diff --git a/drivers/spi/ti_qspi.c b/drivers/spi/ti_qspi.c
index 7c3b1f7b88..76bc480f43 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/ti_qspi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/ti_qspi.c
@@ -467,8 +467,8 @@ static int ti_qspi_of_to_plat(struct udevice *bus)
 	priv->memory_map = map_physmem(mmap_addr, mmap_size, MAP_NOCACHE);
 	priv->mmap_size = mmap_size;
 
-	priv->max_hz = fdtdec_get_int(blob, node, "spi-max-frequency", -1);
-	if (priv->max_hz < 0) {
+	priv->max_hz = dev_read_u32_default(bus, "spi-max-frequency", 0);
+	if (!priv->max_hz) {
 		debug("Error: Max frequency missing\n");
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}