diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-imx.c b/drivers/spi/spi-imx.c
index 197f60632072f8e08aa27753639d7acb61c6f5b4..5158c48bd4dbb414087e6333957b3ff8a7ed931a 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-imx.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-imx.c
@@ -1503,6 +1503,8 @@ static int spi_imx_transfer(struct spi_device *spi,
 {
 	struct spi_imx_data *spi_imx = spi_master_get_devdata(spi->master);
 
+	transfer->effective_speed_hz = spi_imx->spi_bus_clk;
+
 	/* flush rxfifo before transfer */
 	while (spi_imx->devtype_data->rx_available(spi_imx))
 		readl(spi_imx->base + MXC_CSPIRXDATA);