diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-aspeed.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-aspeed.c
index 9d6f02265a1b..8dc9161ced38 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-aspeed.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-aspeed.c
@@ -142,7 +142,8 @@ struct aspeed_i2c_bus {
 	/* Synchronizes I/O mem access to base. */
 	spinlock_t			lock;
 	struct completion		cmd_complete;
-	u32				(*get_clk_reg_val)(u32 divisor);
+	u32				(*get_clk_reg_val)(struct device *dev,
+							   u32 divisor);
 	unsigned long			parent_clk_frequency;
 	u32				bus_frequency;
 	/* Transaction state. */
@@ -710,16 +711,27 @@ static const struct i2c_algorithm aspeed_i2c_algo = {
 #endif /* CONFIG_I2C_SLAVE */
 };
 
-static u32 aspeed_i2c_get_clk_reg_val(u32 clk_high_low_max, u32 divisor)
+static u32 aspeed_i2c_get_clk_reg_val(struct device *dev,
+				      u32 clk_high_low_mask,
+				      u32 divisor)
 {
-	u32 base_clk, clk_high, clk_low, tmp;
+	u32 base_clk_divisor, clk_high_low_max, clk_high, clk_low, tmp;
+
+	/*
+	 * SCL_high and SCL_low represent a value 1 greater than what is stored
+	 * since a zero divider is meaningless. Thus, the max value each can
+	 * store is every bit set + 1. Since SCL_high and SCL_low are added
+	 * together (see below), the max value of both is the max value of one
+	 * them times two.
+	 */
+	clk_high_low_max = (clk_high_low_mask + 1) * 2;
 
 	/*
 	 * The actual clock frequency of SCL is:
 	 *	SCL_freq = APB_freq / (base_freq * (SCL_high + SCL_low))
 	 *		 = APB_freq / divisor
 	 * where base_freq is a programmable clock divider; its value is
-	 *	base_freq = 1 << base_clk
+	 *	base_freq = 1 << base_clk_divisor
 	 * SCL_high is the number of base_freq clock cycles that SCL stays high
 	 * and SCL_low is the number of base_freq clock cycles that SCL stays
 	 * low for a period of SCL.
@@ -729,47 +741,59 @@ static u32 aspeed_i2c_get_clk_reg_val(u32 clk_high_low_max, u32 divisor)
 	 *	SCL_low	 = clk_low + 1
 	 * Thus,
 	 *	SCL_freq = APB_freq /
-	 *		((1 << base_clk) * (clk_high + 1 + clk_low + 1))
+	 *		((1 << base_clk_divisor) * (clk_high + 1 + clk_low + 1))
 	 * The documentation recommends clk_high >= clk_high_max / 2 and
 	 * clk_low >= clk_low_max / 2 - 1 when possible; this last constraint
 	 * gives us the following solution:
 	 */
-	base_clk = divisor > clk_high_low_max ?
+	base_clk_divisor = divisor > clk_high_low_max ?
 			ilog2((divisor - 1) / clk_high_low_max) + 1 : 0;
-	tmp = (divisor + (1 << base_clk) - 1) >> base_clk;
-	clk_low = tmp / 2;
-	clk_high = tmp - clk_low;
 
-	if (clk_high)
-		clk_high--;
+	if (base_clk_divisor > ASPEED_I2CD_TIME_BASE_DIVISOR_MASK) {
+		base_clk_divisor = ASPEED_I2CD_TIME_BASE_DIVISOR_MASK;
+		clk_low = clk_high_low_mask;
+		clk_high = clk_high_low_mask;
+		dev_err(dev,
+			"clamping clock divider: divider requested, %u, is greater than largest possible divider, %u.\n",
+			divisor, (1 << base_clk_divisor) * clk_high_low_max);
+	} else {
+		tmp = (divisor + (1 << base_clk_divisor) - 1)
+				>> base_clk_divisor;
+		clk_low = tmp / 2;
+		clk_high = tmp - clk_low;
 
-	if (clk_low)
-		clk_low--;
+		if (clk_high)
+			clk_high--;
+
+		if (clk_low)
+			clk_low--;
+	}
 
 
 	return ((clk_high << ASPEED_I2CD_TIME_SCL_HIGH_SHIFT)
 		& ASPEED_I2CD_TIME_SCL_HIGH_MASK)
 			| ((clk_low << ASPEED_I2CD_TIME_SCL_LOW_SHIFT)
 			   & ASPEED_I2CD_TIME_SCL_LOW_MASK)
-			| (base_clk & ASPEED_I2CD_TIME_BASE_DIVISOR_MASK);
+			| (base_clk_divisor
+			   & ASPEED_I2CD_TIME_BASE_DIVISOR_MASK);
 }
 
-static u32 aspeed_i2c_24xx_get_clk_reg_val(u32 divisor)
+static u32 aspeed_i2c_24xx_get_clk_reg_val(struct device *dev, u32 divisor)
 {
 	/*
 	 * clk_high and clk_low are each 3 bits wide, so each can hold a max
 	 * value of 8 giving a clk_high_low_max of 16.
 	 */
-	return aspeed_i2c_get_clk_reg_val(16, divisor);
+	return aspeed_i2c_get_clk_reg_val(dev, GENMASK(2, 0), divisor);
 }
 
-static u32 aspeed_i2c_25xx_get_clk_reg_val(u32 divisor)
+static u32 aspeed_i2c_25xx_get_clk_reg_val(struct device *dev, u32 divisor)
 {
 	/*
 	 * clk_high and clk_low are each 4 bits wide, so each can hold a max
 	 * value of 16 giving a clk_high_low_max of 32.
 	 */
-	return aspeed_i2c_get_clk_reg_val(32, divisor);
+	return aspeed_i2c_get_clk_reg_val(dev, GENMASK(3, 0), divisor);
 }
 
 /* precondition: bus.lock has been acquired. */
@@ -782,7 +806,7 @@ static int aspeed_i2c_init_clk(struct aspeed_i2c_bus *bus)
 	clk_reg_val &= (ASPEED_I2CD_TIME_TBUF_MASK |
 			ASPEED_I2CD_TIME_THDSTA_MASK |
 			ASPEED_I2CD_TIME_TACST_MASK);
-	clk_reg_val |= bus->get_clk_reg_val(divisor);
+	clk_reg_val |= bus->get_clk_reg_val(bus->dev, divisor);
 	writel(clk_reg_val, bus->base + ASPEED_I2C_AC_TIMING_REG1);
 	writel(ASPEED_NO_TIMEOUT_CTRL, bus->base + ASPEED_I2C_AC_TIMING_REG2);
 
@@ -898,7 +922,8 @@ static int aspeed_i2c_probe_bus(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (!match)
 		bus->get_clk_reg_val = aspeed_i2c_24xx_get_clk_reg_val;
 	else
-		bus->get_clk_reg_val = (u32 (*)(u32))match->data;
+		bus->get_clk_reg_val = (u32 (*)(struct device *, u32))
+				match->data;
 
 	/* Initialize the I2C adapter */
 	spin_lock_init(&bus->lock);