diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt
index de4063cb4fd..02ea9a971b8 100644
--- a/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt
+++ b/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt
@@ -1917,6 +1917,8 @@ platforms are moved over to use the flattened-device-tree model.
 			inverse clock polarity (CPOL) mode
     - spi-cpha        - (optional) Empty property indicating device requires
 			shifted clock phase (CPHA) mode
+    - spi-cs-high     - (optional) Empty property indicating device requires
+			chip select active high
 
     SPI example for an MPC5200 SPI bus:
 		spi@f00 {
diff --git a/drivers/of/of_spi.c b/drivers/of/of_spi.c
index b01eec026f6..bed0ed6dcdc 100644
--- a/drivers/of/of_spi.c
+++ b/drivers/of/of_spi.c
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ void of_register_spi_devices(struct spi_master *master, struct device_node *np)
 			spi->mode |= SPI_CPHA;
 		if (of_find_property(nc, "spi-cpol", NULL))
 			spi->mode |= SPI_CPOL;
+		if (of_find_property(nc, "spi-cs-high", NULL))
+			spi->mode |= SPI_CS_HIGH;
 
 		/* Device speed */
 		prop = of_get_property(nc, "spi-max-frequency", &len);