diff --git a/drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft-core.c b/drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft-core.c
index 6d0363deba6193528342bf3306a84e83979b6c24..66b46b2c247ea689a3761f61b32bf54197bf7bf4 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft-core.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft-core.c
@@ -1369,8 +1369,7 @@ int fbtft_probe_common(struct fbtft_display *display,
 	/* write register functions */
 	if (display->regwidth == 8 && display->buswidth == 8) {
 		par->fbtftops.write_register = fbtft_write_reg8_bus8;
-	} else
-	if (display->regwidth == 8 && display->buswidth == 9 && par->spi) {
+	} else if (display->regwidth == 8 && display->buswidth == 9 && par->spi) {
 		par->fbtftops.write_register = fbtft_write_reg8_bus9;
 	} else if (display->regwidth == 16 && display->buswidth == 8) {
 		par->fbtftops.write_register = fbtft_write_reg16_bus8;