diff --git a/drivers/spi/mxc_spi.c b/drivers/spi/mxc_spi.c
index b553a9c..0eca776 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/mxc_spi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/mxc_spi.c
@@ -128,8 +128,8 @@
 		unsigned int max_hz, unsigned int mode)
 {
 	u32 clk_src = mxc_get_clock(MXC_CSPI_CLK);
-	s32 pre_div = 1, post_div = 0, i, reg_ctrl, reg_config;
-	u32 ss_pol = 0, sclkpol = 0, sclkpha = 0;
+	s32 reg_ctrl, reg_config;
+	u32 ss_pol = 0, sclkpol = 0, sclkpha = 0, pre_div = 0, post_div = 0;
 	struct cspi_regs *regs = (struct cspi_regs *)mxcs->base;
 
 	if (max_hz == 0) {
@@ -147,26 +147,20 @@
 	reg_ctrl |=  MXC_CSPICTRL_EN;
 	reg_write(&regs->ctrl, reg_ctrl);
 
-	/*
-	 * The following computation is taken directly from Freescale's code.
-	 */
 	if (clk_src > max_hz) {
-		pre_div = DIV_ROUND_UP(clk_src, max_hz);
-		if (pre_div > 16) {
-			post_div = pre_div / 16;
-			pre_div = 16;
-		}
-		if (post_div != 0) {
-			for (i = 0; i < 16; i++) {
-				if ((1 << i) >= post_div)
-					break;
-			}
-			if (i == 16) {
+		pre_div = (clk_src - 1) / max_hz;
+		/* fls(1) = 1, fls(0x80000000) = 32, fls(16) = 5 */
+		post_div = fls(pre_div);
+		if (post_div > 4) {
+			post_div -= 4;
+			if (post_div >= 16) {
 				printf("Error: no divider for the freq: %d\n",
 					max_hz);
 				return -1;
 			}
-			post_div = i;
+			pre_div >>= post_div;
+		} else {
+			post_div = 0;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -174,7 +168,7 @@
 	reg_ctrl = (reg_ctrl & ~MXC_CSPICTRL_SELCHAN(3)) |
 		MXC_CSPICTRL_SELCHAN(cs);
 	reg_ctrl = (reg_ctrl & ~MXC_CSPICTRL_PREDIV(0x0F)) |
-		MXC_CSPICTRL_PREDIV(pre_div - 1);
+		MXC_CSPICTRL_PREDIV(pre_div);
 	reg_ctrl = (reg_ctrl & ~MXC_CSPICTRL_POSTDIV(0x0F)) |
 		MXC_CSPICTRL_POSTDIV(post_div);