diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-microchip-core.c b/drivers/spi/spi-microchip-core.c
index c69d45e5bff2..aa72b9dd8956 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-microchip-core.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-microchip-core.c
@@ -295,17 +295,13 @@ static void mchp_corespi_init(struct spi_controller *host, struct mchp_corespi *
 	unsigned long clk_hz;
 	u32 control = mchp_corespi_read(spi, REG_CONTROL);
 
-	control |= CONTROL_MASTER;
+	control &= ~CONTROL_ENABLE;
+	mchp_corespi_write(spi, REG_CONTROL, control);
 
+	control |= CONTROL_MASTER;
 	control &= ~CONTROL_MODE_MASK;
 	control |= MOTOROLA_MODE;
 
-	mchp_corespi_set_framesize(spi, DEFAULT_FRAMESIZE);
-
-	/* max. possible spi clock rate is the apb clock rate */
-	clk_hz = clk_get_rate(spi->clk);
-	host->max_speed_hz = clk_hz;
-
 	/*
 	 * The controller must be configured so that it doesn't remove Chip
 	 * Select until the entire message has been transferred, even if at
@@ -314,11 +310,16 @@ static void mchp_corespi_init(struct spi_controller *host, struct mchp_corespi *
 	 * BIGFIFO mode is also enabled, which sets the fifo depth to 32 frames
 	 * for the 8 bit transfers that this driver uses.
 	 */
-	control = mchp_corespi_read(spi, REG_CONTROL);
 	control |= CONTROL_SPS | CONTROL_BIGFIFO;
 
 	mchp_corespi_write(spi, REG_CONTROL, control);
 
+	mchp_corespi_set_framesize(spi, DEFAULT_FRAMESIZE);
+
+	/* max. possible spi clock rate is the apb clock rate */
+	clk_hz = clk_get_rate(spi->clk);
+	host->max_speed_hz = clk_hz;
+
 	mchp_corespi_enable_ints(spi);
 
 	/*