diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/atmel_serial.c b/drivers/tty/serial/atmel_serial.c
index f1c06e12efa0..9cd7479b03c0 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/atmel_serial.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/atmel_serial.c
@@ -2657,13 +2657,7 @@ static void __init atmel_console_get_options(struct uart_port *port, int *baud,
 	else if (mr == ATMEL_US_PAR_ODD)
 		*parity = 'o';
 
-	/*
-	 * The serial core only rounds down when matching this to a
-	 * supported baud rate. Make sure we don't end up slightly
-	 * lower than one of those, as it would make us fall through
-	 * to a much lower baud rate than we really want.
-	 */
-	*baud = port->uartclk / (16 * (quot - 1));
+	*baud = port->uartclk / (16 * quot);
 }
 
 static int __init atmel_console_setup(struct console *co, char *options)