diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/i2c-at91.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/i2c-at91.txt
index 4fade84bea1662a7a005d7d283944f296de4521d..388f0a275fbacb4602b830889afb3643212231f4 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/i2c-at91.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/i2c/i2c-at91.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Required properties :
 - clocks: phandles to input clocks.
 
 Optional properties:
+- clock-frequency: Desired I2C bus frequency in Hz, otherwise defaults to 100000
 - Child nodes conforming to i2c bus binding
 
 Examples :
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ i2c0: i2c@fff84000 {
 	#address-cells = <1>;
 	#size-cells = <0>;
 	clocks = <&twi0_clk>;
+	clock-frequency = <400000>;
 
 	24c512@50 {
 		compatible = "24c512";
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-at91.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-at91.c
index 56baf48fb996f8c07fb403254ef007a941dbe4a0..e95f9ba96790f8783d9b462072d8a25d92650668 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-at91.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-at91.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/platform_data/dma-atmel.h>
 
-#define TWI_CLK_HZ		100000			/* max 400 Kbits/s */
+#define DEFAULT_TWI_CLK_HZ		100000		/* max 400 Kbits/s */
 #define AT91_I2C_TIMEOUT	msecs_to_jiffies(100)	/* transfer timeout */
 #define AT91_I2C_DMA_THRESHOLD	8			/* enable DMA if transfer size is bigger than this threshold */
 
@@ -711,6 +711,7 @@ static int at91_twi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct resource *mem;
 	int rc;
 	u32 phy_addr;
+	u32 bus_clk_rate;
 
 	dev = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*dev), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!dev)
@@ -756,7 +757,12 @@ static int at91_twi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 			dev->use_dma = true;
 	}
 
-	at91_calc_twi_clock(dev, TWI_CLK_HZ);
+	rc = of_property_read_u32(dev->dev->of_node, "clock-frequency",
+			&bus_clk_rate);
+	if (rc)
+		bus_clk_rate = DEFAULT_TWI_CLK_HZ;
+
+	at91_calc_twi_clock(dev, bus_clk_rate);
 	at91_init_twi_bus(dev);
 
 	snprintf(dev->adapter.name, sizeof(dev->adapter.name), "AT91");