diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-sun6i.c b/drivers/spi/spi-sun6i.c
index 871dfd3e77be..d1de6c99e762 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-sun6i.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-sun6i.c
@@ -795,10 +795,13 @@ static const struct sun6i_spi_cfg sun50i_r329_spi_cfg = {
 static const struct of_device_id sun6i_spi_match[] = {
 	{ .compatible = "allwinner,sun6i-a31-spi", .data = &sun6i_a31_spi_cfg },
 	{ .compatible = "allwinner,sun8i-h3-spi",  .data = &sun8i_h3_spi_cfg },
-	{
-		.compatible = "allwinner,sun50i-r329-spi",
-		.data = &sun50i_r329_spi_cfg
-	},
+	{ .compatible = "allwinner,sun50i-r329-spi", .data = &sun50i_r329_spi_cfg },
+	/*
+	 * A523's SPI controller has a combined RX buffer + FIFO counter
+	 * at offset 0x400, instead of split buffer count in FIFO status
+	 * register. But in practice we only care about the FIFO level.
+	 */
+	{ .compatible = "allwinner,sun55i-a523-spi", .data = &sun50i_r329_spi_cfg },
 	{}
 };
 MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, sun6i_spi_match);