diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/qca_spi.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/qca_spi.c
index ef9c02b000e48..38a779f4b866c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/qca_spi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/qca_spi.c
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(qcaspi_burst_len, "Number of data bytes per burst. Use 1-5000."
 
 #define QCASPI_PLUGGABLE_MIN 0
 #define QCASPI_PLUGGABLE_MAX 1
-static int qcaspi_pluggable = QCASPI_PLUGGABLE_MIN;
+static int qcaspi_pluggable = QCASPI_PLUGGABLE_MAX;
 module_param(qcaspi_pluggable, int, 0);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(qcaspi_pluggable, "Pluggable SPI connection (yes/no).");
 
@@ -818,7 +818,6 @@ qcaspi_netdev_init(struct net_device *dev)
 
 	dev->mtu = QCAFRM_MAX_MTU;
 	dev->type = ARPHRD_ETHER;
-	qca->clkspeed = qcaspi_clkspeed;
 	qca->burst_len = qcaspi_burst_len;
 	qca->spi_thread = NULL;
 	qca->buffer_size = (QCAFRM_MAX_MTU + VLAN_ETH_HLEN + QCAFRM_HEADER_LEN +
@@ -909,17 +908,15 @@ qca_spi_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
 	legacy_mode = of_property_read_bool(spi->dev.of_node,
 					    "qca,legacy-mode");
 
-	if (qcaspi_clkspeed == 0) {
-		if (spi->max_speed_hz)
-			qcaspi_clkspeed = spi->max_speed_hz;
-		else
-			qcaspi_clkspeed = QCASPI_CLK_SPEED;
-	}
+	if (qcaspi_clkspeed)
+		spi->max_speed_hz = qcaspi_clkspeed;
+	else if (!spi->max_speed_hz)
+		spi->max_speed_hz = QCASPI_CLK_SPEED;
 
-	if ((qcaspi_clkspeed < QCASPI_CLK_SPEED_MIN) ||
-	    (qcaspi_clkspeed > QCASPI_CLK_SPEED_MAX)) {
-		dev_err(&spi->dev, "Invalid clkspeed: %d\n",
-			qcaspi_clkspeed);
+	if (spi->max_speed_hz < QCASPI_CLK_SPEED_MIN ||
+	    spi->max_speed_hz > QCASPI_CLK_SPEED_MAX) {
+		dev_err(&spi->dev, "Invalid clkspeed: %u\n",
+			spi->max_speed_hz);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
@@ -944,14 +941,13 @@ qca_spi_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	dev_info(&spi->dev, "ver=%s, clkspeed=%d, burst_len=%d, pluggable=%d\n",
+	dev_info(&spi->dev, "ver=%s, clkspeed=%u, burst_len=%d, pluggable=%d\n",
 		 QCASPI_DRV_VERSION,
-		 qcaspi_clkspeed,
+		 spi->max_speed_hz,
 		 qcaspi_burst_len,
 		 qcaspi_pluggable);
 
 	spi->mode = SPI_MODE_3;
-	spi->max_speed_hz = qcaspi_clkspeed;
 	if (spi_setup(spi) < 0) {
 		dev_err(&spi->dev, "Unable to setup SPI device\n");
 		return -EFAULT;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/qca_spi.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/qca_spi.h
index 7ba5c9e2f61cd..90b290f94c273 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/qca_spi.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/qca_spi.h
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ struct qcaspi {
 #endif
 
 	/* user configurable options */
-	u32 clkspeed;
 	u8 legacy_mode;
 	u16 burst_len;
 };