diff --git a/cpu/mpc85xx/cpu.c b/cpu/mpc85xx/cpu.c
index dcd88173782b4f8d51d2278475cde6d20e7196eb..74b210cd108232fd34fd30734eb87463c45ccbee 100644
--- a/cpu/mpc85xx/cpu.c
+++ b/cpu/mpc85xx/cpu.c
@@ -116,22 +116,21 @@ int checkcpu (void)
 	get_sys_info(&sysinfo);
 
 	puts("Clock Configuration:\n");
-	printf("       CPU:%4lu MHz, ", sysinfo.freqProcessor / 1000000);
-	printf("CCB:%4lu MHz,\n", sysinfo.freqSystemBus / 1000000);
-
+	printf("       CPU:%4lu MHz, ", DIV_ROUND_UP(sysinfo.freqProcessor,1000000));
+	printf("CCB:%4lu MHz,\n", DIV_ROUND_UP(sysinfo.freqSystemBus,1000000));
 	ddr_ratio = ((gur->porpllsr) & 0x00003e00) >> 9;
 	switch (ddr_ratio) {
 	case 0x0:
 		printf("       DDR:%4lu MHz (%lu MT/s data rate), ",
-		sysinfo.freqDDRBus / 2000000, sysinfo.freqDDRBus / 1000000);
+		DIV_ROUND_UP(sysinfo.freqDDRBus,2000000), DIV_ROUND_UP(sysinfo.freqDDRBus,1000000));
 		break;
 	case 0x7:
 		printf("       DDR:%4lu MHz (%lu MT/s data rate) (Synchronous), ",
-		sysinfo.freqDDRBus / 2000000, sysinfo.freqDDRBus / 1000000);
+		DIV_ROUND_UP(sysinfo.freqDDRBus, 2000000), DIV_ROUND_UP(sysinfo.freqDDRBus, 1000000));
 		break;
 	default:
 		printf("       DDR:%4lu MHz (%lu MT/s data rate) (Asynchronous), ",
-		sysinfo.freqDDRBus / 2000000, sysinfo.freqDDRBus / 1000000);
+		DIV_ROUND_UP(sysinfo.freqDDRBus, 2000000), DIV_ROUND_UP(sysinfo.freqDDRBus,1000000));
 		break;
 	}
 
@@ -154,7 +153,7 @@ int checkcpu (void)
 		 clkdiv *= 2;
 #endif
 		printf("LBC:%4lu MHz\n",
-		       sysinfo.freqSystemBus / 1000000 / clkdiv);
+		       DIV_ROUND_UP(sysinfo.freqSystemBus, 1000000) / clkdiv);
 	} else {
 		printf("LBC: unknown (lcrr: 0x%08x)\n", lcrr);
 	}
diff --git a/include/common.h b/include/common.h
index aea181e2ab366715e07e699af3e285f83918fed7..11b7d31c45ce89a794624b4111fac1338838732b 100644
--- a/include/common.h
+++ b/include/common.h
@@ -670,6 +670,9 @@ void inline show_boot_progress (int val);
 
 #define ARRAY_SIZE(x) (sizeof(x) / sizeof((x)[0]))
 
+#define DIV_ROUND_UP(n,d) (((n) + (d) - 1) / (d))
+#define roundup(x, y) ((((x) + ((y) - 1)) / (y)) * (y))
+
 /* Multicore arch functions */
 #ifdef CONFIG_MP
 int cpu_status(int nr);