diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-davinci.c b/drivers/spi/spi-davinci.c
index 5e991065f5b0..987afebea093 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-davinci.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-davinci.c
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ static inline int davinci_spi_get_prescale(struct davinci_spi *dspi,
 
 	ret = DIV_ROUND_UP(clk_get_rate(dspi->clk), max_speed_hz);
 
-	if (ret < 3 || ret > 256)
+	if (ret < 1 || ret > 256)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	return ret - 1;