diff --git a/components/driver/spi_master.c b/components/driver/spi_master.c
index 723fbdb035..e828ea9f1d 100644
--- a/components/driver/spi_master.c
+++ b/components/driver/spi_master.c
@@ -698,8 +698,8 @@ esp_err_t spi_device_queue_trans(spi_device_handle_t handle, spi_transaction_t *
 {
     BaseType_t r;
     SPI_CHECK(handle!=NULL, "invalid dev handle", ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG);
-    SPI_CHECK((trans_desc->flags & SPI_TRANS_USE_RXDATA)==0 ||trans_desc->length <= 32, "rxdata transfer > 32bytes", ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG);
-    SPI_CHECK((trans_desc->flags & SPI_TRANS_USE_TXDATA)==0 ||trans_desc->length <= 32, "txdata transfer > 32bytes", ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG);
+    SPI_CHECK((trans_desc->flags & SPI_TRANS_USE_RXDATA)==0 ||trans_desc->rxlength <= 32, "rxdata transfer > 32 bits", ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG);
+    SPI_CHECK((trans_desc->flags & SPI_TRANS_USE_TXDATA)==0 ||trans_desc->length <= 32, "txdata transfer > 32 bits", ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG);
     SPI_CHECK(!((trans_desc->flags & (SPI_TRANS_MODE_DIO|SPI_TRANS_MODE_QIO)) && (handle->cfg.flags & SPI_DEVICE_3WIRE)), "incompatible iface params", ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG);
     SPI_CHECK(!((trans_desc->flags & (SPI_TRANS_MODE_DIO|SPI_TRANS_MODE_QIO)) && (!(handle->cfg.flags & SPI_DEVICE_HALFDUPLEX))), "incompatible iface params", ESP_ERR_INVALID_ARG);
     r=xQueueSend(handle->trans_queue, (void*)&trans_desc, ticks_to_wait);