diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi.c b/drivers/spi/spi.c
index 90b5b2efafbf..b4a8bb7759b2 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi.c
@@ -1015,7 +1015,7 @@ static int spi_transfer_one_message(struct spi_master *master,
 				ret = 0;
 				ms = 8LL * 1000LL * xfer->len;
 				do_div(ms, xfer->speed_hz);
-				ms += ms + 100; /* some tolerance */
+				ms += ms + 200; /* some tolerance */
 
 				if (ms > UINT_MAX)
 					ms = UINT_MAX;
diff --git a/include/linux/spi/spi.h b/include/linux/spi/spi.h
index 75c6bd0ac605..3b0070695375 100644
--- a/include/linux/spi/spi.h
+++ b/include/linux/spi/spi.h
@@ -891,7 +891,7 @@ static inline struct spi_message *spi_message_alloc(unsigned ntrans, gfp_t flags
 		unsigned i;
 		struct spi_transfer *t = (struct spi_transfer *)(m + 1);
 
-		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&m->transfers);
+		spi_message_init_no_memset(m);
 		for (i = 0; i < ntrans; i++, t++)
 			spi_message_add_tail(t, m);
 	}