diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-pnx.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-pnx.c
index 8daa0008bd05..e1cc2b2bd628 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-pnx.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-pnx.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include <linux/of.h>
 
 #define I2C_PNX_TIMEOUT_DEFAULT		10 /* msec */
-#define I2C_PNX_SPEED_KHZ_DEFAULT	100
 #define I2C_PNX_REGION_SIZE		0x100
 
 struct i2c_pnx_mif {
@@ -606,12 +605,12 @@ static DEFINE_SIMPLE_DEV_PM_OPS(i2c_pnx_pm,
 
 static int i2c_pnx_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
+	u32 speed = I2C_MAX_STANDARD_MODE_FREQ;
 	unsigned long tmp;
 	int ret = 0;
 	struct i2c_pnx_algo_data *alg_data;
 	unsigned long freq;
 	struct resource *res;
-	u32 speed = I2C_PNX_SPEED_KHZ_DEFAULT * 1000;
 
 	alg_data = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*alg_data), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!alg_data)