diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-dspi.c b/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-dspi.c
index 191de1917f8316..3fa990fb59c78b 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-dspi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-dspi.c
@@ -1003,6 +1003,7 @@ static int dspi_setup(struct spi_device *spi)
 	u32 cs_sck_delay = 0, sck_cs_delay = 0;
 	struct fsl_dspi_platform_data *pdata;
 	unsigned char pasc = 0, asc = 0;
+	struct gpio_desc *gpio_cs;
 	struct chip_data *chip;
 	unsigned long clkrate;
 	bool cs = true;
@@ -1077,7 +1078,10 @@ static int dspi_setup(struct spi_device *spi)
 			chip->ctar_val |= SPI_CTAR_LSBFE;
 	}
 
-	gpiod_direction_output(spi_get_csgpiod(spi, 0), false);
+	gpio_cs = spi_get_csgpiod(spi, 0);
+	if (gpio_cs)
+		gpiod_direction_output(gpio_cs, false);
+
 	dspi_deassert_cs(spi, &cs);
 
 	spi_set_ctldata(spi, chip);