diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c
index 655900f552445db3b17cf96fa85e54c3dfb4c899..1dbe932320309fc87f75a40cc2552ba5a784d5bd 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c
@@ -2866,6 +2866,7 @@ int sdhci_add_host(struct sdhci_host *host)
 	u32 max_current_caps;
 	unsigned int ocr_avail;
 	unsigned int override_timeout_clk;
+	u32 max_clk;
 	int ret;
 
 	WARN_ON(host == NULL);
@@ -3050,18 +3051,22 @@ int sdhci_add_host(struct sdhci_host *host)
 	 * Set host parameters.
 	 */
 	mmc->ops = &sdhci_ops;
-	mmc->f_max = host->max_clk;
+	max_clk = host->max_clk;
+
 	if (host->ops->get_min_clock)
 		mmc->f_min = host->ops->get_min_clock(host);
 	else if (host->version >= SDHCI_SPEC_300) {
 		if (host->clk_mul) {
 			mmc->f_min = (host->max_clk * host->clk_mul) / 1024;
-			mmc->f_max = host->max_clk * host->clk_mul;
+			max_clk = host->max_clk * host->clk_mul;
 		} else
 			mmc->f_min = host->max_clk / SDHCI_MAX_DIV_SPEC_300;
 	} else
 		mmc->f_min = host->max_clk / SDHCI_MAX_DIV_SPEC_200;
 
+	if (!mmc->f_max || (mmc->f_max && (mmc->f_max > max_clk)))
+		mmc->f_max = max_clk;
+
 	if (!(host->quirks & SDHCI_QUIRK_DATA_TIMEOUT_USES_SDCLK)) {
 		host->timeout_clk = (caps[0] & SDHCI_TIMEOUT_CLK_MASK) >>
 					SDHCI_TIMEOUT_CLK_SHIFT;