diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-rk3x.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-rk3x.c
index e637c32ae5172bcaa77bdd2c5eda8dee34457176..93cfc837200b87360e3717e84513d9c8e03c3b70 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-rk3x.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-rk3x.c
@@ -433,12 +433,11 @@ static void rk3x_i2c_set_scl_rate(struct rk3x_i2c *i2c, unsigned long scl_rate)
 	unsigned long i2c_rate = clk_get_rate(i2c->clk);
 	unsigned int div;
 
-	/* SCL rate = (clk rate) / (8 * DIV) */
-	div = DIV_ROUND_UP(i2c_rate, scl_rate * 8);
-
-	/* The lower and upper half of the CLKDIV reg describe the length of
-	 * SCL low & high periods. */
-	div = DIV_ROUND_UP(div, 2);
+	/* set DIV = DIVH = DIVL
+	 * SCL rate = (clk rate) / (8 * (DIVH + 1 + DIVL + 1))
+	 *          = (clk rate) / (16 * (DIV + 1))
+	 */
+	div = DIV_ROUND_UP(i2c_rate, scl_rate * 16) - 1;
 
 	i2c_writel(i2c, (div << 16) | (div & 0xffff), REG_CLKDIV);
 }