diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-armada-3700.c b/drivers/spi/spi-armada-3700.c
index 568e1c65aa82..fe3fa1e8517a 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-armada-3700.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-armada-3700.c
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@
 #define A3700_SPI_BYTE_LEN		BIT(5)
 #define A3700_SPI_CLK_PRESCALE		BIT(0)
 #define A3700_SPI_CLK_PRESCALE_MASK	(0x1f)
+#define A3700_SPI_CLK_EVEN_OFFS		(0x10)
 
 #define A3700_SPI_WFIFO_THRS_BIT	28
 #define A3700_SPI_RFIFO_THRS_BIT	24
@@ -220,6 +221,13 @@ static void a3700_spi_clock_set(struct a3700_spi *a3700_spi,
 
 	prescale = DIV_ROUND_UP(clk_get_rate(a3700_spi->clk), speed_hz);
 
+	/* For prescaler values over 15, we can only set it by steps of 2.
+	 * Starting from A3700_SPI_CLK_EVEN_OFFS, we set values from 0 up to
+	 * 30. We only use this range from 16 to 30.
+	 */
+	if (prescale > 15)
+		prescale = A3700_SPI_CLK_EVEN_OFFS + DIV_ROUND_UP(prescale, 2);
+
 	val = spireg_read(a3700_spi, A3700_SPI_IF_CFG_REG);
 	val = val & ~A3700_SPI_CLK_PRESCALE_MASK;