diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1251.h b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1251.h
index 665aca02bea9..284bb508c87b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1251.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1251.h
@@ -281,11 +281,18 @@ struct wl1251_debugfs {
 	struct dentry *excessive_retries;
 };
 
+struct wl1251_if_operations {
+	void (*read)(struct wl1251 *wl, int addr, void *buf, size_t len);
+	void (*write)(struct wl1251 *wl, int addr, void *buf, size_t len);
+	void (*reset)(struct wl1251 *wl);
+};
+
 struct wl1251 {
 	struct ieee80211_hw *hw;
 	bool mac80211_registered;
 
 	struct spi_device *spi;
+	struct wl1251_if_operations *if_ops;
 
 	void (*set_power)(bool enable);
 	int irq;
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1251_boot.c b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1251_boot.c
index 5702398de16a..5c6f32757ac4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1251_boot.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1251_boot.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "reg.h"
 #include "wl1251_boot.h"
 #include "wl1251_io.h"
+#include "wl1251_spi.h"
 #include "wl1251_event.h"
 
 static void wl1251_boot_enable_interrupts(struct wl1251 *wl)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1251_io.c b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1251_io.c
index 1fa26749af32..bc957858b9f6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1251_io.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1251_io.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ void wl1251_mem_read(struct wl1251 *wl, int addr, void *buf, size_t len)
 
 	physical = wl1251_translate_mem_addr(wl, addr);
 
-	wl1251_spi_read(wl, physical, buf, len);
+	wl->if_ops->read(wl, physical, buf, len);
 }
 
 void wl1251_mem_write(struct wl1251 *wl, int addr, void *buf, size_t len)
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ void wl1251_mem_write(struct wl1251 *wl, int addr, void *buf, size_t len)
 
 	physical = wl1251_translate_mem_addr(wl, addr);
 
-	wl1251_spi_write(wl, physical, buf, len);
+	wl->if_ops->write(wl, physical, buf, len);
 }
 
 u32 wl1251_mem_read32(struct wl1251 *wl, int addr)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1251_io.h b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1251_io.h
index e2bb9546fa68..1fa2ab18a9e1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1251_io.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1251_io.h
@@ -22,24 +22,19 @@
 #define __WL1251_IO_H__
 
 #include "wl1251.h"
-#include "wl1251_spi.h"
-
-/* Raw target IO, address is not translated */
-void wl1251_spi_read(struct wl1251 *wl, int addr, void *buf, size_t len);
-void wl1251_spi_write(struct wl1251 *wl, int addr, void *buf, size_t len);
 
 static inline u32 wl1251_read32(struct wl1251 *wl, int addr)
 {
 	u32 response;
 
-	wl1251_spi_read(wl, addr, &response, sizeof(u32));
+	wl->if_ops->read(wl, addr, &response, sizeof(u32));
 
 	return response;
 }
 
 static inline void wl1251_write32(struct wl1251 *wl, int addr, u32 val)
 {
-	wl1251_spi_write(wl, addr, &val, sizeof(u32));
+	wl->if_ops->write(wl, addr, &val, sizeof(u32));
 }
 
 /* Memory target IO, address is translated to partition 0 */
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1251_main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1251_main.c
index 953cdb4fd38f..0f30d0a62aa9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1251_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1251_main.c
@@ -168,8 +168,7 @@ static int wl1251_chip_wakeup(struct wl1251 *wl)
 
 	wl1251_power_on(wl);
 	msleep(wl->chip.power_on_sleep);
-	wl1251_spi_reset(wl);
-	wl1251_spi_init(wl);
+	wl->if_ops->reset(wl);
 
