diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-efm32.c b/drivers/spi/spi-efm32.c
index 34ef44c..5ce61e5 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-efm32.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-efm32.c
@@ -477,6 +477,8 @@
 	struct spi_master *master = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
 	struct efm32_spi_ddata *ddata = spi_master_get_devdata(master);
 
+	spi_bitbang_stop(&ddata->bitbang);
+
 	efm32_spi_write32(ddata, 0, REG_IEN);
 
 	free_irq(ddata->txirq, ddata);