diff --git a/drivers/spi/exynos_spi.c b/drivers/spi/exynos_spi.c
index 607e1cd..99895af 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/exynos_spi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/exynos_spi.c
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ struct exynos_spi_slave {
 	unsigned int mode;
 	enum periph_id periph_id;	/* Peripheral ID for this device */
 	unsigned int fifo_size;
+	int skip_preamble;
 };
 
 static struct spi_bus *spi_get_bus(unsigned dev_index)
@@ -105,6 +106,8 @@ struct spi_slave *spi_setup_slave(unsigned int busnum, unsigned int cs,
 	else
 		spi_slave->fifo_size = 256;
 
+	spi_slave->skip_preamble = 0;
+
 	spi_slave->freq = bus->frequency;
 	if (max_hz)
 		spi_slave->freq = min(max_hz, spi_slave->freq);
@@ -217,17 +220,23 @@ static void spi_request_bytes(struct exynos_spi *regs, int count)
 	writel(count | SPI_PACKET_CNT_EN, &regs->pkt_cnt);
 }
 
-static void spi_rx_tx(struct exynos_spi_slave *spi_slave, int todo,
-			void **dinp, void const **doutp)
+static int spi_rx_tx(struct exynos_spi_slave *spi_slave, int todo,
+			void **dinp, void const **doutp, unsigned long flags)
 {
 	struct exynos_spi *regs = spi_slave->regs;
 	uchar *rxp = *dinp;
 	const uchar *txp = *doutp;
 	int rx_lvl, tx_lvl;
 	uint out_bytes, in_bytes;
+	int toread;
+	unsigned start = get_timer(0);
+	int stopping;
 
 	out_bytes = in_bytes = todo;
 
+	stopping = spi_slave->skip_preamble && (flags & SPI_XFER_END) &&
+					!(spi_slave->mode & SPI_SLAVE);
+
 	/*
 	 * If there's something to send, do a software reset and set a
 	 * transaction size.
@@ -238,6 +247,8 @@ static void spi_rx_tx(struct exynos_spi_slave *spi_slave, int todo,
 	 * Bytes are transmitted/received in pairs. Wait to receive all the
 	 * data because then transmission will be done as well.
 	 */
+	toread = in_bytes;
+
 	while (in_bytes) {
 		int temp;
 
@@ -248,15 +259,43 @@ static void spi_rx_tx(struct exynos_spi_slave *spi_slave, int todo,
 			writel(temp, &regs->tx_data);
 			out_bytes--;
 		}
-		if (rx_lvl > 0 && in_bytes) {
+		if (rx_lvl > 0) {
 			temp = readl(&regs->rx_data);
-			if (rxp)
-				*rxp++ = temp;
-			in_bytes--;
+			if (spi_slave->skip_preamble) {
+				if (temp == SPI_PREAMBLE_END_BYTE) {
+					spi_slave->skip_preamble = 0;
+					stopping = 0;
+				}
+			} else {
+				if (rxp || stopping)
+					*rxp++ = temp;
+				in_bytes--;
+			}
+			toread--;
+		} else if (in_bytes) {
+			/*
+			 * We have run out of input data, but haven't read
+			 * enough bytes after the preamble yet. Read some more,
+			 * and make sure that we transmit dummy bytes too, to
+			 * keep things going.
+			 */
+			assert(!out_bytes);
+			out_bytes = in_bytes;
+			toread = in_bytes;
+			txp = NULL;
+			spi_request_bytes(regs, toread);
+		}
+		if (spi_slave->skip_preamble && get_timer(start) > 100) {
+			printf("SPI timeout: in_bytes=%d, out_bytes=%d, ",
+			       in_bytes, out_bytes);
+			return -1;
 		}
 	}
+
 	*dinp = rxp;
 	*doutp = txp;
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -276,6 +315,7 @@ int spi_xfer(struct spi_slave *slave, unsigned int bitlen, const void *dout,
 	struct exynos_spi_slave *spi_slave = to_exynos_spi(slave);
 	int upto, todo;
 	int bytelen;
+	int ret = 0;
 
 	/* spi core configured to do 8 bit transfers */
 	if (bitlen % 8) {
@@ -289,16 +329,24 @@ int spi_xfer(struct spi_slave *slave, unsigned int bitlen, const void *dout,
 
 	/* Exynos SPI limits each transfer to 65535 bytes */
 	bytelen =  bitlen / 8;
-	for (upto = 0; upto < bytelen; upto += todo) {
+	for (upto = 0; !ret && upto < bytelen; upto += todo) {
 		todo = min(bytelen - upto, (1 << 16) - 1);
-		spi_rx_tx(spi_slave, todo, &din, &dout);
+		ret = spi_rx_tx(spi_slave, todo, &din, &dout, flags);
+		if (ret)
+			break;
 	}
 
 	/* Stop the transaction, if necessary. */
-	if ((flags & SPI_XFER_END))
+	if ((flags & SPI_XFER_END) && !(spi_slave->mode & SPI_SLAVE)) {
 		spi_cs_deactivate(slave);
+		if (spi_slave->skip_preamble) {
+			assert(!spi_slave->skip_preamble);
+			debug("Failed to complete premable transaction\n");
+			ret = -1;
+		}
+	}
 
-	return 0;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -325,6 +373,7 @@ void spi_cs_activate(struct spi_slave *slave)
 
 	clrbits_le32(&spi_slave->regs->cs_reg, SPI_SLAVE_SIG_INACT);
 	debug("Activate CS, bus %d\n", spi_slave->slave.bus);
+	spi_slave->skip_preamble = spi_slave->mode & SPI_PREAMBLE;
 }
 
 /**