 	/* We don't need a real memory partition here, because we only want
 	 * to use the registers at this point. */
@@ -1192,6 +1191,8 @@ static int wl1251_init_ieee80211(struct wl1251 *wl)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+extern struct wl1251_if_operations wl1251_spi_ops;
+
 #define WL1251_DEFAULT_CHANNEL 1
 static int __devinit wl1251_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
 {
@@ -1219,6 +1220,7 @@ static int __devinit wl1251_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
 	wl->hw = hw;
 	dev_set_drvdata(&spi->dev, wl);
 	wl->spi = spi;
+	wl->if_ops = &wl1251_spi_ops;
 
 	wl->data_in_count = 0;
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1251_ops.c b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1251_ops.c
index 506123f1c8f5..758280af10d4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1251_ops.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1251_ops.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include "wl1251_ops.h"
 #include "reg.h"
 #include "wl1251_io.h"
+#include "wl1251_spi.h"
 #include "wl1251_boot.h"
 #include "wl1251_event.h"
 #include "wl1251_acx.h"
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1251_spi.c b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1251_spi.c
index 031a3bac95e5..61a0852b4ee7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1251_spi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1251_spi.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 #include "reg.h"
 #include "wl1251_spi.h"
 
-void wl1251_spi_reset(struct wl1251 *wl)
+static void wl1251_spi_reset(struct wl1251 *wl)
 {
 	u8 *cmd;
 	struct spi_transfer t;
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ void wl1251_spi_reset(struct wl1251 *wl)
 	wl1251_dump(DEBUG_SPI, "spi reset -> ", cmd, WSPI_INIT_CMD_LEN);
 }
 
-void wl1251_spi_init(struct wl1251 *wl)
+static void wl1251_spi_init(struct wl1251 *wl)
 {
 	u8 crc[WSPI_INIT_CMD_CRC_LEN], *cmd;
 	struct spi_transfer t;
@@ -109,6 +109,13 @@ void wl1251_spi_init(struct wl1251 *wl)
 	wl1251_dump(DEBUG_SPI, "spi init -> ", cmd, WSPI_INIT_CMD_LEN);
 }
 
+static void wl1251_spi_reset_wake(struct wl1251 *wl)
+{
+	wl1251_spi_reset(wl);
+	wl1251_spi_init(wl);
+}
+
+
 /* Set the SPI partitions to access the chip addresses
  *
  * There are two VIRTUAL (SPI) partitions (the memory partition and the
@@ -232,7 +239,8 @@ int wl1251_set_partition(struct wl1251 *wl,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-void wl1251_spi_read(struct wl1251 *wl, int addr, void *buf, size_t len)
+static void wl1251_spi_read(struct wl1251 *wl, int addr, void *buf,
+			    size_t len)
 {
 	struct spi_transfer t[3];
 	struct spi_message m;
@@ -271,7 +279,8 @@ void wl1251_spi_read(struct wl1251 *wl, int addr, void *buf, size_t len)
 	wl1251_dump(DEBUG_SPI, "spi_read buf <- ", buf, len);
 }
 
-void wl1251_spi_write(struct wl1251 *wl, int addr, void *buf, size_t len)
+static void wl1251_spi_write(struct wl1251 *wl, int addr, void *buf,
+			     size_t len)
 {
 	struct spi_transfer t[2];
 	struct spi_message m;
@@ -300,3 +309,9 @@ void wl1251_spi_write(struct wl1251 *wl, int addr, void *buf, size_t len)
 	wl1251_dump(DEBUG_SPI, "spi_write cmd -> ", cmd, sizeof(*cmd));
 	wl1251_dump(DEBUG_SPI, "spi_write buf -> ", buf, len);
 }
+
+const struct wl1251_if_operations wl1251_spi_ops = {
+	.read = wl1251_spi_read,
+	.write = wl1251_spi_write,
+	.reset = wl1251_spi_reset_wake,
+};
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1251_spi.h b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1251_spi.h
index ca9a85118ec5..7c6da21cb00b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1251_spi.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1251_spi.h
@@ -69,9 +69,6 @@
 		((WL1251_BUSY_WORD_LEN - 4) / sizeof(u32))
 #define HW_ACCESS_WSPI_INIT_CMD_MASK  0
 
-/* INIT and RESET words */
-void wl1251_spi_reset(struct wl1251 *wl);
-void wl1251_spi_init(struct wl1251 *wl);
 int wl1251_set_partition(struct wl1251 *wl,
 			 u32 part_start, u32 part_size,
 			 u32 reg_start,  u32 reg_size);