diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-mpc.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-mpc.c
index 648a5afded64ae130249ddcbeb2bcc31cb01e6c9..aac0ec6dc5fc95832613b1db02014b724b6f86a0 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-mpc.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-mpc.c
@@ -332,14 +332,18 @@ static u32 mpc_i2c_get_sec_cfg_8xxx(void)
 		if (prop) {
 			/*
 			 * Map and check POR Device Status Register 2
-			 * (PORDEVSR2) at 0xE0014
+			 * (PORDEVSR2) at 0xE0014. Note than while MPC8533
+			 * and MPC8544 indicate SEC frequency ratio
+			 * configuration as bit 26 in PORDEVSR2, other MPC8xxx
+			 * parts may store it differently or may not have it
+			 * at all.
 			 */
 			reg = ioremap(get_immrbase() + *prop + 0x14, 0x4);
 			if (!reg)
 				printk(KERN_ERR
 				       "Error: couldn't map PORDEVSR2\n");
 			else
-				val = in_be32(reg) & 0x00000080; /* sec-cfg */
+				val = in_be32(reg) & 0x00000020; /* sec-cfg */
 			iounmap(reg);
 		}
 	}