diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-spi.c b/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-spi.c
index be7c6ba73072..18a93a2854d8 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-spi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-spi.c
@@ -717,10 +717,11 @@ static int of_fsl_spi_probe(struct platform_device *ofdev)
 	type = fsl_spi_get_type(&ofdev->dev);
 	if (type == TYPE_FSL) {
 		struct fsl_spi_platform_data *pdata = dev_get_platdata(dev);
+		bool spisel_boot = false;
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_FSL_SOC)
 		struct mpc8xxx_spi_probe_info *pinfo = to_of_pinfo(pdata);
-		bool spisel_boot = of_property_read_bool(np, "fsl,spisel_boot");
 
+		spisel_boot = of_property_read_bool(np, "fsl,spisel_boot");
 		if (spisel_boot) {
 			pinfo->immr_spi_cs = ioremap(get_immrbase() + IMMR_SPI_CS_OFFSET, 4);
 			if (!pinfo->immr_spi_cs) {
@@ -737,10 +738,14 @@ static int of_fsl_spi_probe(struct platform_device *ofdev)
 		 * supported on the GRLIB variant.
 		 */
 		ret = gpiod_count(dev, "cs");
-		if (ret <= 0)
+		if (ret < 0)
+			ret = 0;
+		if (ret == 0 && !spisel_boot) {
 			pdata->max_chipselect = 1;
-		else
+		} else {
+			pdata->max_chipselect = ret + spisel_boot;
 			pdata->cs_control = fsl_spi_cs_control;
+		}
 	}
 
 	ret = of_address_to_resource(np, 0, &mem);