\n",
+								tx_level);
+			if (tx_level > transfer->len)
+				tx_level = transfer->len;
+			drv_data->tx += tx_level;
+		}
+	}
+
 	if (spi_controller_is_slave(master)) {
 		while (drv_data->write(drv_data))
 			;