diff --git a/arch/mips/ath79/dev-spi.h b/arch/mips/ath79/dev-spi.h
index d732565ca736e5edd0ba9fe5f53e124f209fb8bc..6e15bc8651beb74d27fc5f9ef71e055973a36618 100644
--- a/arch/mips/ath79/dev-spi.h
+++ b/arch/mips/ath79/dev-spi.h
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #define _ATH79_DEV_SPI_H
 
 #include <linux/spi/spi.h>
-#include <asm/mach-ath79/ath79_spi_platform.h>
+#include <linux/platform_data/spi-ath79.h>
 
 void ath79_register_spi(struct ath79_spi_platform_data *pdata,
 			 struct spi_board_info const *info,
diff --git a/drivers/spi/Kconfig b/drivers/spi/Kconfig
index 128892c7e21ebdc628a693e132d58ee740904fff..71d3d2d5e5d1e46a343dc5f17a23bf56f82f5be8 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/spi/Kconfig
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ config SPI_ALTERA
 
 config SPI_ATH79
 	tristate "Atheros AR71XX/AR724X/AR913X SPI controller driver"
-	depends on ATH79
+	depends on ATH79 || COMPILE_TEST
 	select SPI_BITBANG
 	help
 	  This enables support for the SPI controller present on the
diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-ath79.c b/drivers/spi/spi-ath79.c
index edf695a359f4e045e195feb3877a4e4e117a51e6..09c4fb7fcf7a85fba94c616337d7907659543630 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-ath79.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-ath79.c
@@ -23,15 +23,24 @@
 #include <linux/bitops.h>
 #include <linux/clk.h>
 #include <linux/err.h>
-
-#include <asm/mach-ath79/ar71xx_regs.h>
-#include <asm/mach-ath79/ath79_spi_platform.h>
+#include <linux/platform_data/spi-ath79.h>
 
 #define DRV_NAME	"ath79-spi"
 
 #define ATH79_SPI_RRW_DELAY_FACTOR	12000
 #define MHZ				(1000 * 1000)
 
+#define AR71XX_SPI_REG_FS		0x00	/* Function Select */
+#define AR71XX_SPI_REG_CTRL		0x04	/* SPI Control */
+#define AR71XX_SPI_REG_IOC		0x08	/* SPI I/O Control */
+#define AR71XX_SPI_REG_RDS		0x0c	/* Read Data Shift */
+
+#define AR71XX_SPI_FS_GPIO		BIT(0)	/* Enable GPIO mode */
+
+#define AR71XX_SPI_IOC_DO		BIT(0)	/* Data Out pin */
+#define AR71XX_SPI_IOC_CLK		BIT(8)	/* CLK pin */
+#define AR71XX_SPI_IOC_CS(n)		BIT(16 + (n))
+
 struct ath79_spi {
 	struct spi_bitbang	bitbang;
 	u32			ioc_base;
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/mach-ath79/ath79_spi_platform.h b/include/linux/platform_data/spi-ath79.h
similarity index 100%
rename from arch/mips/include/asm/mach-ath79/ath79_spi_platform.h
rename to include/linux/platform_data/spi-ath79.h