diff --git a/arch/mips/alchemy/common/clock.c b/arch/mips/alchemy/common/clock.c
index 48a9dfc55b51aa4a3819bae6c686b0cd5f38a7f0..ade73375ede6a9a6b2d042b37916b957a10794b3 100644
--- a/arch/mips/alchemy/common/clock.c
+++ b/arch/mips/alchemy/common/clock.c
@@ -315,17 +315,26 @@ static struct clk __init *alchemy_clk_setup_mem(const char *pn, int ct)
 
 /* lrclk: external synchronous static bus clock ***********************/
 
-static struct clk __init *alchemy_clk_setup_lrclk(const char *pn)
+static struct clk __init *alchemy_clk_setup_lrclk(const char *pn, int t)
 {
-	/* MEM_STCFG0[15:13] = divisor.
+	/* Au1000, Au1500: MEM_STCFG0[11]: If bit is set, lrclk=pclk/5,
+	 * otherwise lrclk=pclk/4.
+	 * All other variants: MEM_STCFG0[15:13] = divisor.
 	 * L/RCLK = periph_clk / (divisor + 1)
 	 * On Au1000, Au1500, Au1100 it's called LCLK,
 	 * on later models it's called RCLK, but it's the same thing.
 	 */
 	struct clk *c;
-	unsigned long v = alchemy_rdsmem(AU1000_MEM_STCFG0) >> 13;
+	unsigned long v = alchemy_rdsmem(AU1000_MEM_STCFG0);
 
-	v = (v & 7) + 1;
+	switch (t) {
+	case ALCHEMY_CPU_AU1000:
+	case ALCHEMY_CPU_AU1500:
+		v = 4 + ((v >> 11) & 1);
+		break;
+	default:	/* all other models */
+		v = ((v >> 13) & 7) + 1;
+	}
 	c = clk_register_fixed_factor(NULL, ALCHEMY_LR_CLK,
 				      pn, 0, 1, v);
 	if (!IS_ERR(c))
@@ -1060,7 +1069,7 @@ static int __init alchemy_clk_init(void)
 	ERRCK(c)
 
 	/* L/RCLK: external static bus clock for synchronous mode */
-	c = alchemy_clk_setup_lrclk(ALCHEMY_PERIPH_CLK);
+	c = alchemy_clk_setup_lrclk(ALCHEMY_PERIPH_CLK, ctype);
 	ERRCK(c)
 
 	/* Frequency dividers 0-5 */