diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi_s3c24xx.c b/drivers/spi/spi_s3c24xx.c
index 2ebe1fc..8ca0871 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi_s3c24xx.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi_s3c24xx.c
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@
 
 static inline unsigned int hw_txbyte(struct s3c24xx_spi *hw, int count)
 {
-	return hw->tx ? hw->tx[count] : 0xff;
+	return hw->tx ? hw->tx[count] : 0;
 }
 
 static int s3c24xx_spi_txrx(struct spi_device *spi, struct spi_transfer *t)