diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-davinci.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-davinci.c
index 0617f416cb0b..e15eef163a8f 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-davinci.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-davinci.c
@@ -117,8 +117,6 @@
 /* timeout for pm runtime autosuspend */
 #define DAVINCI_I2C_PM_TIMEOUT	1000	/* ms */
 
-#define DAVINCI_I2C_DEFAULT_BUS_FREQ	100000
-
 struct davinci_i2c_dev {
 	struct device           *dev;
 	void __iomem		*base;
@@ -760,7 +758,7 @@ static int davinci_i2c_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	r = device_property_read_u32(&pdev->dev, "clock-frequency", &prop);
 	if (r)
-		prop = DAVINCI_I2C_DEFAULT_BUS_FREQ;
+		prop = I2C_MAX_STANDARD_MODE_FREQ;
 
 	dev->bus_freq = prop / 1000;