diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271.h b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271.h
index faa5925efe306cbb9ab153e38a629d39c909e152..4134f4495b95313c14552cae60cf00723291ec5b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271.h
@@ -330,6 +330,7 @@ struct wl1271 {
 
 	void (*set_power)(bool enable);
 	int irq;
+	int ref_clock;
 
 	spinlock_t wl_lock;
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_boot.c b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_boot.c
index f36430b0336d87d3c118962f0e573132ef7afa07..fc21db8108121740cc2711d7638461f2c93609af 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_boot.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_boot.c
@@ -457,17 +457,20 @@ int wl1271_boot(struct wl1271 *wl)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
 	u32 tmp, clk, pause;
+	int ref_clock = wl->ref_clock;
 
 	wl1271_boot_hw_version(wl);
 
-	if (REF_CLOCK == 0 || REF_CLOCK == 2 || REF_CLOCK == 4)
+	if (ref_clock == 0 || ref_clock == 2 || ref_clock == 4)
 		/* ref clk: 19.2/38.4/38.4-XTAL */
 		clk = 0x3;
-	else if (REF_CLOCK == 1 || REF_CLOCK == 3)
+	else if (ref_clock == 1 || ref_clock == 3)
 		/* ref clk: 26/52 */
 		clk = 0x5;
+	else
+		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (REF_CLOCK != 0) {
+	if (ref_clock != 0) {
 		u16 val;
 		/* Set clock type (open drain) */
 		val = wl1271_top_reg_read(wl, OCP_REG_CLK_TYPE);
@@ -516,7 +519,7 @@ int wl1271_boot(struct wl1271 *wl)
 	wl1271_debug(DEBUG_BOOT, "clk2 0x%x", clk);
 
 	/* 2 */
-	clk |= (REF_CLOCK << 1) << 4;
+	clk |= (ref_clock << 1) << 4;
 	wl1271_write32(wl, DRPW_SCRATCH_START, clk);
 
 	wl1271_set_partition(wl, &part_table[PART_WORK]);
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_boot.h b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_boot.h
index f829699d597e1c00faff1eee7afe9c642e951b40..f73b0b15a280c3c1e0c20cc2019ff88fd8f1dbd9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_boot.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_boot.h
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ struct wl1271_static_data {
 /* delay between retries */
 #define INIT_LOOP_DELAY 50
 
-#define REF_CLOCK            2
 #define WU_COUNTER_PAUSE_VAL 0x3FF
 #define WELP_ARM_COMMAND_VAL 0x4
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_sdio.c b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_sdio.c
index 987ecdc9406d8644ebe21e6f15820285a9dd0519..f2f04663627c2b43fb80b42c249748e4721ed30d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_sdio.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_sdio.c
@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@ static int __devinit wl1271_probe(struct sdio_func *func,
 	}
 
 	wl->irq = wlan_data->irq;
+	wl->ref_clock = wlan_data->board_ref_clock;
 
 	ret = request_irq(wl->irq, wl1271_irq, 0, DRIVER_NAME, wl);
 	if (ret < 0) {
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_spi.c b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_spi.c
index de56d8d9ee6674a39c5763760cedbd04d31be5e9..ced0a9e2c7e14c02faa5d89b917222b2d89bf573 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_spi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_spi.c
@@ -372,6 +372,8 @@ static int __devinit wl1271_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
 		goto out_free;
 	}
 
+	wl->ref_clock = pdata->board_ref_clock;
+
 	wl->irq = spi->irq;
 	if (wl->irq < 0) {
 		wl1271_error("irq missing in platform data");
diff --git a/include/linux/wl12xx.h b/include/linux/wl12xx.h
index bd70563107fa77f97fca284b39f747cb149fd714..95deae3968f4b5f24bb40a6b53b1dc9fbbc928cf 100644
--- a/include/linux/wl12xx.h
+++ b/include/linux/wl12xx.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ struct wl12xx_platform_data {
 	/* SDIO only: IRQ number if WLAN_IRQ line is used, 0 for SDIO IRQs */
 	int irq;
 	bool use_eeprom;
+	int board_ref_clock;
 };
 
 int wl12xx_set_platform_data(const struct wl12xx_platform_data *data);